AVIATION

1) Road-Testing the New Mobile Boarding Passes

Link to Tribune Newspapers story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-tc-trav-boarding-0609-0614jun21,0,5152088.story

CAMERAS

2) Real-Time Cameras to Monitor Bettendorf, Iowa Buses

Link to story in the Quad-City Times:

http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_01e2f726-5ec9-11de-b53e-001cc4c002e0.html

3) Seattle Police Cruise for Meter Cheaters Using New Camera Technology

Link to story in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009364600_parkingstory21.html

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Google Maps Heading to a College Near You

Link to AP story:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12652197

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) New Jersey Bill Targets Drivers’ Use of GPS Devices

Link to story in the Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090621/COMMUNITIES/906210333/1005

OTHER

6) EU Intelligent Transport Systems Plan Stalls

Link to story in Computing:

http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2244603/eu-intelligent-transport

7) United Nations International Committee on GNSS Request Input on GNSS Interoperability

Link to further information:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/galileo/programme/doc/icg.pdf

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Minnesota Pushes Work from Home to Cut Traffic

Link to AP story:

http://www.wxow.com/Global/story.asp?S=10569003

Link to further information on eWorkPlace:  http://www.eworkplace-mn.com

ROADWAYS

9) Illinois, Iowa Restrict I-80 Inspection Records

Link to story in the Quad-City Times:

http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_3fa2fd46-5e0a-11de-952f-001cc4c03286.html

10) In Missouri, a Free Speech Fight Over a Highway Adoption

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/us/21highway.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Driver Distraction has Big Impact on Truck Crashes

Recent study says 100% of commercial vehicle crashes were due to driver distractions.

Link to story in Today’s Trucking:

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=21982

Link to news release from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute:

http://www.vtti.vt.edu/PDF/DrivingTipsWebsitePressRelease%203_10_09_spb_rh.pdf

12) New Zealand Texters Ignore Safety Message

Link to story in the Herald on Sunday:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10579732

TRANSIT

13) DC Metro Relaunching System to Provide Data on Next Bus’s Arrival Time

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/20/AR2009062000970.html

14) London‘s Underground to ‘Go Mobile’

Plans are in the works to install cell phone coverage across the British capital’s transport system ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Link to story in BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2009/gb20090619_269317.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_global+business

15) Dubai Metro Finalizes Passenger Evacuation Plan for Emergencies

Link to story in Gulf News:

http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traffic_and_Transport/10324675.html

16) Advances in Fare Collection Technology Presented at APTA Rail Conference

Link to story in Passenger Transport:

http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aptapt/issues/2009-06-22/22.html

17) Balancing New Technologies with Old Infrastructure

Link to story in Passenger Transport:

http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/aptapt/issues/2009-06-22/23.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Pennsylvania Motorists to Get Help Navigating Roads Using ‘511’

Link to story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_630434.html

19) FIU Student Researchers Study Rush Hour

Link to AP story:

http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story/rush-hour-road-rage-student-researchers-wptv/9dvnVF3ZN0eCtmsz-eBcoA.cspx

20) Intelligent Traffic Hits Wichita

Link to story and video on KAKE-TV:

http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/48644052.html

21) Help for New Zealand’s Worst Traffic Jams

Link to story in the Herald on Sunday:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10579731

22) New City Site Monitors Traffic Through Redmond, Washington

Link to story and video on KING-TV:

http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/washington/stories/NW_062209WAB-redmond-traffic-web-site-LJ.159cc4c8.html

23) Review of Traffic Info, a Real-Time Traffic Monitoring App

Link to review on Know Your Mobile:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/smartphones/smartphoneapps/iphoneapplications/273381/traffic_info_review.html

VEHICLES

24) Eight Big Ideas that Make Way for Tomorrow’s Smarter Vehicles

Link to story in Popular Mechanics:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4322287.html

News Releases

1) Tele Atlas Leverages Community Input to Add New Roads and Location Content

2) Tele Atlas HD Traffic Delivers New Standard in Real-Time Traffic to Navigation and Location-Based Industries

3) Northrop Grumman Delivers First Demonstration Satellite for Space Tracking and Surveillance System

Upcoming Events

4^th Annual Canada Maritime Conference – September 23-24 – Vancouver, British Columbia

http://legacy.joc.com/conferences/CMC/

Today in Transportation History

1984 **25^th anniversary** – Virgin Atlantic made its first flight.

http://www.airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/1/uk-ireland/225/virgin-atlantic-1984-first-timetable/7318/preview

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