Tuesday, July 5, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

Bernie’s Notes

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AVIATION

1) The Paperless Cockpit

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/business/05pilots.html

2) FAA Pushes Back Paperwork Deadline for Block Aircraft Registration Request Program

Link to article in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/07/04/359100/faa-pushes-back-barr-paperwork-deadline.html

3) Boeing Using ‘Brand Journalism’ to Turn Its Website Around

Link to article from Ragan.com:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=45879

4) Southwest Airlines and Social Media Strategy: Five Lessons for Marketers

Link to blog on Social Media Explorer:

http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/southwest-airlines-strategy

CAMERAS

5) High-Tech South African Cops to Target Traffic Offenders

Link to article on IOL News:

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/hi-tech-cops-target-road-hogs-1.1093566

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Political Party Joins Montreal Newspaper’s Efforts to Get Mercier Bridge Inspection Reports

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/joins+efforts+road+reports/5049706/story.html

RIDESHARING

7) Three Carpooling Apps to Cut Commuting Costs

Link to blog on CNET:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20076860-48/three-carpooling-apps-to-cut-commuting-costs

ROADWAYS

8) Utah DOT Hopes Trailblazers Will Help Ease Commute

Link to story and video on KSL-TV:

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=838&sid=13016848

9) South Chicago Suburbs Feel Like They’re on a Toll Road to Nowhere

Illinois Tollway policy bans blue hospitality signs promoting off-highway services.

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-04/classified/ct-met-getting-around-0704-20110704_1_toll-road-choice-hotels-oases

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Awareness of Potential of eSafety Systems on the Rise

Link to article from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/fia-news-awareness-of-potential-of-esafety-systems-on-the-rise/

SPACE

11) First iPhone Flying on Last Shuttle Mission

Link to article from NASA:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/whatsgoingup135.html

Link to further information from Odyssey Space Research:

http://www.odysseysr.com/spacelab/index.html

TOURISM

12) Tourism New Zealand in Major Online Overhaul

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2011/07/05/news/tourism-new-zealand-in-major-online-overhaul

TRANSIT

13) Toronto Transit Commission Wants to Charge for Text Messages

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1017857–like-those-ttc-texts-prepare-to-pay

14) Caltrain to Use Cameras as Suicides Rise

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/04/BALG1K5JG2.DTL

15) Metro-North Considers Winter Strategy

Improved customer communications and quicker decisions on service cuts are two priorities for next winter.

Link to article in The Advocate:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Plowing-ahead-Metro-North-considers-winter-1451127.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) Roadwork Info Freer in Ontario than Quebec

Web simplicity; tight-lipped Quebec makes it tough.

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Roadwork+info+freer+Ontario/5049704/story.html

17) Phone Data to Give a Picture of Traffic Shutdown in Los Angeles

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/phone-data-to-give-a-picture-of-traffic-disaster-in-l-a/

Link to news release from Waze and KABC-TV:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8620621.htm

VEHICLES

18) The Open-Source Car

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-open-source-car/9193?tag=mantle_skin;content

News Releases

1) CITE Offers Free Certificate Programs to New Students in July 2011

2) Washington State Technology Company Sues Ford Motor Company for Patent Infringement

Upcoming Events

Talking Freight Seminar: Engaging the Private Sector – July 20

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=741

Today in Transportation History  

 

1961 **50^th anniversary** Israel launched its first rocket, Shavit 2.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/this-week-in-haaretz-1961-israel-launches-a-rocket-into-space-1.300683

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