Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 8, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Controllers: FAA’s Computers Prone to Problems
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEH8D_Erb_xPAm1zh411j6XfUI6AD9B6GTOG2
CARTOGRAPHY
2) Google Street View Arrives in 11 Canadian Cities
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10370067-2.html
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) FHWA Publishes Final Rule on Interoperability Requirements for Automated Toll Collection
Link to notice in the Federal Register:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2009_register&docid=fr08oc09-5
MARITIME
4) Washington State Ferries May Get Corporate Names
Link to article in The Whidbey Examiner:
http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3045
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) eCall Implementation Platform Meeting Held
Link to article from ERTICO-ITS Europe:
http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/eu_news_ecall_implementation_platform.htm
TRANSIT
6) New York MTA Station Agent Cuts Leave Some Riders Lost
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/nyregion/09subway.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
7) Bangalore Police Team with Private Company to Supply Free Traffic Alerts
Link to article in the Bangalore Mirror:
VEHICLES
8) From Cars to TVs, Apps are Spreading to the Real World
Link to CNN story:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/08/apps.realworld/
9) Ford Taps Web-Savvy Hipsters To Hype Fiesta
Link to article in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/07/ford-fiesta-movement-cmo-network-ford.html
News Releases
2) Transportation Safety Advancement Group Elects 2010 Leadership
3) FAA Announces Serious Runway Incursions Down by 50 Percent
4) Row 44 to Deliver First Ad-Supported In-flight Wi-Fi
5) Ford, Auburn Explore How GPS Satellites Could Help Prevent Auto Accidents
Job Posting
– Deputy Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Technology – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=83773185
Upcoming Events
ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California
Today in Transportation History
1829 **180th anniversary** – In the Rainhill Trials, a contest involving various locomotives, the Rocket was declared the winner.
http://www.resco.co.uk/rainhill/
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