Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Should Airlines Let Passengers Make Calls via Wi-Fi?
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2009-09-28-wi-fi-cellphones-airlines_N.htm
2) Local South Carolina Officials Question 2-Hour Delay in Crash Alert
Link to article in The Sun News:
http://www.thesunnews.com/142/story/1092193.html
CAMERAS
3) Traffic Camera Ballot Fight Heads to Ohio Supreme Court
Link to article in the Chillicothe Gazette:
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090929/UPDATES01/90929010/1002/NEWS01
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) GPS Safety, Part 1: Texting, Part 2?
Link to article on TechNewsWorld:
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/GPS-Safety-Part-1-Texting-Part-2-68174.html
5) SISTER at the 16th ITS World Congress
Link to further information:
http://www.sister-project.org/
MILITARY
6) Inside the US Navy’s Command Center of the Future
Link to article and video on CNET News:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10362933-52.html
OTHER
7) Driver’s Ed Gets 21st-Century Update
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-28-driver-side_N.htm
8) Illinois DOT Putting More Info About Projects on Web
Link to article in the Journal Star:
http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x1128385697/IDOT-launches-new-Web-sites
ROADWAYS
9) High-Tech System Keeps Trucks Moving on Virginia’s I-64
Link to article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/transportation/article/B-TRUK29_20090928-203405/296079/
10) Sheriff’s Signs Don’t Fly with Tennessee DOT
Link to article in The Tennessean:
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) US Transportation Secretary Seeks Roadmap to Remedy Distracted Driving
Link to ABC News story and video:
12) India Transport Ministry to Use Tweeting to Bring Down Accidents
Link to Press Trust of India article:
13) Wisconsin Not Told of Stolen Plane’s Intrusion
Link to AP article:
http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BLAG7GRD0F8
TRANSIT
14) Bus CCTV Could Predict Assaults
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8270934.stm
Link to news release from CSIT:
VEHICLES
15) Electronic Recorder Rule Sent to US DOT
Link to article in Light & Medium Duty Truck:
16) Volvo Ready to Bring Cars to a Full Stop in an Emergency — Without Any Help from the Driver
Link to column in USA Today:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2009/09/68499878/1
News Releases
1) Australian Communications and Media Authority to Host Tune-Up on Transport-Related Spectrum Issues
2) GTZ Sourcebook Module on ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ Updated (scroll down)
3) The World’s First Commercial ITS Verification Test Carried out in Changchun City, China
4) AT&T and Garmin Announce a New Mobile Navigation Era with nüvifone, The Navigation Phone
5) Distracted Driving a Factor in Railroad Crossing Crashes, Says Rail Safety Group Operation Lifesaver
Upcoming Events
IntelliDrive Working Group Meeting – October 29-30 – Detroit
http://www.itsa.org/intellidriveworkinggroup/c70/News_and_Events.html
Today in Transportation History
1909 **100th anniversary** – Wilbur Wright made the first long over-water flight in America.
http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/06/wrights_hudson.php
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