Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register Today for IBTTA’s 79th Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Making the Difference ― Early Bird Discount Ends August 26th
Join IBTTA in Berlin, Germany, September 11-14, for the year's largest international gathering of toll industry professionals. With presentations from more than 90 industry experts representing 25 countries around the world, the IBTTA Annual Meeting offers a unique learning and business opportunity! This meeting features an outstanding program with tracks on interoperability, tolling infrastructure around the world, communications, and environment/social responsibility; interactive exhibits; valuable networking opportunities; technical tours and special events – make your plans today! Sign up now and get a $100 early bird discount, available now through August 26. Visit www.IBTTA.org/BERLIN to view the preliminary brochure, register, and learn about sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. See you in Berlin!
BICYCLES
1) California Transportation Planners Hope Tech Improves Bike Projects
Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18641381
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) FCC Seeks Ways for LightSquared, GPS to Coexist
Link to Bloomberg article:
3) GLONASS Gets Nokia Backing, Aims to Rival COMPASS
Link to Reuters article:
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE7783VU20110809
4) Lawsuit Alleges Company-Provided GPS Could Have Prevented Megabus Crash
Link to article in The Post-Standard:
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/lawsuit_alleges_gps_device_cou.html
OTHER
5) Burlington, Vermont Votes to Add French to Its Signs
Link to CBC News story:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/08/09/burlington-french-signs.html
ROADWAYS
6) Bulgarian Transport Organizations Insist on Eliminating Confusing Road Signs and Markings
Link to Focus Information Agency article:
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n256747
TELEMATICS
7) OnStar Plans for Global Expansion
Link to article in Automotive News:
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110808/RETAIL03/308089985/1182
TRANSIT
8) Alert Warning System Planned for DC Metrobus
Link to article in The Examiner:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/08/alert-warning-system-planned-metrobus
9) How Smartphones, Tablets are Killing Wi-Fi on Seattle Buses
Link to article on GeekWire:
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/smartphones-killed-wifi-public-transportation
VEHICLES
10) New System Would Inspect Trucks While on the Go
Link to article in The Record:
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2011/08/08/news/doc4e3f5c5d3c76f887988926.txt
Link to news release from NYSERDA:
http://www.nyserda.org/Press_Releases/2011/PressReleas20110728.asp
11) Influx of Nerds Changes Tenor of Auto Industry's Summer Camp
Link to blog in Forbes:
12) How 'Connectedness' Changes the Car. A Conversation with Ford CTO
Link to video on GigaOM:
http://gigaom.com/2011/08/08/how-will-connectedness-change-the-car-ford-cto-speaks/
13) A Look at GM's Rapid Prototyping Lab
Link to video on Translogic:
http://translogic.aolautos.com/2011/08/08/translogic-66-rapid-prototyping-lab
News Releases
1) Major Air-Traffic Management Project Receives EU Support
2) Yandex.Maps Shows Road Conditions Online
Upcoming Events
Australian Intelligent Transport Systems Summit – September 20-22 – Broadbeach, Queensland
Today in Transportation History
1911 **100th anniversary** The French passenger ship Emir collided with the British ship Silverton while passing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Eighty-six people died.
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138205
The British steamer SS Fifeshire ran aground in the Gulf of Aden. Twenty-four died after the ship was abandoned.
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59454
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