Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – April 12, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register Today for IBTTA’s Interoperability and All-Electronic Toll Collection Workshop ― May 15-17, Plano, TX
Register today for IBTTA’s Interoperability and All-Electronic Toll Collection Workshop, the fifth in a series of workshops focused on violations enforcement, open road tolling, all-electronic toll collection (AETC), and interoperability. Through both general sessions and simultaneous breakout sessions, this conference will focus on lessons learned, case studies, business rules, and future decision making about AETC, interoperability, and the implications of universal vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging. Visitwww.IBTTA.org/PLANO to view the brochure, register, and learn about sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities. To view IBTTA’s entire 2011 Education Series, click here.
AVIATION
1) US Navy Wants Its Drone to Land on a Carrier with a Mouse Click
Link to article and video in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/04/navy-wants-mouse-click-flying-for-its-carrier-based-drone/
2) Weathering Heights: FAA Cockpit Simulator to Help Airline Safety
Link to article in Flight International:
CAMERAS
3) Camera Scans of Car Plates are Reshaping Police Inquiries
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/nyregion/12plates.html?_r=1&src=twr&pagewanted=all
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
4) California High-Speed Rail’s PR Mess
Link to article on Neon Tommy:
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/04/california-high-speed-rails-pr-mess
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
5) TomTom Makes Connected Traffic Updates a Paid Service
Link to article in PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383479,00.asp
VEHICLES
6) Electric Vehicles Get an IT Assist
Link to article in Computerworld:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215661/Car_tech_Electric_vehicles_get_an_IT_assist_
News Releases
1) Cybit and Masternaut Combine Forces, Creating Europe’s Leading Telematics Provider
2) ERTICO and National ITS Associations Sponsor Video Competition
3) New Seattle Metro Policy to Allow Resumption of Bus Ads from Non-Profit Organizations
5) Automotive Night Vision Market to Reach $5 Billion by 2016
6) Bilbao Receives Award in Field of Freight Transport for FREILOT Project
Solicitation
– Public Arts Call – RapidRide B Line: Mobile Game Project – 4Culture and King County Metro Transit
http://www.4culture.org/publicart/calls/index.aspx
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Posting Travel Times on Dynamic Message Signs and Third Party Data Best Practices and Lessons Learned – April 27
https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=22921
Today in Transportation History
1861 **150th anniversary** Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor to begin the US Civil War.
1911 **100th anniversary** Theodore G. Ellyson became the first US Navy officer designated an aviator.
http://www.militarymuseum.org/Ellyson.html
1911 **100th anniversary** Pierre Prier made the first non-stop flight from London to Paris.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20E12FD3F5517738DDDAA0994DC405B818DF1D3
1961 **50th anniversary** Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space on Vostok 1.
1981 **30th anniversary** The Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off on the first mission of the Space Shuttle.
http://www.floridatoday.com/section/news0208
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