Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – December 23, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Technicians Knew of Faulty Equipment that Caused Alaska Air Traffic Control Blackout
Link to story on KTUU-TV:
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=11721145
2) FAA Looks to Technology to Train Air Controllers
Link to story and audio on NPR’s Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121781791
BUSES
3) Intercity Bus Traffic Gets Boost from Portable Electronic Technology, New Survey Finds
Link to article in Busride Magazine:
http://www.busride.com/webexclusive.asp?N_ID=1018
Link to report from the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development:
http://las.depaul.edu/chaddick/docs/Docs/Chaddick_Institute_Survey_of_Technology_.pdf
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Global Nav System Shipments to Hit 1.1 Billion by 2014
Link to article in EE Times Asia:
http://www.eetasia.com/ART_8800593512_499488_NT_b949e59b.HTM
5) How Audi’s A8 Exploits Google Earth
Link to Canadian Auto Press article:
http://autos.canada.com/news/story.html?id=2371124
ROADWAYS
6) Holland’s Plan to Cut Traffic: A Tax on Every Kilometer Driven
Link to article in Time:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1949156,00.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) New Airport T-Ray Screeners Could Save Time, Energy
Link to article on Discovery News:
http://news.discovery.com/tech/airport-security-screening-trays.html
8) Application Disables Smart Phones in Moving Cars
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-texting-block23-2009dec23,0,748558.story
TELEMATICS
9) The Future of Vehicle Apps Are – You Guessed It – On the iPhone
Link to article on Gizmondo Australia:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/12/the-future-of-vehicle-apps-areyou-guessed-iton-the-iphone/
TRANSIT
10) Chicago Transit Authority Expands Bus-Tracking Service to Cell Phones
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-cta-bus-tracker-23-dec23,0,3890765.story
11) Waiting for the Bus? There’s an App for That
Link to article in the Boston Herald:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091219waiting_for_the_bus_theres_an_app_for_that/
12) Some Dread, Some Cheer Wireless BART Tube
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/22/MNB41B8420.DTL
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13) West Virginia Takes Action in Turnpike Snowstorm
Link to article in The Charleston Gazette:
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912220575
News Releases
1) Three Blinks and It’s Off; New Ford Lane Change Technology Helps Ease Driver Pet Peeves
Upcoming Events
First International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete – May 5-7 – Irvine, California
http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=ac0d41f9-25b7-41ab-8027-3f608b6bb1f0
Today in Transportation History
1939 **70th anniversary** – Anthony Fokker, a Dutch-American aircraft manufacturer, died.
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Air_Power/Fokker/AP7.htm
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