Friday, April 17, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) The FAA and the Freedom of Information Act

Link to column in The Dallas Morning News:

http://watchdogblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/the-faa-and-the-freedom-of-inf.html

2) Logan Airport to Try High-Tech Bird-Detection System

Link to story on WBZ-TV:

http://wbztv.com/local/bird.detection.system.2.986910.html

3) Delta No Longer Sending Reservation Calls to India

Link to AP story:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Delta-no-longer-sending-apf-14957481.html?.v=3

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Units Plug Into the Web, but We’re Not There Yet

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041700047.html

MARITIME

5) Maritime Academy Simulates Pirate Attacks

Link to story and video report on KGO-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6765847

6) US Government Accountability Office Urges Review of Ship-Tracking Plans

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2009/04/17/web-tracking-ships.aspx

Link to GAO report:  http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09337.pdf

ROADWAYS

7) For Massachusetts Pike Chief, Tact Not Part of the Job

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/04/17/for_pike_chief_tact_not_part_of_the_job/

TRANSIT

8) ‘Suicide’ Ad Irks Toronto Transit Authority

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090417.wsubway17art12247/BNStory/National/home

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Intelligent Transportation Projects Get Stimulus Funding

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/641154

10) Profile of San Francisco Traffic Reporter Liz Saint John

Link to column in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/17/PKDQ16V7SU.DTL

11) Technologies that Compliment Congestion Pricing – A Primer

Link to publication from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop08043/cp_prim3_00.htm

12) Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management

Link to draft report from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.nasemsd.org/Projects/HITS/documents/tim_best_practices2.pdf

VEHICLES

13) Pay Up or Your Car Engine Will Stop

Link to AOL Autos story:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/17/aa.bills.shut.engine.down/

News Releases

1) HelloFlight.com Announces ‘Exclusive/First-Time Available to Public’ FAA Online Flight Tracking Tools

2) The 7,000km Long, Four Terabyte ‘Gadget’ that Keeps the UK on the Move

3) Toyota to Show Infrastructure-Linked Driving Safety Systems

Job Posting

 –  General Engineer – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=80513390&AVSDM=4%2F17%2F2009+3%3A43%3A04+PM

Upcoming Events

Performance Measures – A Case Study in Progress Webinar – May 6

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s090506_perfmeas.asp

Friday Bonus

Here’s a way to kill two birds with one stone.  You can save money AND calm traffic!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8001310.stm

Today in Transportation History

April 17, 1964 **45^th anniversary** – Ford introduced the Mustang at the New York World’s Fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWS2aIAOpQ

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