Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – January 7, 2009
Thursday, January 7, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
Unspeakable Truths: Is Transforming Transportation A Key To Solving America’s Economic Crisis?
In his fourth book in four years, Professor Joseph M. Giglio argues that our thinking about Transforming Transportation in America must evolve to reflect how the Financial Meltdown and Economic Crisis have changed our world.
To help understand why, his book begins by reviewing how the Current Economic Crisis came about and what impact it’s likely to have on life in America. He provides clear, detailed explanations of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008, the whys and wherefores of subjects like Oil Price Volatility, the Crazy World of Financial Derivatives, and the Housing and Mortgage Mess. Plus the down-and-dirty realities of Markets in the 21st Century. Finally, he explores some of the things we’ll have to do to Make It Big in the much changed world of the 21stCentury, such as transforming our Transportation Systems into Serious Economic Growth Generators. The book is available from the publisher, the Hudson Institute and Amazon.
AVIATION
1) Unmarked Power Line Probed in California Copter Crash
Link to AP article:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/06/us/AP-US-Fatal-Helicopter-Crash.html
2) California High Court Hears Case Involving Hare Krishna Push to Solicit Donations at Airport
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-hare-krishnas-airport,0,3340483.story
3) Applying Intelligent Transportation Systems to Improve Airport Traveler Access Information
Link to survey from the Transportation Research Board: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A3RTU4P3X
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) EU Awards Galileo Satellite Navigation Contracts
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8442090.stm
Link to news release from the European Commission:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/7&language=en
OTHER
5) Social Media Provides New Ways for Agencies to Listen
Link to article in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2010/01/07/ces-social-media-listening.aspx
SAFETY / SECURITY
6) Obama Wants Quicker Handling of Threats
Link to AP article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6804031.html
7) Technical Woes Delay Video Release Showing Security Breach at Newark Airport
Link to AP article:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/technical_difficulties_delay_v.html
8) Israel’s Airport Security, Object of Envy, is Hard to Emulate in US
Link to article in The Jewish Daily Forward:
http://www.forward.com/articles/122781/
9) Montgomery County, Texas Posting Names of DWI Suspects on Twitter
Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6802419.html
TRANSIT
10) Boston’s MBTA to Introduce Real-Time Commuter Rail Info, Expand Wi-Fi
Link to article in TheTransitWire:
http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/01/07/mbta-to-introduce-real-time-commuter-rail-info-expand-wifi/
11) Korean Provincial Government Feels Wrath of iPhone Users
Backs-off ban of bus-tracking program.
Link to article in The Korea Times:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_57540.html
VEHICLES
12) Ford Unveils the Future at CES
Link to article on TheStreet:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10657713/1/ford-unveils-the-future-at-ces.html
13) Carmakers Seek More Connectivity
Link to column in the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101070466
News Releases
1) Ford Motor Company Expands Collaboration with Inrix on Traffic and Routing
3) Mainstream Automakers Announce Accelerated Adoption of HD Radio Technology at 2010 CES
4) Ford Introduces Signature Interior Experience: MyFord Touch Driver Connect Technology
5) Vehicular Connectivity Merges with the Information Superhighway
Upcoming Events
Talking Operations Webinar: Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Planning for Operations – A New Resource – January 25
https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=19284
Workshop on ‘Advancing Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) and Active Traffic Management – January 10 – Washington, DC
Today in Transportation History
1960 **50th anniversary** – The first successful test launch of a Polaris missile was conducted at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-27.html
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