Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – January 15, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Seattle-Tacoma Airport First to Use New Bird-Tracking Radar
Link to article in The News Tribune:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/1029440.html
Link to news release from the Port of Seattle:
http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2010/01_14_2010_01.shtml
2) US Government Fines United $30,000 for Fare Flub
Link to AP article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Government-fines-United-30000-apf-2599111297.html?x=0&.v=2
3) The Common Use Continuum
SITA’s airport IT survey highlights trends associated with passenger processing.
Link to article in Airport Business:
http://www.airportbusiness.com/print/Airport-Business-Magazine/The-Common-Use-Continuum/1$33194
Link to SITA survey: http://www.sita.aero/content/air-transport-it-review-issue-3-december-2009
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Programming a GPS While Driving a Danger
Link to CBC News story and video on Marketplace:
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/14/consumer-gps-marketplace.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Virginia DOT Money Pays for Ads Warning of Construction on Gilmerton Bridge
Link to story and video on WTKR-TV:
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-gilmerton-bridge-ads,0,2062825.story
RAILROADS
6) Advertising at O’Hare Airport Aims to Lure Travelers to Amtrak
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-talk-amtrak-ohare_15jan15,0,4855609.story
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) LaHood Steps Up Campaign Against Texting While Driving
Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704381604575005283282980468.html
8) Technology Makes Dodging Traffic (and Speed Traps) in South Africa Easier
Link to article on Moneyweb:
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page292671?oid=339542&sn=2009%20Detail
TRANSIT
9) I-Bus Technology Now a Reality in Winnipeg
Link to story on CJOB Radio:
http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1185384
VEHICLES
10) Seattle Companies Driving the Trend Toward In-Car Technology
Link to article in the Puget Sound Business Journal:
11) Challenges in Automotive Radio Design
Link to article in Automotive DesignLine:
http://www.automotivedesignline.com/222301137
News Releases
1) Federal Signal Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sirit
2) FCC Adopts Order to Clear the 700 MHz Frequency for Public Safety and Next Generation Consumer Users
3) New York State DOT Introduces 511 NY Developer Resource Area
Upcoming Events
Bus Rapid Transit Australia 2010 – February 22 – Sydney
http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/brt/
Friday Bonus
I hope he left a good tip.
http://www.wesh.com/news/22157235/detail.html
Today in Transportation History
1845 **145th anniversary** – Fort Fisher, which protected the last major open Confederate port, fell to Union forces in North Carolina.
http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/fisher.htm
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