Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – August 7, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Airspeed Systems Failed on US Planes
Link to AP story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_go_ot/us_planes_speed_malfunction
2) FAA Going Green with Electronic Airworthiness Directives, Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins
Link to story on AOPA Online:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/090806electronic.html
CARTOGRAPHY
3) Odd Tricycle Mapping Paris Streets for Google
Link to AP story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhkQb2j2GX-YJcuJHM9Kd6UcMeyQD99U56S80
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) GPS Signals an End to Fights About Driving Directions
Link to story in The Boston Globe:
OTHER
5) President Obama in ‘Snooping’ Row Over US Car Scrappage Scheme
Link to story in The Times:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6742322.ece
6) Traffic Islands
A BBC documentary explores the stories of people whose lives intersect with traffic islands and streetscapes.
Link to video from the BBC World Service:
ROADWAYS
7) Illinois Launches Construction Zone Web Site
Link to story in The Times:
http://nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/article_d66d3afd-33b1-515b-a8ff-45b378ad91cd.html
TRANSIT
8) ACLU Questions Removal of Atheists’ Bus Ads in Des Moines
Link to story in The Des Moines Register:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090807/NEWS/908070354/-1/NEWS04
Upcoming Events
China High-Speed Railway Summit – September 23-25 – Beijing
http://www.chinadecisionmakers.com/rail/
Friday Bonus
Capri, Carpi – What’s the difference?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8173308.stm
Today in Transportation History
1959 **50th anniversary** – Explorer 6 was launched.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-004A
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