Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – March 31, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
CAMERAS
1) Taxi Cameras to be Compulsory in New Zealand
Link to article on Stuff:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3533679/Taxi-cameras-to-be-compulsory
2) University of New Mexico Gets Green-Light to Study Traffic Cameras
Link to story and video on KOB-TV:
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S1491721.shtml
OTHER
3) Hail a New York City Cab with Your Apple iPhone and Android Device Via Location Analytics
Link to article on SmartPlanet:
4) ERTICO’s i-Mobility Newsletter – March 2010
Link to newsletter:
http://webhouse.ipapercms.dk/ERTICO/Newsletter/NewsletterMarch2010/
ROADWAYS
5) What Happens When You Remove All Traffic Signs? A German Town Finds Out
Link to article in The Christian Science Monitor:
6) New Jersey Toll Takers to Get Customer Service Training
Link to story on WCBS-TV:
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/rude.toll.collectors.2.1600194.html
7) A Portable Weigh Station for Rural Roads
Link to article in Sensor:
http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/Sensor/2009/03/portableweigh.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) US Government Set to Ban Texting by Truck, Bus Drivers
Link to AP article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10250915
Link to news release from US DOT:
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot5510.htm
9) Banning Texting in Trucks Raises Other Questions
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/banning-texting-in-truck-raises-other-questions/
10) National Work Zone Awareness Week 2010: Work Zones Need Your Undivided Attention
Link to article in Focus:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/focus/10mar/01.cfm
TRANSIT
11) New York MTA Rejects Subway Ads
Say acronyms used in ads imply obscene language.
Link to article in the Daily News:
12) Eight Essential Transit Agency Blogs
Link to article in the Los Angeles MTA’s The Source:
http://thesource.metro.net/2010/03/30/8-essential-transit-agency-blogs/
13) Shenzhen Tong Card and Hong Kong Octopus Card to Reach Interoperability
Link to article in the Shenzhen Post:
14) Walt Disney World Uses Their Monorail for Advertising for the First Time
Link to article on Jaunted:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15) I-81 Corridor Coalition Hosts Traffic Incident Management and Clearance Workshop
Link to article in The Sentinel:
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2010/03/31/news/local/doc4bb33e1bac62c764669740.txt
16) Meet ‘Cal North,’ the Imaginary Direction-Giver of 511
Link to column in SF Weekly:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/03/511_voice_cal_north.php
17) Voice of Bay Area 511 Often Calls Himself
Link to column in SF Weekly:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/03/voice_of_511_often_calls_himse.php
VEHICLES
18) How Ford’s Sync Technology Will Turn It Into America’s Most Surprising Consumer Electronics Company
Link to article in Fast Company:
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/144/fords-big-reveal.html
19) Ford, Microsoft to Work on Electric-Car Charging
Link to article in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011487820_apusfordelectricity.html
News Releases
1) US Cites Celebrate Transportation Innovation in Film Series
2) ITS Georgia Chapter Reviews Plans to Upgrade NaviGAtor ITS System
3) i95travelinfo.net Spells Relief for Holiday Travelers on the East Coast
4) Cellport Marks 15th Anniversary of Its Invention of Internet-Connected Vehicle
Upcoming Events
LaGuardia Airport Kiwanis Club Charity Ball Honoring ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ First Officer – May 21 – Great Neck, New York
http://laguardiakiwanis.com/2010HONOREEGALA.aspx
Today in Transportation History
1980 **30th anniversary** The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operated its last train.
http://www.rits.org/www/histories/RIHistory.html
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