Friday, November 19, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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GEWI Completes North American Traffic Technologies Tour – Webinar to Follow in January

GEWI would like to thank everyone involved in hosting and attending our first ever North American Traffic Technologies Tour.  Topics included technologies that are used around the world for location referencing and harmonization, data exchange between systems, next generation of real-time data for traffic navigation, and data exchange for connected vehicles/infrastructure projects.   We had many requests from locations and attendees we were unable to honor, so please look for a follow-up webinar to be held in January 2011.  If you’d like to receive notification of this event, visit www.gewi.com and register for the GEWI newsletter, or contactjim.oneill@gewi.com

AVIATION

1) Patience Wears Thin as FAA Navigation Equipment Problem Returns in Aspen, Colorado

Link to article in the Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/143775

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Bing Maps Redesign Introduced

Link to article on Softpedia:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Maps-Redesign-Introduced-167572.shtml

MARITIME

3) ‘Numbering’ 13 Million Vessels Annually Helps Fight Terrorism, Says US Coast Guard

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/21862?c=maritime_port_security

PARKING

4) New York City’s Central Nervous System is Growing; Here’s What It Can Do

Link to article on Capital:

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/11/812466/cyborg-city-new-york%E2%80%99s-central-nervous-system-growing-heres-what-it-c

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Airport Campaign Targets Sex Tourists

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/11/18/airport-campaign-targets-sex-tourists.html

6) Tennessee DOT SmartFix 40 Project Wins National Communications Awards

Link to article in Business & Heritage Clarksville:

http://businessclarksville.com/2010/11/19/tdot-smartfix40-program-wins-national-communications-awards/

RAILROADS

7) Amtrak Arrests are Secret

Link to commentary in The Day:

http://www.theday.com/article/20101119/NWS05/311199863

ROADWAYS

8) Safe Highways Matter – Fall 2010

Link to newsletter:

http://www.safehighways.org/SafeHighwayMatters.Fall2010.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Feds Ask for Airport Workers’ Personal Information

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/11/18/airport.workers.info/

10) TSA Blogger Bob Watched Closely by Readers

Link to blog on Nextgov:

http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/11/tsas_blogger_bob_freezes_comments.php

11) Alberta Transportation Minister Defends Distracted Driving Bill

Link to story and video on CTV Calgary:

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101118/CGY_distracted_drivingupdate_101118/20101118/

TRANSIT

12) Montreal Transit Looks to Corporate Sponsorship

Link to Postmedia News article:

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Montreal+transit+looks+corporate+sponsorship/3853488/story.html

13) Orange County Transportation Authority Honored for Text Messaging Program

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/11/OCTA-honored-for-text-messaging-program.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Ford and Wall Street Journal Office Network Partner for Traffic Updates

Link to article in Digital Outsider:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=139859

15) Global Traffic Technologies Debuts The GTT Connection

Link to newsletter:

http://bit.ly/amO32Q

VEHICLES

16) Electric Car Web Site Aims to Ease Buyers’ Fears

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AH66R20101118

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

17) German ‘Thinking Car’ Drives Itself

Link to story and video on NECN:

http://www.necn.com/11/19/10/German-thinking-car-drives-itself/landing.html?blockID=356472&feedID=4213

18) Carmakers’ Next Problem: Generation Y

People in their teens and twenties are more interested in gadgets than cars.

Link to story on MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39970363/ns/business-autos

News Releases

1) Missouri State Highway Patrol Recognized for Best Overall Traffic Safety Program

2) The Market for Driver Monitoring Systems is Primed to Top $1 Billion by 2015

3) US Transportation Secretary Announces Recipients of New Railroad Safety Technology Grants

4) UPS Logistics Technologies to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo

5) Pennsylvania DOT Expands Twitter Offerings in Time for Thanksgiving Travel

6) Navteq Launches Next Generation Navteq TrafficOne

Upcoming Events

IntelliDrive Mobility Workshop – November 30-December 2 – Arlington, Virginia

http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/mobility_workshop.htm

Friday Bonus

I’m not sure if this latest idea from the TSA is going to quiet those critics of more intrusive airport screenings.

http://wondertonic.tumblr.com/post/1600226419/tsa-announces-facebook-integration-for-full-body

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** The first flight of the Hawker Siddeley P.1127, the first vertical short take-off and landing jet aircraft, took place.

http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/mark_hayward/p.1127/

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