Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter – April 08, 2009

April 8, 2009 at 6:18 pm

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Miami Phasing in Air-Traffic Innovation

Link to story in The Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/989545.html

2) FAA Requests Comments on Standards for Airport Sign Systems

Link to story on AviationNews:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=166023

3) US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Praises TSA Test Facility

Link to story on AviationNews:

http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=166078

CAMERAS

4) Enforcement Camera Expansion on Hold in Arizona

Link to story in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/04/08/20090408photosuspend0409.html

5) Snap Decisions at Red Lights

Meet the companies behind the cameras waiting to catch you.

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/transportation/chi-red-speed-08-apr08,0,6871221.story

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Street View UK is Here to Stay, Says Boss of Google Maps

Link to story and video in The Times:

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6058197.ece

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Tweet Along with the Delaware Office of Highway Safety

Link to story in the Sussex Countian:

http://www.sussexcountian.com/homepage/x1098992497

Link to Twitter page: http://twitter.com/DEHighwaySafe

ROADWAYS

8) Archives of Webcast on I-95 Express Lanes in Florida

Link to archives from the National Transportation Operations Coalition:

http://www.ntoctalks.com/web_casts_archive.php

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Air Chase Tests US Security Network

Link to story in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-04-07-stolen-plane_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

10) The Security Swamp

Secure Flight, the government’s new airline passenger-screening program, wants to identify troublemakers. But making it work might be a nightmare for travelers.

Link to column in Portfolio:

http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B/2009/04/07/TSA-Launches-Secure-Flight

11) A Guide for Reducing Speed-Related Crashes

Link to document from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=10229

12) Side Object Detection Systems Evaluation

Link to report from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.itsdocs.fhwa.dot.gov/JPODOCS//REPTS_TE/14461.htm

VEHICLES

13) Social Networking Leads Ford to Fiesta Fans

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Social-networking-leads-Ford-apf-14885800.html