Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – June 11, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA Says Hilton Head Can’t Stop Plane Banners, Even if They are ‘Tacky and Annoying’
Link to article in The Island Packet:
http://www.islandpacket.com/2010/06/10/1269439/faa-says-hilton-head-cant-stop.html
2) FAA’s Data Management Plan Doesn’t Fly, GAO Says
Link to article in Federal Computer Week:
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/06/11/faa-data-management-plan-does-not-fly-gao-says.aspx
3) Big Screens Going Up at Airports Around the Globe for World Cup Soccer Fans
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/big-screens-going-up-7063/
BICYCLES
4) Arizona Survey Part of Effort to Improve Bike Safety
Link to article in the Arizona Daily Sun:
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/article_3b7d6f06-1de4-5005-ab5e-9da8aabeeff5.html
OTHER
5) Getting Around Town with Traffic Reporter Meredith Marx
Link to article in the Baltimore Jewish Times:
http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/youngadult/jt/insider/meredith_marx/19094
PEDESTRIANS
6) Texting Pedestrians Make LaHood List of Dangerous Distractions
Link to Bloomberg article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Judge Rules Against US Department of Homeland Security on Extended Border Laptop Seizures
Link to article in The Hill:
TELEMATICS
8) New Kia Telematics Europe-Bound
Link to article on just-auto:
http://www.just-auto.com/news/new-kia-telematics-europe-bound_id104732.aspx
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9) Where Bands Jam, but Traffic Flows
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/arts/music/10bonnaroo.html
10) RDS-TMC Launched in South Africa by Altech Netstar, ITIS and SABC
Link to article on GPS Business News:
VEHICLES
11) Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat
Car computers are officially big business, but will this new breed of supercars be too clever for their own good?
Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cartech/big-brother-in-the-drivers-seat-20100610-xzx1.html
12) Auto Sales Great for Sirius, but Not Yet
Link to article on TheStreet:
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10780456/1/auto-sales-great-for-sirius-but-not-yet.html
News Releases
1) BestParking.com Compares Parking Rates and Locations in Bing Maps
Upcoming Events
People Tracking and Location USA – June 22-23 – Chicago
http://www.thewherebusiness.com/peopletrackingusa
Friday Bonus
New York City has bus lanes, carpool lanes and now, tourist lanes.
http://improveverywhere.com/2010/06/08/the-tourist-lane/
Today in Transportation History
1910 **100th anniversary** Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French undersea explorer, was born.
http://www.cousteau.org/news/anniversary
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