Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, July 25, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Palm Beach International Airport Noise Monitors Called Costly, Useless
Link to article in The Palm Beach Post:
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/pbia-airport-director-seeks-to-end-noise-monitoring-1640863.html
2) Inside Air-Traffic Control at Experimental Aircraft Association Event
Link to story and video on WLUK-TV:
http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/inside-air-traffic-control-at-EAA
3) San Francisco International Airport Spokesman Ron Wilson Dies
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/24/BAMA1KEI43.DTL
CAMERAS
4) Red-Light Cameras Aren't the Bonanza Florida Cities Expected
Link to article in The Miami Herald:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/23/2328390/red-light-cameras-arent-the-bonanza.html
5) Cops Versus Cameras
Link to commentary on Darien Patch:
http://darien.patch.com/articles/cops-versus-cameras
CARTOGRAPHY
6) Google Street View Cars Grabbed Locations of Phones, PCs
Link to article on CNET News:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20082777-281/street-view-cars-grabbed-locations-of-phones-pcs
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
7) Cost of E-ZPass Device to Drop by Half
Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:
Link to article on TOLLROADSnews:
http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/5394
MARITIME
8) Safer Voyage for Ships with Singapore's New Control Center
Link to article in The Straits Times:
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_694560.html
OTHER
9) Inrix Aims to Drive Its Traffic Data Into a Billion-Dollar Business
Link to article in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015702595_inrix25.html
Link to news release from Inrix:
http://inrix.com/pressrelease.asp?ID=133
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10) China's Efforts to Muzzle News of Train Crash Sparks Outcry
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-china-train-censorship-idUSTRE76O1IG20110725
Link to news release from the Ministry of Railways:
http://www.china-mor.gov.cn/xwzx/jrtt/201107/t20110725_24977.html (in Chinese)
Link to further information on China Digital Times:
11) Complaints in Malta About Lack of Information on Planned Street Work
Link to article in The Malta Independent on Sunday:
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=129336
ROADWAYS
12) Can I-66 Get Smart? That Depends on Drivers as Virginia Aims to Boost Traffic Technology
Link to article in The Washington Post:
13) New Technology Could Save Lives, Money at Rural Intersections
Link to story and video on KSTP-TV:
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2193902.shtml?cat=127
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) Circuits, Radar Aim to Separate Norfolk Light Rail and Autos
Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/07/circuits-radars-aim-separate-norfolk-light-rail-and-autos
15) Cellphone Use Crashes Up in South Africa
Link to article in the Daily News:
http://www.dailynews.co.za/cellphone-use-crashes-up-1.1105308
16) Plan to Install 300 CCTV Cameras in Ahmedabad
Bus stops, railway stations, airports among locations where cameras will be located.
Link to Press Trust of India article:
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/plan-to-install-300-cctv-cameras-in-ahmedabad-121847
17) Transportation Worker Identification Credentials Have Supporters, Detractors
Link to article in Houma Today:
18) Carmakers' Drive to Keep Eyes on the Road
Link to article in the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/01424cfa-acaa-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html
TRANSIT
19) Pittsburgh-Area Transit Agency Starting 'Smartcard' Fare System
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11206/1162761-147.stm
20) Commuters Asking for Answers After Heat-Related Havoc on Metro-North
Some complain about poor communications.
Link to article in The News-Times:
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Commuters-asking-for-answers-after-heat-related-1583697.php
21) Brampton, Ontario Prepares to Züm Zoom
Bus rapid transit service uses signal prioritization and provides real-time information at stops and online.
Link to article in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1014817--brampton-prepares-to-zum-zoom
22) Buses on Indore, India Bus Rapid Transit Route to Offer Dream Journey
Link to article on dailybhaskar.com:
23) University of Massachusetts, Connecticut Bus Company Offer 'First-Ever' Transit Certificate Program
Link to AP article:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
24) Florida 511 System Calls Decline, Website Visits Rise
Link to article and video in the Sun-Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-511-traffic-hotline-20110722,0,2206360.story
25) Indonesia to Implement Smart Transportation System
Link to article in the Jakarta Globe:
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-to-implement-smart-transportation-system/455082
26) Florida Spends $5.6 Million on Signs, Warning of Problems on Two Bridges
Link to story on WINK-TV:
27) Inrix Driving Next-Gen Traffic, Cloud Delivery Platforms
Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:
28) Reduced Congestion, Safer Pedestrians in New York City Thanks to FHWA and 'Midtown in Motion'
Link to blog from US DOT:
VEHICLES
29) Nevada DOT Begins Field Test of Car-Tracking Technology for Potential New Tax
Link to Nevada News Bureau article:
30) Complexity Stalls Ford's High-Tech Drive
Link to article in the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fbfa0dba-aca8-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1T7Wxsu00
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News Releases
1) Navteq Traffic Launches RDS Real-Time Traffic Services Across Russia via Autoradio
2) China Domestic Automotive OEMs Target Telematics Market
3) US DOT Secretary LaHood Meets with American Society of Travel Agents Corporate Advisory Council
4) Discrete Wireless Becomes NexTraq
5) Harman Wins Ferrari 2011 Innovation Award
6) Three Embry-Riddle Student Teams Sweep FAA Runway Safety Design Challenge
7) BP Launches Commute Better Campaign in Columbus, Ohio
8) Iteris Advances Its Traffic Management Strategy with Vehicle Sensors Divestiture
9) Summer 2011 Issue of the South Bay Expressway's The Sun
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Today in Transportation History
1956 **55th anniversary** The SS Andrea Doria collided with the MS Stockholm off Nantucket Island.
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