Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 30, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Cockpit Distractions Go Beyond Laptops
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-30-pilot-distractions_N.htm
CAMERAS
2) Camera Upgrade on Washington State’s Snoqualmie Pass a Boon for Nighttime Weather Monitoring
Link to article in The Ritzville Adams County Journal:
Link to cameras: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/snoqualmie/default.aspx
OTHER
3) IT Should be Included in Copenhagen Agreement, Says UN Agency
Technology, including ITS, should be seen as key to reducing emissions in any successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Link to article in Computing:
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2252305/should-included-copenhagen
Link to news release from the International Telecommunication Union:
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2009/NP09.html
4) Illinois Tollway Board Meetings to be Available via Webcasts
Link to article on Chicago Breaking News:
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/10/tollway-board-meetings-to-be-available-via-webcasts.html
5) IEEE ITS Society Newsletter – October Issue
Link to newsletter:
http://www.ieeeitss.org/v11n4.pdf
RAILROADS
6) Amtrak Plans Wi-Fi Internet Access on Acela Trains
Link to Bloomberg article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abyvg7fhE66k
ROADWAYS
7) Live Twitter Feed of Bay Bridge Discussion
Link to article and feed in The Record:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091030/A_NEWS/910309998#STS=g1fgoe42.1up7
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
8) Wyoming DOT Command Center Works Around the Clock
Link to story and video on KGWN-TV:
http://www.kgwn.tv/story.aspx?ID=3124&Cat=2
9) Live Traffic Updates Benefit Cayman Motorists
Link to article on Cayman Net News:
http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-19078–1-1—.html
VEHICLES
10) Chrysler Offers Live TV Service
Link to AP article:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2009-10-29-chrysler-live-tv-in-cars_N.htm
Upcoming Events
Network of Excellence for Advanced Road Traffic Management in the Information Society (NEARCTIS) Workshop – November 13 – London
http://www.nearctis.org/index.php?id=151&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=27&tx_ttnews[backPid]=3&cHash=76a99aeab4
Friday Bonus
It’s almost Halloween…here are a few streets you might not want to trick-or-treat on.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2009-10-29-streets-of-fear_N.htm
Today in Transportation History
1929 **80th anniversary** – The Standseilbahn, a funicular railway in Stuttgart, Germany, opened.
http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/DEU/freizeit/standseilbahn.htm
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