Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter(TCN) – May 28, 2009

May 28, 2009 at 6:09 pm

Thursday, May 28, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

TIC3 From GEWI – One Platform, Multiple Deployment Options

Whether you are looking to provide Interoperability between legacy systems, launch or upgrade a 511 Service, generate Traffic Flows & Predictive models, Traffic Alerts, Traffic Plans & Simulations, report on Work Zones & Road Conditions, run an automated Radio Traffic Advisory system, or produce Navigation Quality Data, TIC3 from GEWI is the solution. All of these services, and more, can be achieved by simple configuration of this single commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software platform, already in use in over 100+ projects worldwide. To discuss your requirements, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com and look for GEWI in booth #329 at ITS America.

AVIATION

1) Connexion by Boeing’s Former King Marketer Uncensored

Link to column on Flightglobal:

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/runway-girl/2009/05/connexion-by-boeings-former-ki.html

BICYCLES

2) Online Mapping Tool Promotes Bike Safety

Link to story and video in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009270653_bikewise28m0.html

Link to bikewise: http://www.bikewise.org/

OTHER

3) Q&A with US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Gary Blore About the New National Security Cutter Bertholf

Link to interview in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2009/05/28/q-and-a-with-coast-guard-acqusition-rear-admrl-gary-blore.aspx

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Courtesy-Minded Metro Stands Up for Riders Who Shouldn’t Have to

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052603286.html

RAILROADS

5) Latest Edition of Signal Online

Link to newsletter of the European Rail Traffic Management System:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/interoperability/ertms/doc/012_signal_2009_05_en.pdf

ROADWAYS

6) New Sign Will Count and Display Accident-Free Days on US 2 in Washington State

Link to story in The Snohomish Times:
http://www.snohomishtimes.com/snohomishNEWS.cfm?inc=story&newsID=563

7) Rolling Wheel Deflectometer – Network-Level Pavement Structural Evaluation – Measuring Deflection at Highway Speeds

Link to further information from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/management/rwd/index.cfm

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) US-VISIT Tests New Approaches to Exit System

DHS will start testing two methods for electronically collecting and transmitting biometric data on non-citizens as they leave the US through airports.

Link to story in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2009/05/27/web-us-visit-pilots.aspx

9) Ohio Troopers to Power Radios with Solar

Link to story in The Columbus Dispatch:

http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/05/28/z-apoh_greencruisers_0528.ART_ART_05-28-09_B6_1KE0FQ4.html?sid=101

TELEMATICS

10) Sync Gets Traffic Application

Link to story in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20090528/BUSINESS01/905280459/1210/BUSINESS/Sync+gets+traffic+application

TRANSIT

11) Is God Dead? Or Just Not Riding the Bus?

Link to story in Time: