Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter – February 25, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) US Senate to Revive Long-Stalled FAA Bill to Modernize Air Traffic System
Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:
http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/02/senate-to-revive-long-stalled.html
CAMERAS
2) Victorian Government to Use Noise Cameras from March
System designed to photograph excessively loud trucks.
Link to article in The Motor Report:
http://www.themotorreport.com.au/49893/victorian-government-to-use-noise-cameras-from-march
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Fatal Yacht Crash Inquiry Blames GPS
Link to Australian Broadcasting Corporation story:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/25/2830316.htm
MARITIME
4) Where’s Your Ferry? Washington State Ferries Launches Real-Time ‘Vessel Watch’
Link to article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/transportation/archives/195289.asp
OTHER
5) Minister, a Monkey Could Have ‘Hacked’ Secret New South Wales Transport Site
Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:
6) State Departments of Transportation Lead the Way Using New Media
Link to report from AASHTO:
http://www.transportation.org/sites/publicaffairs/docs/New_Media_Research_Brief.pdf
Link to list of state DOT Twitter and Facebook sites:
http://www.transportation.org/sites/publicaffairs/docs/DOT_Twitter_Facebook_Sites.pdf
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Human Performance, Information Systems, Simulations, and Visualization
Papers explore driver distraction issues.
Link to reports from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Human_Performance_Information_Systems_Simulation_a_163017.aspx
TRANSIT
8) DC Metro’s Mixing of Signal Part Brands Could Have Caused Crash, Maker Tells NTSB
Link to article in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/24/AR2010022403006.html
VEHICLES
9) Deadline Looms to Fit All New UK Vehicles with Digital Radio
Link to article in Aftermarket News:
News Releases
1) Alaska Airlines to Offer Gogo In-flight Internet Service on All Aircraft
4) Victorian Roads Get Smarter with New Network Plans
5) IBM Scientists Use Analytics to Break Traffic Gridlock with Personalized Trip Information
Upcoming Events
Aviation Outlook Middle East – North Africa – April 12-15 – Cairo
http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/aome/
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** – Thomas Edison demonstrated a battery-powered trolley car in New York City.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9401E1D91539E433A25755C2A9649C946196D6CF%7C
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