Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – February 24, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) NTSB Asks to Monitor Pilots’ Talk in Cockpits
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-23-recorders_N.htm
CAMERAS
2) Wilmington, North Carolina Test Wi-Fi in TV ‘White Spaces’
Initial uses include traffic camera monitoring.
Link to article in Television Broadcast:
http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/95214
OTHER
3) Build Smarter, Not Bigger
Link to commentary in The Hill:
http://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/83441-build-smarter-not-bigger
4) State of Transportation Planning 2010
Link to document from the American Planning Association’s Transportation Planning Division:
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/207959/cb1d472c43/
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Hackers Expose Security Flaws with ‘Elvis Presley’ Passport
Link to CNN story and video:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/19/passport.security/index.html
6) Women, Transit, and the Perception of Safety
Link to interview on Planetizen:
http://www.planetizen.com/node/42878
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
7) Clear Channel Outdoor Launches Traffic Net
Billboards to provide real-time traffic information.
Link to article in Mediaweek:
Link to news release from Clear Channel:
http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2613
8) New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway Spend $11 Million on Real-Time Signs
Link to article in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/nj_turnpike_garden_state_parkw.html
News Releases
1) EMS Aviation and OuterLink to Share Aircraft Tracking Data
Upcoming Events
AASHTO GIS for Transportation Symposium – April 12-14 – Charleston, West Virginia
Today in Transportation History
1950 **60th anniversary** – President Harry Truman appointed an emergency board to forestall a threatened national railway strike.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/executiveorders/index.php?pid=113&st=&st1
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