Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, July 22, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Federal Aviation Administration Faces Partial Shutdown
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/faa-faces-partial-shutdown/2011/07/22/gIQA64o3TI_story.html
2) Feds Delay Rules on Airline Pricing, Advertising
Link to article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
http://www.lvrj.com/business/feds-delay-rules-on-airline-pricing-advertising-126002423.html
CAMERAS
3) Hospitals Get Shafted on Houston Red-Light Camera Money
Link to story and video on KRIV-TV:
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/110720-hospitals-get-shafted-on-red-light-camera-money
4) Travelers Checks: Automatic License Plate Readers Track Your Every Move
Link to blog in The Boston Globe:
http://boston.com/community/blogs/on_liberty/2011/07/travelers_checks_automatic_lic.html
MARITIME
5) Interview with Rick Pearson, General Manager of Sea Tel
Pearson shares his thoughts on maintaining contact between ship and shore.
Link to interview in Maritime Reporter:
http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/pubs/nwm/maritimereporter/201107/ (page 10)
OTHER
6) ITS Australia's Dr. Norm Pidgeon Looks Ahead to the Gold Coast ITS Summit
Link to article on Traffic Techology Today.com:
http://traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=31606
7) FH St. Polten University of Applied Sciences Offering New Traffic and Transport Information Design Masters Degree Course
Link to article on Dexigner:
http://www.dexigner.com/news/23500
8) Life-Changing Apps: Transportation
Link to blog on Quixey:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) Indiana DOT Reworks I-69 Website with Environmental Studies, Construction Updates
Link to AP article:
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/5171f93a1d814feeb9689c188cc88215/IN--Interstate-69-Website/
Link to site: http://www.i69indyevn.org
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) Debt Package May be Public Safety Vehicle, Too
Democratic senators may use debt-limit package as way to pass bill creating public safety communications network.
Link to article in the National Journal:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/debt-package-may-be-public-safety-vehicle-too-20110720
11) Drivers Hot for Medical-Alert Yellow Dot Kits
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-21-yellow-dot-sticker-drivers_n.htm
12) Florida Coalition, Including Justin Bieber, Works to Combat Texting and Driving
Link to column and video in the Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-anti-texting-law-vasquez-20110722,0,2982599.column
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13) Control Center Makes Gwinnett County, Georgia Traffic Flow
Link to story and video on WXIA-TV:
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/198557/3/Control-center-makes-Gwinnett-traffic-flow
14) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Fund Modernization of Key Areas of Sofia's Urban Transport
Link to article on Balkans.com:
http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=113124
VEHICLES
15) Toyota's New In-Car Technology: A Steering-Wheel Heart Monitor
Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:
News Releases
2) Sensys Announces Industry-First Standard Five-Year Warranty for Advanced Traffic Detection Products
3) The Future Shape of Multimedia from Mercedes-Benz: Holistic Experience and Natural Interaction
4) Inrix Debuts Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry Apps – Now Available on All Major Mobile Phone Platforms
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Leveraging Social Media Resources in Public Safety – August 4
https://www118.livemeeting.com/lrs/1100002190/Registration.aspx?pageName=r1xw0hr6lf2qhfv1
Friday Bonus
'Big Brown' turns blue, red, green and yellow.
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/ink-spill-ups-truck-paints-highway-rainbow
But the results are no better when it's plain vanilla.
Today in Transportation History
1906 **105th anniversary** Chicago's last cable-car line made its final run.
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccmiscnpart.html#chiccr19060723
1931 **80th anniversary** Vancouver International Airport opened.
http://www.yvr.ca/en/about/history.aspx
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