Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 18, 2010

October 18, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Monday, October 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Two Koreas Restore Aviation Hotline

Link to article in The Korea Times:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/10/113_74762.html

2) New Zealand Earthquake Spurs Advice from Christchurch Airport CEO

Link to article in the Otago Daily Times:

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/132106/quake-spurs-advice-emergencies

CAMERAS

3) Victoria Government Threatens Lawsuit Against Hume Freeway Speed Camera Operators

Link to article and video in the Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/cops-admit-cameras-flawed/story-e6frf7kx-1225940001760

4) Traffic Camera Proponent in Garfield Heights, Ohio Campaign has Big Stake in Outcome

Link to article in The Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/roadrant/index.ssf/2010/10/traffic_camera_proponent_in_ga.html

5) Xerox Tracks Traffic Violators with Camera on Buses

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/101810-xerox-tracks-traffic-violators-with.html

Link to news release from ACS:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101018005125/en/ACS-CrossSafe-Captures-Drivers-Illegally-Passing-School

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Digital Maps Don’t Always Tell Whole Story

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17bcmaps.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Glitch Prompts Utah DOT to Refund Tolls

Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50482599-76/tolls-udot-lanes-toll.html.csp

8) Portugal Unveils Expensive – and Chaotic – Toll System for National Motorways

Link to article on TheReader.es:

http://thereader.es/en/spain-news-stories/4705-portugal-unveils-expensive-and-chaotic-toll-system-for-national-motorways.html

9) Woman Sues E-ZPass, Claiming She was Overcharged for Horse Trailer

Automated lanes at Delaware River bridges charge $14 more than staffed lanes.

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/toms_river_woman_sues_e-zpass.html

10) Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Mistakenly Billed Motorists $70,000 in Fines

Link to article in The Express-Times:

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/today/index.ssf/2010/10/delaware_river_joint_toll_brid.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

11) TomTom iPhone App Adds Navigate-to-Photo Feature

Link to article in PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371034,00.asp

OTHER

12) Dubai RTA Unveils High-Tech Services at GITEX

Link to article in the Khaleej Times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/business/2010/October/business_October282.xml&section=business

13) Nevada DMV Wait Eased with AAA Kiosks

Link to article in the Reno Gazette-Journal:

http://www.rgj.com/article/20101016/BIZ/101016025/-1/CARSON/DMV-wait-eased-with-AAA-kiosks-including-in-Reno

14) How Social Media is Fueling a Car-Sharing Revolution

Link to blog on AltTransport:

http://alttransport.com/2010/10/how-social-media-is-fueling-a-car-sharing-revolution/

Link to blog in Sharable:

http://shareable.net/blog/the-new-sharing-economy

15) Traffic Technology International – October/November Issue Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/95ebceeb

16) TechPlan: Planning and Policy for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Link to report from the Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota:

http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/reportdetail.html?id=1944

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

17) Fight Against Distracted Driving Turns Former Texas Resident Into Face of National Movement

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/crime/stories/101710dnmetdistracted.29aae58.html

18) Transit Game Allows Public to Test Spokane Budgeting Priorities

Link to article in The Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/18/transit-game-will-be-gauge/

RAILROADS

19) Amtrak Launches Gay Microsite

Link to blog on ShermansTravel:

http://www.shermanstravel.com/blogs/gay_travel/3957/amtrak-launches-gay-microsite/

Link to site: http://www.amtrakridewithpride.com

ROADWAYS

20) High-Tech Sensors Help Spot Potentially Fatal Problems with Bridges

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-getting-around-1018-20101017,0,5424198.column

SAFETY / SECURITY

21) Mobile Alarm Plan for Safer Buses, Trains in Australia

Link to article from The West Australian:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/publication/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=12717

TELEMATICS

22) GM Moves on with In-Car Facebook App

Feds slam driving distraction, but firms say technology is legal, safe.

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20101016/AUTO01/10160370/1148/GM-moves-on-with-in-car-Facebook-app

TRANSIT

23) Long Island Rail Road Launches Big Media Campaign for Major Service Disruption

Link to article from Newsday:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/publication/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=12719

24) Twin Cities Area is in Line for Color-Coded Transit

Link to article in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/south/104916149.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU6:iPhD_oD3aPc:i_kchO7DU

25) Virginia Railway Express Working to Offer Free Wi-Fi

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/10/vre_may_offer_free_wireless.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

26) Real Travel Times Now Available on Signs for Seattle City Streets

Link to story and video on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/news/Commuters-Now-Have-Real-Travel-Times-105163344.html

Link to story on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/105193819.html

27) Central Monitoring System Being Installed in Five Tunnels on Al Salam Street, Abu Dhabi

Link to article in Gulf News:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/traffic-transport/central-monitoring-system-being-installed-in-five-tunnels-on-al-salam-street-1.697413

28) Get Real-Time Traffic Info on Dubai RTA’s Sat-Nav Gizmo

Link to article on Emirates 24|7:

http://www.emirates247.com/gitex-2010/get-real-time-traffic-info-on-rta-s-sat-nav-gizmo-2010-10-18-1.305554

29) TomTom Launches Live Traffic Updates in New Zealand

Link to article on TechDay:

http://www.techday.co.nz/netguide/news/tomtom-launches-live-traffic-updates/18263/1/

30) Measuring Cross-Border Travel Times for Freight: Otay Mesa International Border Crossing Final Report

Link to FHWA report:

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=681

VEHICLES

31) Cars Born to Run with Smart Phone Apps

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/automobiles/autospecial2/14ELECTRONICS.html?_r=1

32) US Federal Appeals Court Rejects Vermont Ban on Religious Vanity Plates

Link to article in The Christian Post:

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101010/federal-appeals-court-rejects-vt-ban-on-religious-vanity-plates/

News Releases

1) eSafety Awards Winners and Ceremony 2010

2) FAA Certifies Enhanced Vision System on Boeing Business Jet

3) In-Flight Internet Takes Hold in Business Aviation

4) French Find Open Parking Spaces on Their Cell Phones

5) WMTV-TV, Madison, Wisconsin and Clear Channel Radio Stations Announce Partnership to Combine Resources Including Traffic Reporting

6) Michigan School Buses to be Equipped with Passenger Emergency Information Packets

7) Reportlinker Adds Global Intelligent Transportation Systems Industry

Upcoming Events

Airports Going Green Conference – November 15-17 – Chicago

http://events.aaae.org/sites/101102/

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100th anniversary** The crew of the airship America was rescued near Bermuda after failing in their attempt to make the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8048396/America-the-airship-the-first-transatlantic-crossing.html

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