Thursday, February 19, 2009 — ISSN 1529-1057

Register Today for IBTTA’s Toll Road Summit of Australia, New Zealand & the Asia Pacific Rim, March 15-18, 2009 in Sydney, Australia 

 If you are interested in public-private partnerships, innovations in customer service and next generation technologies, you need to attend this meeting! Join IBTTA and ITS Australia in Sydney, Australia and learn about the explosive growth of tolling in Australia, New Zealand and the countries in the Asia Pacific Rim. Learn about toll concessions and operations, including the political, regulatory, public affairs and customer service aspects of startup and mature facilities, and lessons learned from successive implementation of all electronic toll collection. Visit IBTTA’s website to view the preliminary agenda, make your travel arrangements and register today

 AVIATION

 1) Fiji Implementing ADS-B Air Traffic Management System

System will cover all nation’s airports and is touted as the most comprehensive deployment of ADS-B in the world.

Link to story in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/19/322680/fiji-implementing-ads-b-air-traffic-management-system.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 2) The Cell Phone, Navigating Our Lives

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/science/17map.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all 

 

MARITIME

 3) NTSB Cites Poor Information-Sharing in Ship Crash

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ieJQyNvJPxHN8ep0At83weZh1Y_AD96EC1J82

Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:

http://www.ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2009/090218.html

 

OTHER

 4) Michigan Puts Stimulus ‘Wish List’ on Web Site

Link to AP story:

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/michigan_puts_stimulus_wish_li_1.html

Link to Michigan Inventory of Requests:  http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/inventory_267577_7.htm

 

5) Transport Gooru – Transportation News and Information Site Debuts

Link to site: http://www.transportgooru.com

 

ROADWAYS

 6) Calgary Looking at Ways to Get Drivers to Slow in Playground Zones

City investigating creating a universal sign.

Link to story and video report on CTV Calgary:

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090218/CGY_Zones_Playground_090218/20090219/?hub=CalgaryHome

 

TRANSIT

 7) New York City Transit Adds Choices to Online Subway Map

Link to story in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–onlinetransitmap0218feb18,0,5660448.story

Link to news release from NYC Transit:

http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=090218-NYCT26

Link to Trip Planner:  http://tripplanner.mta.info/

 

VEHICLES

 8) Crash Avoidance at Its Best

An interview with Tom Baloga, BMW of North America.

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://auto.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090218.whVaughanBMW0219/GAStory/specialGlobeAuto/home

  News Releases

1) Toyota to Join Public ITS Tests in Tokyo

 

Upcoming Events

Workshop on Identifying Traveler Information Research Needs to Achieve All Roads-All Modes-All the Time – April 15-17 – Irvine, California

http://trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=9253

 Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – A US Air Force rocket sled reached a speed of Mach 4.1 in New Mexico.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/extreme_machines/1280831.html

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