Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – July 2, 2009

July 2, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Thursday, July 2, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION
 1) Why Pilots Oppose New Black Box Technology Link to story and video report on WFAA-TV: http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090701_mo_airfrance.27cba025.html

2) FAA Releases Training Video for Fighting In-Flight Fires Link to story on the Aero-News Network: http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=d99a306c-f251-4378-8ffa-bb5618e8c181

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Nokia Updates Ovi Maps

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/gps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218400228

ROADWAYS

4) University of Minnesota Web Site Highlights Dangerous Traffic Zones Link to story in The Minnesota Daily: http://www.mndaily.com/blogs/newsstand/2009/07/01/u-web-site-highlights-dangerous-traffic-zones Link to SafeRoadMaps:  http://www.saferoadmaps.org

5) Wildlife Early Warning System a New Way of Thinking Link to story in the Durango Herald News: http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/Earth/2009/07/02/Early_warning_system_a_new_way_of_thinking/
6) July Issue of Florida DOT’s SunGuide Disseminator Online Link to newsletter: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/ITS/Projects_Deploy/Disseminator.shtm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) California’s Really Got Intelligent Transport Goin’ On

Link to story in The Examiner:

http://www.examiner.com/x-11410-Fresno-Green-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Californias-really-got-IT-goin-on

8) Vodafone Germany Unveils HD Traffic Navigation Service

Link to story in Telecompaper:

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/SendArticle.aspx?u=False

9) Tennessee DOT Commissioner: TDOT Works to Keeo Motorists Informed Link to commentary in The Chattanoogan: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_154196.asp

News Releases

1) Global Handset Navigation Subscriber Base to Grow to 26 Million by 2010, Says ABI Research

2) Idaho Transportation Department Now Using Twitter, In Motion to Share Information with the Public

3) Nationwide Traffic System Deployed in Australia Using TrafficScience Cellular Floating Vehicle Data Technology

Job Posting –

Transportation Training Specialist, GS-1701-12 EG – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=81788888 –

Transportation Training Specialist, GS-1701-13 EG – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=81789867

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Incident Management, Safety and Security Workshop – July 19-21 – Denver http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3857

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50th anniversary** – The Soviet Union sent dogs, Otvazhnaya and Snezhinka, as well as a rabbit, into space.  They were safely recovered. http://www.experiencefestival.com/russian_space_dogs_-_otvazhnaya_and_snezhinka =============================================================================================

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