Monday, December 27, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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MARITIME

1) US Coast Guard Tests New Warning System in Florida

Link to article in Florida Today:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/12/26/1988754/coast-guard-tests-new-warning.html

OTHER

2) New Delhi Autorickshaws Fail to Meet Deadline for Installation of GPS

Link to Press Trust of India article:

http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4741060

PEDESTRIANS

3) Disney Tackles a Major Theme Park Problem: Lines

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/business/media/28disney.html

ROADWAYS

4) Railroad Close Call Reporting System Wins Praise

Link to article in Occupational Health & Safety:

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/12/27/railroad-close-call-reporting-system-wins-praise.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Technology Stepped Up to Curb Reckless Driving in South Africa

Link to story on Eyewitness News:

http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=55763

6) TSA Status Site Tells Whether Your Airport Actually Uses Their Body Scanners

Link to article on Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/5718830/tsa-status-reports-on-whether-your-airport-is-actually-using-their-body-scanners

7) AT&T Video Shows Texting and Driving Don’t Mix

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/video-shows-that-texting-and-driving-dont-mix/

Link to video: http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964

TELEMATICS

8) Nissan Leaf’s Carwings Keeps You Up to Speed, Puts You in Efficiency Race

Link to blog on AutoblogGreen:

http://green.autoblog.com/2010/12/23/nissan-leaf-carwings-efficiency/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Pakistan Motorway Police Introduce Free SMS Information Service

Link to article in The News:

http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=8066

10) Bahrain Plans Intelligent Transportation System

Link to article on TradeArabia:

http://www.tradearabia.com/news/STN_191014.html

11) Inside Look at Arizona DOT’s Traffic Operations Center

Link to story on KNXV-TV:

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/traffic/traffic_alerts/inside-adot’s-traffic-operations-center

News Releases

1) Iteris to Acquire Meridian Environmental Technologies

Upcoming Events

Mobile and Transit Payments Summit – February 15-18 – Salt Lake City

http://www.smartcardalliance.org/pages/activities-next-conference

Today in Transportation History

1985 **25^th anniversary** Terrorists killed 19 people at the Vienna and Rome airports.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_2545000/2545949.stm

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