Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
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CAMERAS
1) Yellow-Lights Shorter at Chicago Red-Light Camera Intersections
Link to article on Chicago Breaking News:
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) GPS Data from New York City Cabs Provides Detailed Picture of Traffic
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/nyregion/24traffic.html
RAILROADS
3) Penn Station Baltimore Announcer Replaced by Digital Voice
Link to story and video on WJZ-TV:
http://wjz.com/watercooler/digital.voice.penn.2.1583739.html
4) In Memoriam: Norfolk Southern Logo, ‘Thoroughbred’ Brand Architect H. Pier Clifford
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=22843
SPACE
5) Mars Rover Gets Smarter with Age …and Software
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10470421-76.html
VEHICLES
6) EU Shows Off ‘Talking Car’ Technology
Link to article on just-auto:
http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=103786&lk=dm
7) GM’s Car of the Future
Electric-powered vehicle uses GPS and vehicle-to-vehicle communications to determine best route.
Link to article in Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/23/general-motors-future-business-autos-gm-cars.html
8) Mobility 2.0 Live at Cooperative Mobility Showcase 2010
Link to article and video from ERTICO-ITS Europe:
http://www.ertico.com/en/news/press/showcase.htm
News Releases
1) Indiana DOT Deploys Proxim Wireless for Statewide Intelligent Transportation System
3) Canada’s Skymeter Corporation Scoops the Main Prize in the Coveted Intertraffic Innovation Awards
Solicitation
– Invitation to Negotiate – Video Aggregation Subsystem Phase II – Florida Department of Transportation
http://vbs.dms.state.fl.us/vbs/ad.view_ad?advertisement_key_num=86018
Upcoming Events
TRB Webinar: New Managed Lane Provisions in the 2009 Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) – April 1
http://www.trb.org/Calendar/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_New_Managed_Lane_Provisions_in_the_200_163053.aspx
Today in Transportation History
1910 **110th anniversary** – Ground was formally broken for construction of a subway tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.
http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/nytimes-1900-tunnelbegun.html
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