Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter – March 10, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AASHTO Daily Transportation Update
AASHTO’s Daily Transportation Update provides a selection of links to transportation-related news stories and Federal Register notices on the Internet every weekday morning. The DTU helps you keep up with media coverage of the industry from across the country and federal transportation regulatory actions. Subscribe today at http://news.transportation.org/subscription/index.aspx.
AVIATION
1) US Weighs Aiding Airlines with Air Traffic Upgrades
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62902B20100310
2) FAA Renames General Aviation Magazine, Readies Stand Down
Link to article in Occupational Health & Safety:
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/03/10/faa-readies-stand-down.aspx
3) Palo Alto Airport Hopes to Improve Communication with Community Following Crash
Link to article on Palo Alto Online:
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=16044
BICYCLES
4) Google Maps to Add Bike Maps, Directions
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-10466313-265.html
CAMERAS
5) ‘Intelligent Video is Replacing Reactive Video’
Link to interview in InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.in/Security/10-03-10/‘Intelligent_video_is_replacing_reactive_video’.aspx
CARTOGRAPHY
6) Virtually Every Road in the UK Will Appear on Google’s Street View
Link to article in the Daily Mail:
GPS / NAVIGATION
7) DARPA Plans Lightning-Based GPS for Underground Warfighters
Link to article in Popular Science:
RAILROADS
8) Amtrak Set to Rail About This or That on Twitter
Link to blog on Tnooz:
http://www.tnooz.com/2010/03/10/news/all-aboard-amtrak-set-to-rail-about-this-or-that-on-twitter/
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Fields Aviation Security Questions Posed on Facebook and Twitter
Link to article in Government Security News:
http://www.gsnmagazine.com/article/20294/napolitano_fields_aviation_security_questions_pose
10) Texting While Driving: Put the Thumbs Away
Link to story and audio report on NPR’s Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124081093
News Releases
2) New Web Site Shows Amtrak Connections to National Park Sites
3) National GPS Usage Data Reveals Walmart is Nation’s Most Searched for Destination While on the Road
Upcoming Events
American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Annual Conference – April 26-30 – San Diego
http://www.asprs.org/SanDiego2010/index.html
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Emil Aubrun made the first night flight in an airplane.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/442?size=_original
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