AVIATION

1) FAA Steps Closer to NextGen Navigation with Naverus Approval

Link to article on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/naverus_nextgen_faa_navigation_rnp_201222-1.html

Link to news release from Naverus:

http://www.naverus.com/Company/News/2516.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) UAZ Begins Serial Production of Cars Equipped with GLONASS System

Link to article on Autostat:

http://www.autostat.ru/news.asp?t=1&n=3744

3) Taxi GPS Devices Raise Surveillance Concern in Beijing

Link to article on Alibaba:

http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100178251-1-taxi-gps-devices-raise-surveillance.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Poll Finds Broad Support for a Ban on Texting at the Wheel

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckerside.html

5) Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

6) Transparency Directives Transform Privacy at US Department of Homeland Security

Link to article in Homeland Security Today:

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/10383/128/

7) National Communications System Provides Programs for Priority Calling, but Planning for New Initiatives and Performance Measurement Could be Strengthened

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09822.pdf

TRANSIT

7) New York MTA Easing Its Strict Approach to Outside Web Developers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/nyregion/28mta.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

9) Official Los Angeles Metrolink System Records Contain Errors, Inconsistencies

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-data-metrolink-2009sep27,0,6452604.story

10) Kalamazoo’s Metro Transit Getting Smarter

Link to story on WKZO Radio:

http://new.wkzo.com/news/articles/2009/sep/28/metro-transit-getting-smarter/

11) UC Davis Bus Service Offers Real-Time Information

Link to article in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/09/UC-Davis-bus-service-offers-real-time-information.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Abu Dhabi Looks at Tokyo Traffic Management System to Tackle Its Traffic Nightmare

Link to article in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090929/NATIONAL/709289800/1138/MAGAZINE3

News Releases

1) Ericsson CEO Advocates Technology-Driven Climate Agenda at UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change

2) European ‘CVIS’ Project Shows the Cooperative Way to Mobility

3) Viajeo: Towards Efficient Travel and Transport Planning

4) Chapel Hill Transit Joins the Regional Information Center

5) Boeing Advances Security Upgrade for GPS Ground Control System

6) States and US Territories Receive $40 Million in Grants to Improve 911 Services

7) TomTom, AT&T to Deliver LIVE Services on Connected GPS

8) Clemson Researchers Study Energy Savings with Electric Cars and IntelliDrive Technology

9) Xerox to Acquire Affiliated Computer Services

Upcoming Events

Digital Ship USA 2009 – October 7-8 – Stamford, Connecticut

http://www.thedigitalship.com/conferences/usa/usa_about09.shtml

Today in Transportation History

1994 **15^th anniversary** – The MV Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea claiming 852 lives.

http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/estonia/

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