Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – April 12, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
Come see the best of ITS at the ITS America Annual Meeting & Expo, May 3-5 in Houston!
- New speakers just added! Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee join an impressive group at the podium.
- Browse nearly 150 booths led by ITS industry experts in the 150,000 square-foot exhibit hall.
- Catch a high-tech demo between sessions. We’ll have an 18-wheel truck rollover response – complete with police helicopter, fire and rescue and live video, and a Bus Rapid Transit demo featuring a “lane assist” guidance system.
AVIATION
1) Salt Lake Minor League Baseball Team Credits Plane Banner with Attendance Boost
Link to article in the Salt Lake Tribune:
http://www.sltrib.com/bees/ci_14861668
CAMERAS
2) Florida Math Tutor Uses Numbers to Fight Red-Light Camera Ticket
Link to story and video on WBBH-TV:
http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12265823
3) Five Louisiana Bills Target Traffic Cams
Link to article in The Advocate:
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/90587519.html
4) Beware Photo Radar Ticket Wording in Arizona
State representative says efforts to identify drivers are designed solely to generate money.
Link to Capitol Media Services article:
CARTOGRAPHY
5) Volunteers Create New Digital Maps
Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_14856802
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6) Are Florida Rental Car Drivers Paying Double the Road Tolls?
State investigating whether companies tell customers their vehicles have automatic toll-paying systems.
Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-rental-car-tolls-0409-20100412,0,511504.story
GPS / NAVIGATION
7) Navigator Technology Takes GPS to a New High
Link to article in Space Daily:
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Navigator_Technology_Takes_GPS_To_A_New_High_999.html
OTHER
8) New York City Taxi Chief Wants to Make Cabs More User Friendly
Link to article in the New York Post:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/taxi_chief_touching_vow_to_riders_vtKadUtQ4W0jZqWVI2xEhM
9) Taking It to the Streets: Collecting Travel Time Data, Speed with Bluetooth Technology
Link to article in Texas Transportation Researcher:
http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=46&issue=1&article=3&year=2010
PARKING
10) Parking-Spot Finding in New York Gets Digital Aid
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/nyregion/11critic.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
11) Kansas DOT Uses YouTube to Illustrate Road Woes
Link to AP article:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EUG7NG1.htm
RAILROADS
12) Soon, Tweet or Access E-Mails While Traveling in Trains in India
Link to article in The Economic Times:
ROADWAYS
13) A Historic Sense of Direction
Centuries-old milestones dot the Connecticut landscape.
Link to commentary in the Hartford Courant:
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/hc-plc-leff-historical-mileston.artapr11,0,4264909.story
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) NHTSA to Focus on Pedestrian Safety
Officials say new technology soon will detect walkers, cyclists to prevent fatal accidents.
Link to article in The Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100410/AUTO01/4100312/1148/NHTSA-to-focus-on-pedestrian-safety
15) Canadian ePassports to Launch in 2012
Link to CBC News story:
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/04/07/canadian-epassports.html
16) Scanners, Sensors are Wrong Way to Secure the Subway
Link to commentary in the Daily News:
TRANSIT
17) Oyster Brand Bought for £1 Million by Transport for London
Link to BBC News story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8615584.stm
18) New Electronic Ticketing System for New South Wales
Link to AAP article:
19) San Francisco Bay Area Transit On Board with New Payment Card
Link to story and audio report on KCBS Radio:
http://www.kcbs.com/bayareanews/Bay-Area-Transit-On-Board-With-Clipper/6774144
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20) New Jersey Turnpike Authority Remakes Web Site with Commuters in Mind
Link to article in the Asbury Park Press:
21) Clueless in Charlotte, North Carolina? Not if You Read These Signs
Link to article in The Charlotte Observer:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/04/11/1369699/clueless-in-the-queen-city-not.html
22) Michelin App Delivers Maps, Real-Time Traffic Info
Link to article in Tire Review:
http://www.tirereview.com/Article/72621/michelin_app_delivers_maps_realtime_traffic_info.aspx
VEHICLES
23) Audi to Climb Pikes Peak Without a Driver
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j6SDS8jMxDqLp69_FVqJXo7Aq7MAD9EVFBL01
24) The Future of In-Car Technology
Link to article in Car and Driver:
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q2/the_future_of_in-car_technology-feature
25) Look to Korea for How Connected Cars Can Save Money, Planet
Link to blog on Earth2Tech:
http://earth2tech.com/2010/04/11/look-to-korea-for-how-connected-cars-can-save-money-planet/
News Releases
1) Multitasking Pedestrians Tempt Tragedy; Operation Lifesaver/MARTA Begin Safety PSA Campaign
2) Car Rear Seat Entertainment Shipments Set to Nearly Double by 2015
3) Intelligent Transportation Systems – A Global Market Perspective
4) American Society of Civil Engineers Launches Revamped Web Site
5) Trafficmaster: Easy to Use International Rescue Now Available on the Blackberry
Upcoming Events
MIT Short Course – Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks – August 2-6 – Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/simulation_transportation.html
Today in Transportation History
1935 **75th anniversary** The first flight of the Bristol Blenheim, a British light bomber, was made.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/blen1.html
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