Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
OpenTMS – Provides Real-Time Operations System Solutions
Open Roads’ Open TMS Enterprise is a proven off-the-shelf solution that incorporates data gathering, information dissemination, and real-time decision-making into a single, user-friendly interface. OpenTMS is your gateway to visualizing all transportation data sources, while communicating with system operators and other users. Our integrated platform provides a consolidated operational view of incidents, traffic congestion, weather, 911 dispatch information, and other decision-making tools. OpenTMS is easy to use, highly scalable and configurable in all dimensions. Open Roads will be demonstrating OpenTMS at ITS America, and can be found at booth #840. For appointments and customized demos, please call 757-546-3401 or email Steve Beckwith at slbeckwith@openroadsconsulting.com. You can also visit us online at www.openroadsconsulting.com.
AVIATION
1) FAA Bird Radar Tests to Expand this Summer
Link to story on AVweb:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAABirdRadarTestsToExpandThisSummer_200444-1.html
2) On the Radar: Bird-Proofing US Air Traffic
Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124328722028652079.html
3) Ethnic Tamil Malaysians Want Tamil Announcements at Airports
Link to story in The Hindu:
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200905261756.htm
CAMERAS
4) Texas Cities Speed Up to Beat Red Light Camera Contract Deadline
Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) The GPS Revolution: Location, Location, Location
Link to story in BusinessWeek:
OTHER
6) From Traffic Signs to Furniture
Link to story in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/26/DD8Q17F8MN.DTL
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) Transportation Security Administration to Promote Secure Flight Program
Link to story on AviationNews.net:
http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=167713
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) Aviation Groups Fight Airport Badging Rule
Link to story in Aviation Week:
9) Transport Canada Agrees to Release Results of Child Car Seat Tests
Link to CBC News story:
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/26/child-car-seat-safety987.html
TRANSIT
10) Plan Would Let Chicago Transit Riders Pay with Phone
Link to story on WLS-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6832883
11) Subsidized Passes Problem for Phoenix-Area Light Rail
When riders don’t scan cards, Metro can’t recoup fares.
Link to story in The Arizona Republic:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/traffic/lightrail/articles/2009/05/26/20090526lostfares0526.html
12) It’s Open Sesame: New New York City Buses Feature Exit Sensors to Unclog Back-Door Bottleneck
Link to story in the Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/26/2009-05-26_new_buses_feature_exit_sensors.html
13) Twitter Largely Untapped by Campus Bus Services
Link to story in Metro Magazine:
14) Israel Admits Tube Advert Map ‘Mistake’
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8063435.stm
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15) Vancouver Braces for Olympic Traffic Nightmare with Interactive Web Tool
Link to story on itbusiness.ca:
http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=53282
News Releases
2) WirelessCar Selected to Telematics Service Provider for BMW in Europe
Upcoming Events
Workshop on Roundabouts – August 18 – Maitland, Florida
http://trc.ce.ufl.edu/Roundabouts_Workshop_2009.html
Today in Transportation History
1919 **90th anniversary** – The NC-4, a flying boat, became the first aircraft to complete a trans-Atlantic flight.
http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/ww2Timeline/firstflight.html
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