Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – March 5, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Controller Complacency Could Jeopardize Air Safety
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ip5lwH3tRk5ubCGN0_trEt9VTsvgD9E85VIO3
2) Free Airport Wi-Fi on the Rise, but It Still Isn’t Common
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=81918.blog
3) Keys to Successful Use of a Geographic Information System for an Airport
Link to article in Airport Magazine:
4) Fly Girls: TV Series Follows Flight Attendants at Home and in the Air
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-04-fly-girls-virgin-america-cw_N.htm
CARTOGRAPHY
5) Do You Draw Good Maps?
A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours.
Link to article in Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2246106/
6) Does Google Street View See a Future in Europe?
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10464351-93.html
OTHER
7) Smartphones Have Changed the Way We Travel
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-05-airphones05_CV_N.htm
8) Geospatial Apps Temper Mother Nature’s Fury
Link to article in Federal Computer Week:
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/08/feature-geospatial-and-sensor-integration.aspx
PEDESTRIANS
9) Legible London
Can better signs help pedestrians understand London?
Link to article in Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2246105/
RAILROADS
10) Conference Identifies High-Speed Rail’s Success Factors
Communicating its benefits seen as key.
Link to article in The Ledger:
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100304/NEWS/3045084/0/REPORTER
ROADWAYS
11) Using GPS to Tag Potholes
Link to story and audio report on NPR’s All Things Considered:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124371598 (audio available after 7 pm New York time)
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Kyleigh’s Law Requiring Decals for New Jersey’s Teen Drivers is Upheld by Judge
Link to article in The Star-Ledger:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/kyleighs_law_requiring_decals.html
TELEMATICS
13) How Do You Figure Out if One Vehicle is Greener Than Another? Telematics
Link to blog on ZDNet:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=10494
TRANSIT
14) Toronto Transit Commission Learning from Philly’s Transit Revival
Improvements in areas such as communications and courtesy have helped SEPTA.
Link to article in the Toronto Star:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/775339–ttc-learning-from-philly-s-transit-revival
15) Finding a Way Around the New York City Subways or Not
Link to blog on 2nd Ave. Sagas:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/05/finding-a-way-around-the-subways-or-not/
16) The Art of ‘Seduction’ in Public Transportation
Link to blog on A Smarter Planet:
VEHICLES
17) BMW and RadioTime Unveil First In-Car Web Radio, for the Mini
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/bmw-and-radiotime-unveil-first-in-car-web-radio-for-the-mini/
News Releases
1) X Prize Foundation to Partner with Morey to Get Real-Time Car Data on the Web
**CORRECTION**
In yesterday’s edition, story #4 should have read:
ERTICO’s iMobility Newsletter Online
Link to newsletter:
http://tools.emailgarage.com/Pub/1n5_DgAAAAA~/ViewEmail.ashx
Upcoming Events
2010 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference – April 25-29 – Phoenix, Arizona
Friday Bonus
Here’s an on-the-job danger they don’t teach you about at the police academy.
Today in Transportation History
1850 **160th anniversary** The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits opened.
http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000009
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