Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – July 21, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Budget Cuts Could Delay NextGen Development
Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
2) FAA Brings in Simulation Control Tower to Las Vegas
Link to story and video on KVVU-TV:
http://www.fox5vegas.com/
3) FAA Team Figuring Out How Unmanned Drones Can Coexist with Commercial Aircraft
Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
4) New FAA Website Targets Midair Collisions
Link to article on AVweb:
http://www.avweb.com/
Link to See and Avoid: http://www.seeandavoid.org/
OTHER
5) Florida Makes $63 Million Selling Drivers’ Info
Link to story and video on WPLG-TV:
http://www.local10.com/news/
RAILROADS
6) Changes Signal Death of Old Technology
UK’s Network Rail moving to centralize signaling system.
Link to article in the Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/
ROADWAYS
7) MnPASS Lanes, Traffic Cams Back and Running in Minnesota
Link to story on KMSP-TV:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) New Facial Recognition Scanners to be Introduced at Heathrow Airport
Link to article in The Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
9) US Fed Up with Driver Texting
Link to article on The Street:
http://www.thestreet.com/_
10) Boeing Gets Deal for Security Surveillance on Delaware River
Link to story and video in the Daily Times:
http://www.delcotimes.com/
Link to news release from Boeing:
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/
11) Robotic Jet Ski to Patrol Harbors
Link to article on Discovery News:
http://news.discovery.com/
TRANSIT
12) 500 Bus Data Signs to be Installed in Dublin
Link to article in The Irish Times:
http://www.irishtimes.com/
13) Heat Knocks Out New York City Subway Countdown Clocks
Link to story and video on NY1:
http://www.ny1.com/content/
14) Enabling Cost-Effective Multimodal Trip Planners Through Open Transit Data
Link to further information from the Location-Aware Information Systems Laboratory at the University of South Florida:
http://www.locationaware.usf.
Link to OpenTripPlanner: http://opentripplanner.usf.
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15) Georgia DOT Employee Accused of Accepting Bribes
Link to story and video on WGCL-TV:
Link to report from the Georgia Office of the Inspector General:
http://www.oig.georgia.gov/
16) Apps Let You See Montreal’s Roads Before You Get There
Link to article in The Gazette:
http://www.montrealgazette.
VEHICLES
17) Toyota’s New Pre-Crash Technology Directs Steering
Link to AP article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/
18) Interview with Alexis Charbonnel, Automotive Business Development Manager, Arkamys
Link to interview from Frost & Sullivan:
http://www.frost.com/prod/
News Releases
2) Trimble to Acquire PeopleNet to Expand Its Presence in Growing Transportation and Logistics Market
3) TransCore Teams with Industry Leaders to Win Two ITS New York Project of the Year Awards
Job Postings
– Proposal Coordinator – Nelson/Nygaard – San Francisco, California
http://www.transittalent.com/
– Field Supervisor – Omnitrans – San Bernardino, California
http://www.transittalent.com/
Upcoming Events
AASHTO Standing Committee on Rail Transportation Annual Meeting – September 11-14 – Charlotte, North Carolina
Today in Transportation History
1911 **100th anniversary** The New York City Board of Estimate awarded the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company a contract to build 87 new miles of subway lines.
http://www.nycsubway.org/
1961 **50th anniversary** Mercury Redstone 4, also known as Liberty Bell 7, with Gus Grissom aboard was launched.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
2011 The US Space Shuttle program came to an end with the landing of Atlantis.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_
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