Tuesday, December 21, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) American Airlines Pulls Fares from Orbitz

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-Airlines-pulls-fares-apf-2096015711.html?x=0&.v=9

2) Airline Gate Agents Face Constant Countdown

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/business/airline-gate-agents-face-783630.html

3) High-Tech Ways to Pass the Time at the Airport

Link to BBC video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9300606.stm

CAMERAS

4) Redflex Suing Tempe, Arizona to Get Bigger Cut of Traffic Tickets

Link to story and video on KTVK-TV:

http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Redflex-suing-Tempe-to-get-bigger-cut-of–112227104.html

5) In-Car Cameras to be Legal in California in 2011

Car owners will be allowed to install cameras to record accidents and aggressive driving along with other data.

Link to article on California Watch:

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/car-cameras-record-state-roadways-7623

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Portable GPS Devices Head in Wrong Direction as Sales Slip

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2010-12-21-gps21_ST_N.htm

OTHER

7) Texas Aid Network Connects Aid Groups with Transportation Providers

Link to article in the Commercial Carrier Journal:

http://www.ccjdigital.com/texas-aid-network-connects-relief-organizations-with-transportation-providers/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Anti-Drunk Driving Ad in South Africa Too Shocking for Some

Link to article in the Cape Times:

http://www.capetimes.co.za/rape-in-jail-ad-too-shocking-for-some-1.1003729

ROADWAYS

9) States Prepare New Ways to Tackle Wintry Roads

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-21-plowingroads21_ST_N.htm

10) Asheville Highway Mural Cited in New North Carolina DOT Public Art Policy

Link to article in the Asheville Citizen-Times:

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20101221/NEWS/312210001

11) Azerbaijani Parliament Approves Convention on Road Signs and Signals to Match International Standards

Link to Trend News Agency article:

http://en.trend.az/news/politics/1801296.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Auditors Question TSA’s Use of and Spending on Technology

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005947.html

TRANSIT

13) First Transit TV Makes Debut in Washington, DC

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/klein_to_demo_transit_tv_today.html

14) Seattle Metro’s Acceptance of ‘Israeli War Crimes’ Bus Ad Draws Complaints

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013725651_israelad21m.html

15) Innovative Ads Bring in Revenue for Caltrain

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/12/Innovative-ads-bring-in-revenue-for-Caltrain.aspx

16) In the New York City Subway, Literary Placards Will Soon be Mere Echoes in the Memory

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/nyregion/21poetry.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Gulf Cooperation Council Banks on ITS

Link to article in The Gulf Today:

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/f461eddb-97d2-45a1-b38c-f035d586b8eb.aspx

18) Intelligent Transportation System Plan for Abu Dhabi

Link to article in the Gulf News:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/traffic-transport/intelligent-transportation-system-plan-for-capital-1.733992

19) ‘Invaluable’ New Zealand Traffic Service Launched

Link to story on 3 News:

http://www.3news.co.nz/Invaluable-NZ-traffic-service-launched/tabid/423/articleID/191909/Default.aspx

Link to AA Traffic Roadwatch: http://maps.aa.co.nz/traffic/roadwatch

VEHICLES

20) Toyota to Pay Record Fines for Disclosure Delay

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/20/business/la-fi-toyota-fine-20101221

Link to news release from US DOT:

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot21610.html

21) China Unicom, Geely Join Hands on 3G Intelligent Vehicles

Link to article on China Knowledge:

http://www.chinaknowledge.com/Newswires/News_Detail.aspx?type=1&cat=RND&NewsID=%2039715

News Releases

1) FCC Takes First Step to Help Revolutionize 911 Services Through Sharing of Videos, Photos and Data

2) Intelligent Transport System to Improve Safety Over the Cardwell Range in Queensland

3) New York MTA Installs Countdown Clocks and Next Train Announcements in 100 Stations

Solicitation

–  Call for Papers – 2011 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium

http://www.mrt.uni-karlsruhe.de/iv2011/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=56

Upcoming Events

Webinar: The Emergence of Open Electronic Payment Systems in Public Transit – January 18

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s110118_openepay.asp

Today in Transportation History

1620 **390^th anniversary** A landing party from the Mayflower went ashore in present day Plymouth, Massachusetts.

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/arrival.htm

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