Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 9, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Getting Air Traffic Under Control
Link to article in Time:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1929069,00.html
2) Consensus Emerges for NextGen Priorities
Link to article in Aviation Week:
3) Controllers Were Joking, Giggling Before New York City Air Crash
Link to AP article and audio:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-air-controllers-audio_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
4) Helicopter in South Carolina Crash Lacked Some Safety Features, NTSB Says
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100802919.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
5) Oklahoma DOT Twitter Plans Follow Text Talk
Link to AP article:
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289397
Link to news release from Oklahoma DOT:
6) Traffic Monitoring with a Self-Sensing Concrete Nanotechnology Road Surface
Link to article on Nanowerk:
http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=13009.php
News Releases
1) FAA.gov Ranked Among Best Federal Web Sites
Upcoming Events
ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California
Friday Bonus
Here’s a way to prevent global warming that you might not have considered.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/10/08/wee-ll-slash-jet-fuel-use-115875-21731248/
Today in Transportation History
1799 **210th anniversary** – The HMS Lutine, a British frigate, was lost off the Dutch coast during a storm. Only one of the 270 people aboard the ship survived.
http://www.scribeweekly.com/de%20lutine.htm
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