Thursday, December 24, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Merry Christmas

AVIATION

1) EC, FAA Move on SESAR, NextGen Cooperation

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=busav&id=news/COOP122309.xml&headline=EC,%20FAA%20Move%20on%20SESAR,%20NextGen%20Cooperation

Link to additional information on SESAR:

http://www.sesarju.eu/

Link to additional information on NextGen:

http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nextgen/

2) Instrument Approach Lets Santa Land in Bad Weather

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/thanks-to-instrument-approach-santa-can-land-in-bad-weather/

MARITIME

3) Bridge Clearance Technology Expected to Enhance Safety on Mississippi River

Link to article in The Times-Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2009/12/bridge_clearance_technology_ex.html

Link to Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System Web site:

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports.html

OTHER

4) South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corp. Won’t Bid for Web Site

Link to SAPA article:

http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/68a17bfd2c9d4bbe9b9800482dcfa7b6/24-12-2009-06-30/RTMC_wont_bid_for_website

Link to Aarto site: http://www.aartoSA.co.za

RAILROADS

5) Eleven Calls Told of Glitches at North Carolina Train Crossing Where Fatal Crash Occurred

Link to article in The News & Observer:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/255027.html

ROADWAYS

6) Cheap Colorado DOT Device Clears Snow-Clogged Traffic Signals

Link to story on KMGH-TV:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22049107/detail.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Another TSA Security Goof? Details of Air Marshal Guns

Link to ABC News story:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tsa-security-cops-blast-release-handgun-information/story?id=9403793

Link to additional information from Sig Sauer:

http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogProductDetails.aspx?categoryid=54&productid=183

8) Alberta Premier Says Law Prohibiting Texting and Cell Phone Use While Driving Not a Priority

Link to article in the Calgary Herald:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Alberta+urged+cells+roads/2365440/story.html

TELEMATICS

9) Push the Blue Button to Follow Santa Via OnStar

Link to blog and video on Edmunds CarPool:

http://blogs.edmunds.com/karl/2009/12/push-the-blue-button-to-follow-santa-via-onstar.html

TRANSIT

10) Riders Wait – & ‘See’

Text and audio information to be provided in New York subway stations.

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/riders_wait_see_OGWrti7HSshM8SiZ9bv9LM

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Israeli Firm Behind World’s Most Advanced Traffic Information System

Link to article on The Media Line:

http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=27498

Link to Waze Web site: http://www.waze.com/

12) St. Louis Traffic Personality Don Miller Dead at 84

Link to story and video on KTVI-TV:

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-don-miller-obit-122309,0,4892030.story

Link to additional information from KMOX Radio:

http://www.kmox.com/pages/5954567.php

13) ITS International November/December Issue Online

Link to magazine:

http://www.itsinternational-digital.com/

News Releases

1) OnStar Welcomes Its First Subscriber in China

Upcoming Events

Third International Conference on Innovations in Travel Modeling – May 9-12 – Tempe, Arizona

http://itm2010.fulton.asu.edu/ocs/index.php/itm/itm2010/index

Today in Transportation History

1979 **30^th anniversary** – The first European Ariane rocket was launched.

http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Launchers_Home/SEMN2E67ESD_0.html

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