Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – September 4, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Mexico Lifts Ban on In-Flight Mobile Phone Use
Link to article on Daily Tech:
http://www.dailytech.com/Mexico+Lifts+Ban+on+Inflight+Mobile+Phone+Use/article16144c.htm
2) A Better Way to Pick Up Airline Passengers
How some US airports handle those waiting for arriving passengers.
Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
CAMERAS
3) Cameras on Patrol for Labor Day Drivers
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-09-03-traffic-cameras_N.htm
OTHER
4) Wisconsin Incumbents Use Map Giveaways at Taxpayer Expense, Critics Say
Link to article in the Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/57100907.html
5) Washington Post Transportation Coverage has Improved
Link to commentary on Greater Greater Washington:
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3418
SAFETY / SECURITY
6) Public Safety Communications Still a Work in Progress, Former DHS Secretary Says
Link to article in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/09/03/chertoff-on-public-safety-interoperability.aspx
TRANSIT
7) Company Launches First MBTA iPhone App
Link to NECN story:
http://www.necn.com/Boston/SciTech/2009/09/03/Cambridge -Massbased/1251980592.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
8) New Technology Helps Kansas City-Area Motorists, Bus Passengers Get Around
Link to editorial in The Kansas City Star:
http://voices.kansascity.com/node/5737
Upcoming Events
IBEC Day Seminar: Road Pricing Beyond the Technology – September 20 – Stockholm
http://www.harmonised-events.com/index.php?url=evenement_vue&id_evenement=22
Friday Bonus
Apparently diesel fumes are not the only odor problems on some buses.
Today in Transportation History
1949 **60th anniversary** – The maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon, a passenger airliner, was made at the Filton Aerodrome.
http://www.unrealaircraft.com/classics/brab.php
======================================================================
The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday.
To subscribe send an e-mail to: TCNL-subscribe@googlegroups.com
TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications
Questions, comments about the TCN? Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at i95berniew@aol.com.
© 2009 Bernie Wagenblast