Friday, April 9, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Glitches May Delay Lockheed US Air-Traffic Upgrade, FAA Says

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-09/glitches-may-delay-lockheed-u-s-air-traffic-upgrade-faa-says.html

2) Review: Federal Program Used to Hide Flights From Public

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-08-blocked-flights_N.htm

CAMERAS

3) A New Way to Avoid Misbehaving Around Enforcement Cameras

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/a-new-way-to-behave-around-enforcement-cameras/

OTHER

4) RIM Buys Software Company that Delivers Internet Services to Cars

Link to CP article:

http://news.therecord.com/Business/article/695995

PARKING

5) Washington, DC Kicks Off Pay-to-Park by Phone

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2010/04/dc_kicks_off_pay-to-park_by_ph.html

ROADWAYS

6) Want to Avoid Red Lights? There’s an App for That

Link to story and audio report on NPR’s Talk of the Nation:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125729969

TELEMATICS

7) Voice Controls in the Car Keep Eyes on the Road

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2010-04-09-ford09_ST_N.htm

Link to news release from Ford:

http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-virginia-tech-transportation-32381

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) The Driving Public Hungers for Better Road Weather Information

Link to article in Telematics Update:

http://social.telematicsupdate.com/executive-viewpoint/driving-public-hungers-better-road-weather-information

VEHICLES

9) Clear Channel to Add News Crawl to the Car Stereo

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/clear-channel-to-add-news-crawl-to-the-car-stereo/

10) iPod Owners Listening in the Car

Link to article in Radio Ink:

http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1763486&spid=24698

News Releases

1) ITS United Kingdom Makes 2010 Awards for Excellence

2) US DOT, States Plan ‘Transportation for the Nation’ Geospatial Data Initiative

3) ITS Joint Program Office to host IntelliDrive Workshops

4) TrafficLand Digital Helicopter with 3D Traffic Takes TV Reporting to New Heights

Upcoming Events

Short Course on Modern Mobility: What is PRT and Why You Should Care – April 23 – Kansas City, Kansas

http://www.advancedtransit.org/pub/2010/modernmobility.pdf

Friday Bonus

The World’s 18 Strangest Roadways

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4338387.html?page=1

Today in Transportation History

1860 **150^th anniversary** – The first known recording of a human voice was made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.

http://www.firstsounds.org/

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