Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – September 7, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
CAMERAS
1) Victoria Police Trial High-Tech License Plate-Scanning Cameras
Link to story in The Sydney Morning Herald:
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) Mayo One: Advanced GPS Technology Helps Helicopters Fly in Bad Weather
Link to story and video on WKBT-TV:
http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=11079812
MARITIME
3) Marketing Maryland Maritime
Link to article in The Capital:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2009/09/06-11/Marketing-Maryland-maritime.html
OTHER
4) The Voice of Washington Traffic
A profile of traffic reporter Lisa Baden.
Link to article in The Examiner:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/The-Voice-of-Washington-Traffic-8184701-56964997.html
ROADWAYS
5) Keep Left
Samoa becomes first in decades to switch roadway driving sides. Signs and roadway markings are changed.
Link to article in the Samoa Observer:
http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12833&Itemid=62
TELEMATICS
6) Untangling the Challenges of the Connected Car
Link to article in Automotive DesignLine Europe:
http://www.automotivedesign-europe.com/howto/219501188
7) ‘Telematics are Not a Universal Panacea’
As Germany works to modernize its road network, the transport minister explains the benefits of transport technologies, but says they are not the only solution.
Link to article in Public Service Review:
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=12518
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
8) Traffic Watching: 46 Screens Keep Bay County, Florida Engineers in the Loop
Link to article in The News Herald:
http://www.newsherald.com/news/panama-77244-bay-screens.html
9) Traffic Jams Good for One Company
China TransInfo has just launched multi-city, real-time traffic information services based mainly upon GPS sensors installed in cars and along roadsides.
Link to article in China Daily:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-09/07/content_8662187.htm
Upcoming Events
Webchat: Chet Huber and Walt Dorfstatter Discuss the Future of OnStar – September 8
Today in Transportation History
1909 **100th anniversary** – Eugène Lefebvre became the first person piloting an airplane to die in a crash. The crash took place in Juvisy, France.
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/lefebvre.html
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