Friday, January 22, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Bernie’s Notes

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AVIATION

1) Gogo Gets $176 Million for In-Flight Wi-Fi

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/gogo-lands-176-million-as-in-flight-wi-fi-takes-off/

CAMERAS

2) London, Ontario Female Bus Drivers Demand Onboard Security Cameras

Link to article in the London Free Press:

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/01/18/12517286.html

3) London to Get UK’s First Urban Average Speed Camera System

Link to article in Traffic Technology International:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=18960

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Rival Australian Electronic Toll Tag Operators Accused of Dirty Tactics to Lure Drivers

Link to article in The Courier-Mail:

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26622874-3102,00.html

RAILROADS

5) NTSB Blames Engineer for 2008 Metrolink Crash, Urges Railroads to Install Cameras to Monitor Train Crews

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink22-2010jan22,0,5862623.story

Link to further information from the National Transportation Safety Board:

http://www.ntsb.gov/events/boardmeeting.htm#upcoming

6) China Launches ID-Based Rail Ticket System

Link to IANS article:

http://www.samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/China_launches_IDbased_rail_ticket_system_98953/

7) Amtrak Replies on Policy Concerning Identification of People Hit by Trains

Link to blog in The Baltimore Sun:

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2010/01/amtrak_replies_on_victim_ident.html

8) January Issue of Signal Newsletter of the European Rail Traffic Management System

Link to newsletter:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/interoperability/ertms/doc/016_signal_2010_01_en.pdf

SPACE

9) Astronaut Sends One Small Tweet for Man, One Giant Leap for Twitter

Link to article in USA Today:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/astronaut-sends-one-small-tweet-for-man-one-giant-leap-for-twitter/1

Link to Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/astro_tj

TRANSIT

10) Tweet Dreams! Photo of Toronto Transit Commission Ticket Booth Goes Viral

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/754297–tweet-dreams-photo-of-ttc-booth-goes-viral

11) Low-Tech Used to Inform Passengers of Train Departures in Silicon Valley

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/22sfmetro.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Virginia DOT Traffic Operations Center Helps Staunton-Area Residents During Winter Weather

Link to story and video on WHSV-TV:

http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/82392812.html

VEHICLES

13) Volvo Goes Futuristic with a System That Can Detect Pedestrians

Link to article from the New York Times News Service:

http://blog.marketplace.nwsource.com/nwautos/2010/01/auto_stop_volvo_goes_futuristic_with_a_system_that_can_detect_pedestrians.html?cmpid=2696

14) GM Spreads Car Radio DVR

Link to blog in Consumer Reports:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/01/gm-pause-play-car-radio-dvr.html

News Releases

1) US DOT Seeks Public Comments on Research and Technology Planning

2) US Drivers Not the Speed Demons You May Think

Upcoming Events

Talking Operations Webcast: International Experience with Road Pricing: Lessons From an International Scan – February 3

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=605

Friday Bonus

I hope she isn’t sued for copyright infringement.

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/cta-tattler/2010/01/devotion-to-cta-is-tattooed-on-her-foot.html

Today in Transportation History

1970 **40^th anniversary** – The first commercial flight of the Boeing 747 was made by Pan Am between New York and London.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,878184,00.html

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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National Rural ITS (NRITS) Conference

As you are well aware, the National Rural ITS (NRITS) Conference has been facilitating the design, planning, deployment and maintenance of intelligent transportation systems in rural areas for nearly two decades.  The 2010 NRITS Conference promises to continue this trend.  If you are interested in becoming involved and wish to participate in the program you must submit an abstract before the Monday, February 1, 2010 deadline.  Submittal guidelines can be found online at http://www.nritsconference.org/2010program.html.

AVIATION

1) FAA Adds Anti-hacking Conditions to Boeing 747-8

Link to blog on seattlepi:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/191558.asp

2) FAA Testing Flight Operations Equipment at New Florida Airport

Link to article in The News Herald:

http://www.newsherald.com/news/west-80710-moves-airport.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) FAA, Honeywell Flag Jeppesen Aviation GPS Error

Link to article in Flight International:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/20/337355/faa-honeywell-flag-jeppesen-gps-error.html

PARKING

4) Yahoo Files Patent to Track Parking Space Availability

Link to article on Ubergizmo:

http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2010/01/yahoo_files_patent_to_track_parking_space_availability.html

ROADWAYS

5) Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-Rail Grade Crossings 2009

Link to papers in the Transportation Research Record:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Traffic_Control_Devices_Visibility_and_HighwayRail_162817.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) New York and New Jersey Airports’ Security System Draws Senators’ Ire

Link to story and video report on WABC-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/investigators&id=7227538

TRANSIT

7) Final Report on Deadly Metrolink Crash Comes Down to Signal Color

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink-ntsb20-2010jan20,0,785407.story

8) Chicago Transit Authority Warns Against Excessive Photography

Link to story on WMAQ-TV:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Losing-Focus-CTA-Cracks-Down-on-Photography-82138272.html

9) Latest Issue of Nordic Road & Transport Research Online

Issue focused on public transport.

Link to magazine:

http://www.nordicroads.com/website/files/Nordic-3-2009.pdf

VEHICLES

10) Virtual Dashboards: the Next Must-Have?

Link to column in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704561004575013152608105546.html

News Releases

1) Beat the Queue with RAC’s Free Mobile Traffic Application

Upcoming Events

EuroFreight 2010 – February 22-24 – Berlin

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/eurofreight/

Today in Transportation History

1830 **180^th anniversary** – The Pontchartrain Rail-Road was chartered in Louisiana.

http://nutrias.org/exhibits/choochoo/page1.htm

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Social Media – What is it? How can my agency use it? What experience have others had?

The I-95 Corridor Coalition is hosting a webcast titled “The Use of Social Media for Travel Information” on Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (EST).

Many areas of interest regarding Social Media will be discussed during this webcast including: how it works, what information can be shared using it, how to implement it, how to get management buy-in for it, how do you know if it is working, and where is it all headed. In addition, two case studies from New York State DOT and North Carolina DOT will be highlighted.

For more information and to sign up for this no-cost webcast, please see the notice on the I-95 Corridor Coalition website athttp://www.i95coalition.org/

CAMERAS

1) Speed-Camera Company Behind Arizona Rule Change

Link to AP article:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/149574

OTHER

2) Upwardly Mobile

MIT professor speaks out on transit, technology in emerging economies.

Link to article in Fortune:

http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/01/19/upwardly-mobile/

3) XM Canada Seeks to Diversify Away from Auto Market with iPhone, Internet Apps

Link to CP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hjt9IzEaQD0KzR3sS2XBshoWs7eQ

4) Man Fined for Writing ‘Dirty’ Words on Pennsylvania-Owned Truck

Link to AP article:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10018/1029154-100.stm

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Video Cameras to Track High-Speed Rail in Northwest Russia – Police

Link to article in the RZD-Partner:

http://www.rzd-partner.com/news/2010/01/18/349756.html

TRANSIT

6) ‘Emergency Brake’ Name Confuses Many on New York Subways

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/nyregion/19brake.html

7) Commuters Using Fake Names to Register for Myki Transport Smartcard

Link to article in the Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/commuters-using-fake-names-to-register-for-myki-transport-smartcard/story-e6frf7jo-1225821393917

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) New SunGuide Traffic Management Center Opens in Florida

Link to article and video in The News-Press:

http://www.news-press.com/article/20100119/NEWS01/1190367/1075/I-75-traffic-message-signs-turned-on

9) Shanghai Rolls Out Resident-Friendly Traffic Remedies for Expo

Link to article on AsiaOne:

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/News/Story/A1Story20100119-192915.html

10) Clearing the Road for Traffic Updates in Thailand

Link to article in the Bangkok Post:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/31344/clearing-the-road-for-traffic-updates

Link to Traffy Twitter channel: http://twitter.com/traffy (in Thai)

VEHICLES

11) The Future of High-Tech Trucks is Now

Link to article on Today’s Trucking:

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=23170

News Releases

1) Government Investment Makes Intelligent Buses a Reality in Winnipeg

2) New Portal Launched for Dubai Metro, RTA Web Site Browser Service

3) China TransInfo Expands Real-Time Traffic Coverage, Establishes Relationship with Baidu

Job Postings

–  Supervisory IT Specialist – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=85639854

Upcoming Events

EuroRail 2010 – February 22-24 – Berlin

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/eurorail/

Today in Transportation History

1840 **170^th anniversary** – Lt. Charles Wilkes of the US Navy, while on an exploring expedition, discovers a portion of Antarctica later known as Wilkes Land.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/198611

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Monday, January 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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17^th World Congress on ITS Call for Papers Deadline January 31

The International Program Committee invites ITS experts to submit draft technical and scientific papers to be considered for the 17^th World Congress in Busan, Korea, Oct. 25-29, 2010.   This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your expertise and high-level achievement within the field of ITS in a global setting.  Technical Paper authors may submit a technical abstract in place of a draft Technical Paper and Travel Awards are available to authors from non-OECD countries.  Draft Technical Papers/Abstracts and draft Scientific papers must be submitted by January 31.  For more information and to submit papers online, visit http://www.itsworldcongress.kr.  If you have questions about paper content or format, contact Nicole Oliphant at noliphant@itsa.org.

AVIATION

1) FAA Lends Air Traffic Aid to Haiti as US Air Force Opens Port au Prince Airport

Link to article in Air Transport Intelligence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/16/337234/faa-lends-air-traffic-aid-to-haiti-as-air-force-opens-port-au.html

2) Snagware Made Planes Disappear from Delhi Airport Radar

Link to article from Mail Today:

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/79468/India/Snagware+made+planes+disappear+from+radar.html

3) Spanish Air Traffic Controllers Earn £800,000… but Could be Replaced by Automatic Systems

Link to article in the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244156/Spanish-air-traffic-controllers-earn-800-000–replaced-automatic-systems.html

CAMERAS

4) US Communities Put a Halt to Red-Light Cameras

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-17-red-light_N.htm

5) California Governor’s Plan to Catch Speeders with Cameras Faces an Uphill Battle

Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14195423

6) Indiana Legislators Propose Cameras to Catch Work Zone Speeders

Link to story on WIBC Radio:

http://www.wibc.com/news/Story.aspx?id=1185881

7) Is All This Surveillance Making Us Safer?

Link to column in Metro Calgary:

http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/comment/article/425458–is-all-this-surveillance-making-us-safer

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) China’s Compass Finds Route to Rival GPS

Link to story on China Radio International:

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/01/17/168s543131.htm

OTHER

9) How News Happens: Listening Devices on Buses?

Link to article on Journalism.org:

http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/listening_devices_buses

10) Ghana Driver and Licensing Authority Reiterates Essences of Banning Illiterates from Driving

Link to Ghana News Agency article:

http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_social/r_11487/

ROADWAYS

11) Secret Report on Illinois Tollway Oasis’ Subleases Paid for with Taxpayer Dollars Still Secret

Link to column in the Daily Herald:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=351477

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Training of Airport Screeners Varies Greatly Worldwide

Link to Fox News story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583219,00.html

13) Mind-Reading Systems for Airport Security

Link to story and audio report on KCBS Radio:

http://www.kcbs.com/pages/6135572.php

14) Twitter Joke Led to Terror Act Arrest and Airport Life Ban

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/twitter-joke-led-to-terror-act-arrest-and-airport-life-ban-1870913.html

TRANSIT

15) Seattle-Area Elderly, Disabled Struggle to Get ORCA Transit Card

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010807931_orcacards16m.html

16) San Diego Region Agencies Work Out Kinks in High-Tech Transit Pass

Link to article in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/17/agencies-work-out-kinks-compass/

17) Brooklyn Judge Fines New York City Transit $15,000 for Not Turning Over Information on Fatal Accident

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/01/18/2010-01-18_nyc_transit_fined_15g_for_stall_on_05_death_details.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) New York State Laws Make Texting While Driving Illegal, Yet State Agencies Still Send Traffic Alert Texts

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2010/01/17/2010-01-17_crossed_wires_on_wireless_law_agencies_still_send_texts_for_drivers_to_park__rea.html

19) California DOT Takes the Road Less Costly to Ease Gridlock

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dynamic-lanes18-2010jan18,0,2775593.story

20) ‘Big Brother’ Offline

Numerous Tennessee DOT highway cameras are offline.

Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jan/18/big-brother-offline/

21) Reality Show for Commuters

Traffic radio beings airing in Ho Chi Minh City.

Link to Vietnam News Agency article:

http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01KAL170110

22) Web Site to Offer Views of Masters Traffic Flow

Link to article in The Augusta Chronicle:

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/16/met_563463.shtml

23) New York MTA Chief Vows Reform of Wasteful Spending

Steps include consolidation of 92 information lines and improved real-time information for buses and subways.

Link to article in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20100116/NEWS01/1160341/-1/newsfront/MTA-chief-vows-reform-of-wasteful-spending

VEHICLES

24) Technology Driving New Car Sales

Link to article in The Augusta Chronicle:

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/17/bus_563421.shtml

25) Advancements Accelerate for Car Multimedia Devices

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100117/BUSINESS03/1170328/1002/Business/Advancements-accelerate-for-car-multimedia-devices

News Releases

1) RoadSafe Traffic Systems Acquires CSW Safety Services

2) Metro-North Train Time to Give Real-Time Train Status on Smart Phones and Computers

3) US Department of Transportation Provides Air Traffic Assistance Paving Way for Additional Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort

4) Garmin Launches BirdsEye Satellite and Aerial Imagery

5) Trafficmaster Acquires Fleet Management Solutions

Upcoming Events

Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition – February 2-4 – Philadelphia

http://www.tcipexpo.com/

Today in Transportation History

2005 **5^th anniversary** – The Airbus A380 was unveiled in Toulouse, France.

http://events.airbus.com/events/a380_reveal/event/index.asp

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Friday, January 15, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Seattle-Tacoma Airport First to Use New Bird-Tracking Radar

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/1029440.html

Link to news release from the Port of Seattle:

http://www.portseattle.org/news/press/2010/01_14_2010_01.shtml

2) US Government Fines United $30,000 for Fare Flub

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Government-fines-United-30000-apf-2599111297.html?x=0&.v=2

3) The Common Use Continuum

SITA’s airport IT survey highlights trends associated with passenger processing.

Link to article in Airport Business:

http://www.airportbusiness.com/print/Airport-Business-Magazine/The-Common-Use-Continuum/1$33194

Link to SITA survey: http://www.sita.aero/content/air-transport-it-review-issue-3-december-2009

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Programming a GPS While Driving a Danger

Link to CBC News story and video on Marketplace:

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/01/14/consumer-gps-marketplace.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Virginia DOT Money Pays for Ads Warning of Construction on Gilmerton Bridge

Link to story and video on WTKR-TV:

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-gilmerton-bridge-ads,0,2062825.story

RAILROADS

6) Advertising at O’Hare Airport Aims to Lure Travelers to Amtrak

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-talk-amtrak-ohare_15jan15,0,4855609.story

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) LaHood Steps Up Campaign Against Texting While Driving

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704381604575005283282980468.html

8) Technology Makes Dodging Traffic (and Speed Traps) in South Africa Easier

Link to article on Moneyweb:

http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page292671?oid=339542&sn=2009%20Detail

TRANSIT

9) I-Bus Technology Now a Reality in Winnipeg

Link to story on CJOB Radio:

http://www.cjob.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1185384

VEHICLES

10) Seattle Companies Driving the Trend Toward In-Car Technology

Link to article in the Puget Sound Business Journal:

http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/01/seattle_tech_companies_develop_a_cottage_industry_in_cars.html

11) Challenges in Automotive Radio Design

Link to article in Automotive DesignLine:

http://www.automotivedesignline.com/222301137

News Releases

1) Federal Signal Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Sirit

2) FCC Adopts Order to Clear the 700 MHz Frequency for Public Safety and Next Generation Consumer Users

3) New York State DOT Introduces 511 NY Developer Resource Area

Upcoming Events

Bus Rapid Transit Australia 2010 – February 22 – Sydney

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/brt/

Friday Bonus

I hope he left a good tip.

http://www.wesh.com/news/22157235/detail.html

Today in Transportation History

1845 **145^th anniversary** – Fort Fisher, which protected the last major open Confederate port, fell to Union forces in North Carolina.

http://www.nchistoricsites.org/fisher/fisher.htm

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Unspeakable Truths: Is Transforming Transportation A Key To Solving America’s Economic Crisis?

In his fourth book in four years, Professor Joseph M. Giglio argues that our thinking about Transforming Transportation in America must evolve to reflect how the Financial Meltdown and Economic Crisis have changed our world.

To help understand why, his book begins by reviewing how the Current Economic Crisis came about and what impact it’s likely to have on life in America.  He provides clear, detailed explanations of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008, the whys and wherefores of subjects like Oil Price Volatility, the Crazy World of Financial Derivatives, and the Housing and Mortgage Mess. Plus the down-and-dirty realities of Markets in the 21^st Century.  Finally, he explores some of the things we’ll have to do to Make It Big in the much changed world of the 21^st Century, such as transforming our Transportation Systems into Serious Economic Growth Generators.  The book is available on Amazon and from the publisher, the Hudson Institute.

AVIATION

1) Newark Airport Radio System Down During Crash Land

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/radio_the_cock_pits_vZIUsejP744k9RTefnAbUL

2) ADS-B Goes Live in the Gulf of Mexico

Link to article in Air Transport Intelligence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/12/337053/ads-b-goes-live-in-the-gulf-of-mexico.html

Link to news release from the FAA:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11103

3) EZ Tag Airport Parking May End in Houston

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6810470.html

OTHER

4) January Edition of IEEE ITS Society Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://www.ieeeitss.org/v12n1.pdf

RAILROADS

5) Federal Railroad Administration Issues Rule on Train Control Systems

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/node/415919

Link to news release from the Federal Railroad Administration:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11103

6) Amtrak Adding Free Wi-Fi on Acela Express Trains

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2010-01-11-amtrak-acela-express-wifi_N.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Body Scanners Can Store, Send Images, Group Says

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/

8) Newark Airport’s Security Cameras Draw Fire

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1263261907276860.xml&coll=1

9) New Group Will Fight Drivers’ Cell Phone Use

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/new-group-will-fight-drivers-cellphone-use/

10) Public Safety Officials Seek Additional Spectrum for First Responders

Link to article in NextGov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100111_8068.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Springfield, Missouri’s New Transportation Management Center Breaks Ground

Link to article in the News-Times:

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100112/BREAKING01/100112060/1007/NEWS01/Area+s+new+Transportation+Management+Center+breaks+ground

VEHICLES

12) Philippine Supreme Court Stops RFID Project

Link to article in the Manila Bulletin:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/238227/sc-stops-rfid-project

Upcoming Events

Low Cost Airline World Asia Pacific 2010 – January 27-29 – Singapore

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/lca/

Today in Transportation History

2005 **5^th anniversary** – Deep Impact was launched from the Kennedy Space Center.  Its mission was to impact Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/index.cfm

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Unspeakable Truths: Is Transforming Transportation A Key To Solving America’s Economic Crisis?

In his fourth book in four years, Professor Joseph M. Giglio argues that our thinking about Transforming Transportation in America must evolve to reflect how the Financial Meltdown and Economic Crisis have changed our world.

To help understand why, his book begins by reviewing how the Current Economic Crisis came about and what impact it’s likely to have on life in America.  He provides clear, detailed explanations of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008, the whys and wherefores of subjects like Oil Price Volatility, the Crazy World of Financial Derivatives, and the Housing and Mortgage Mess. Plus the down-and-dirty realities of Markets in the 21^st Century.  Finally, he explores some of the things we’ll have to do to Make It Big in the much changed world of the 21^st Century, such as transforming our Transportation Systems into Serious Economic Growth Generators.  The book is available on Amazon and from the publisher, the Hudson Institute.

AVIATION

1) Newark Airport Radio System Down During Crash Land

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/radio_the_cock_pits_vZIUsejP744k9RTefnAbUL

2) ADS-B Goes Live in the Gulf of Mexico

Link to article in Air Transport Intelligence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/12/337053/ads-b-goes-live-in-the-gulf-of-mexico.html

Link to news release from the FAA:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11103

3) EZ Tag Airport Parking May End in Houston

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6810470.html

OTHER

4) January Edition of IEEE ITS Society Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://www.ieeeitss.org/v12n1.pdf

RAILROADS

5) Federal Railroad Administration Issues Rule on Train Control Systems

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/node/415919

Link to news release from the Federal Railroad Administration:

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=11103

6) Amtrak Adding Free Wi-Fi on Acela Express Trains

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2010-01-11-amtrak-acela-express-wifi_N.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Body Scanners Can Store, Send Images, Group Says

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/11/body.scanners/

8) Newark Airport’s Security Cameras Draw Fire

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1263261907276860.xml&coll=1

9) New Group Will Fight Drivers’ Cell Phone Use

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/new-group-will-fight-drivers-cellphone-use/

10) Public Safety Officials Seek Additional Spectrum for First Responders

Link to article in NextGov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100111_8068.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Springfield, Missouri’s New Transportation Management Center Breaks Ground

Link to article in the News-Times:

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100112/BREAKING01/100112060/1007/NEWS01/Area+s+new+Transportation+Management+Center+breaks+ground

VEHICLES

12) Philippine Supreme Court Stops RFID Project

Link to article in the Manila Bulletin:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/238227/sc-stops-rfid-project

Upcoming Events

Low Cost Airline World Asia Pacific 2010 – January 27-29 – Singapore

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/lca/

Today in Transportation History

2005 **5^th anniversary** – Deep Impact was launched from the Kennedy Space Center.  Its mission was to impact Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/index.cfm

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Friday, January 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Blasts Plane-Makers Seeking to Delay Flight-Recorder Changes

Link to blog in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/190385.asp

2) And On Your Left … Never You Mind

TSA briefly banned announcements pointing out landmarks during last hour of flight.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/08/us/08pilot.html

CAMERAS

3) New York MTA Chair Would Like to Use Cameras to Enforce Bus Lane Restrictions

Link to story and video on NY1 News:

http://www.ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-content/news_beats/politics/111616/mta-chair-takes-aim-at-bus-lane-blockers/

4) 50 CCTV Cameras Watch Over Newcastle Drivers

Link to article in the Evening Chronicle:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2010/01/08/50-cctv-cameras-watch-over-newcastle-drivers-72703-25554473/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Usage-Based Motorway Tolls to be Introduced in Hungary No Earlier than 2013

Link to MTI-Econews article:

http://www.realdeal.hu/20100108/usagebased-motorway-tolls-to-be-introduced-no-earlier-than-2013

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Web Mashups Put Transparency to the Test

Builders of these public interest Web sites say government could do more to make its data more accessible.

Link to article in Federal Computer Week:

http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/11/feat-mashups-test-transparency.aspx

7) No Need to Cook Road Death Toll, Says Indignant South African Transport Minister

Link to article in BusinessDay:

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=90868

TRANSIT

8) Virgin Ads Too Sexy for Calgary, Mississauga Transit

Link to article in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/virgin-ads-too-sexy-for-calgary-mississauga-transit/article1423356/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Colorado DOT Plans Better Use of I-70 Message Signs to Help Drivers During Eisenhower Tunnel Traffic Stops

Link to article on INDenverTimes:

http://www.indenvertimes.com/cdot-plans-better-use-of-i-70-message-signs-to-help-drivers-during-eisenhower-tunnel-traffic-stops/

VEHICLES

10) Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/technology/07distracted.html

News Releases

1) US DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration Releases ITS Strategic Plan

2) US DOT ITS Joint Program Office RSS Feed Now Available

3) FCC Launches Reboot.FCC.gov to Engage Public in Agency Reform

4) Cambridge Systematics Awarded FHWA Planning Research and Technical Support Contract

5) Upcoming Interstate Exits at a Glance with the New iExit iPhone App

Upcoming Events

FMSCA Webinar: IntelliDrive Safety Applications for Commercial Vehicles – January 20

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-webinars-future.aspx

Friday Bonus

Now arriving on track 1, the Jail Express.

http://www.mnn.com/transportation/planes-trains-bikes/stories/upcycled-diy-train-lands-six-men-in-jail

Today in Transportation History

2005 **5^th anniversary** – The USS San Francisco collided with an undersea mountain in the Pacific Ocean.  One crewman was killed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4527459.stm

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Thursday, January 7, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Unspeakable Truths: Is Transforming Transportation A Key To Solving America’s Economic Crisis?

In his fourth book in four years, Professor Joseph M. Giglio argues that our thinking about Transforming Transportation in America must evolve to reflect how the Financial Meltdown and Economic Crisis have changed our world.

To help understand why, his book begins by reviewing how the Current Economic Crisis came about and what impact it’s likely to have on life in America.  He provides clear, detailed explanations of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008, the whys and wherefores of subjects like Oil Price Volatility, the Crazy World of Financial Derivatives, and the Housing and Mortgage Mess. Plus the down-and-dirty realities of Markets in the 21^st Century.  Finally, he explores some of the things we’ll have to do to Make It Big in the much changed world of the 21^stCentury, such as transforming our Transportation Systems into Serious Economic Growth Generators.  The book is available from the publisher, the Hudson Institute and Amazon.

AVIATION

1) Unmarked Power Line Probed in California Copter Crash

Link to AP article:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/06/us/AP-US-Fatal-Helicopter-Crash.html

2) California High Court Hears Case Involving Hare Krishna Push to Solicit Donations at Airport

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-hare-krishnas-airport,0,3340483.story

3) Applying Intelligent Transportation Systems to Improve Airport Traveler Access Information

Link to survey from the Transportation Research Board: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A3RTU4P3X

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) EU Awards Galileo Satellite Navigation Contracts

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8442090.stm

Link to news release from the European Commission:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/7&language=en

OTHER

5) Social Media Provides New Ways for Agencies to Listen

Link to article in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/01/07/ces-social-media-listening.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Obama Wants Quicker Handling of Threats

Link to AP article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6804031.html

7) Technical Woes Delay Video Release Showing Security Breach at Newark Airport

Link to AP article:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/technical_difficulties_delay_v.html

8) Israel’s Airport Security, Object of Envy, is Hard to Emulate in US

Link to article in The Jewish Daily Forward:

http://www.forward.com/articles/122781/

9) Montgomery County, Texas Posting Names of DWI Suspects on Twitter

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6802419.html

TRANSIT

10) Boston’s MBTA to Introduce Real-Time Commuter Rail Info, Expand Wi-Fi

Link to article in TheTransitWire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2010/01/07/mbta-to-introduce-real-time-commuter-rail-info-expand-wifi/

11) Korean Provincial Government Feels Wrath of iPhone Users

Backs-off ban of bus-tracking program.

Link to article in The Korea Times:

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/12/123_57540.html

VEHICLES

12) Ford Unveils the Future at CES

Link to article on TheStreet:

http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10657713/1/ford-unveils-the-future-at-ces.html

13) Carmakers Seek More Connectivity

Link to column in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101070466

News Releases

1) Ford Motor Company Expands Collaboration with Inrix on Traffic and Routing

2) Green Telematics – A Simple Solution to Lowering Emissions and Enhancing Fuel Efficiency in Europe and North America, Says Frost & Sullivan

3) Mainstream Automakers Announce Accelerated Adoption of HD Radio Technology at 2010 CES

4) Ford Introduces Signature Interior Experience: MyFord Touch Driver Connect Technology

5) Vehicular Connectivity Merges with the Information Superhighway

Upcoming Events

Talking Operations Webinar: Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Planning for Operations – A New Resource – January 25

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=19284

Workshop on ‘Advancing Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) and Active Traffic Management – January 10 – Washington, DC

http://www.itsa.org/industry_member_news_content/c91_a3246/News_and_Events/Industry_and_Member_News/Industry_Member_News_Archive.html

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** – The first successful test launch of a Polaris missile was conducted at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-27.html

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Bernie’s Notes

Heading to TRB next week? If so, please let me know, I’d love the chance to see meet.  I plan to attend parts of Tuesday and Wednesday. Please drop me a note at bernie@bwcommunications.net in advance, or during the conference, and we’ll see if we can get together.  I look forward to seeing you in Washington.

AVIATION

1) Automated Air Traffic Control System Enables Fewer Pilots, Flying Cars

Link to article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/automated-air-traffic-control-system-enables-fewer-pilots-flying-cars

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Washington State GIS Transportation Repository Takes Long Road

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/718602

3) Navteq Touts 3D Laser Mapping Technology

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10426465-264.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

Link to news release from Navteq:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/navteq-launches-advanced-mapping-collection-technology-80788222.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Now SatNavs Will Help Dublin Drivers Steer Clear of Crashes

Link to article in the Herald:

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/now-satnavs-will-help-dublin-drivers-steer-clear-of-crashes-2001128.html

OTHER

5) Microsofties Develop Ridepenguin Taxi-Sharing Service

Link to blog in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/190050.asp

Link to ridepenguin: http://www.ridepenguin.com/

6) Enterprises are Key to Smarter US Transportation

Link to blog on Internet Evolution:

http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&doc_id=186408&f_src

7) December Issue of Transportation Research Digest Online

Link to publication from the Arizona Transportation Institute:

http://www.mtkn.org/products/trd/2009/TRD12-2009.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Newark Airport’s Security Cameras Were Broken

Link to ABC News story:

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/newark-airports-security-cameras-broken-slowed-tsa-security/story?id=9484216

TELEMATICS

9) The Connected Car Picks Up Speed

Link to CNBC story:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/34727695/site/14081545

10) MIT Researchers Developing Robotic Driving Companion

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140120/MIT_researchers_developing_robotic_driving_companion

TRANSIT

11) California Transit Agency to Consider Naming Rights Proposal

Link to article in the North County Times:

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_ea186fcc-b499-53fa-952c-b19e29049385.html

12) What’s a Computer Doing on the Bus?

Some Singapore bus riders not happy with computers and printers added to the bus and reducing standing room.

Link to article on AsiaOne:

http://motoring.asiaone.com/Motoring/Motorworld/Story/A1Story20100103-189432.html

13) How Google and Portland’s TriMet Set the Standard for Open Transit Data

Link to blog on Streetsblog San Francisco:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/01/05/how-google-and-portlands-trimet-set-the-standard-for-open-transit-data/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) UK Travel Web Sites Crash as Thousands Log On to Check Snow Disruption

Link to article in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6940369/Travel-websites-crash-as-thousands-log-on-to-check-snow-disruption.html

15) Will Fog Warnings Help Prevent Crashes in California’s Central Valley?

Link to article in the Visalia Times-Delta:

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20100106/NEWS01/1060315/1002

VEHICLES

16) Pandora Bringing Web Radio to Cars

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704842604574642560838415386.html

17) General Motors Combines Smartphone Functions with the Chevrolet Volt

Link to article in AutoWeek:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100106/CARNEWS/100109975

Link to news release from General Motors:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/chevrolet-and-onstar-give-volt-owners-247-connection-and-control-via-wireless-smartphone-application-80759092.html

18) Car Tech: Taking Drivers’ Helpers for a Spin

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142758/Car_tech_Taking_drivers_helpers_for_a_spin

News Releases

1) Inrix Traffic Pro Takes the Guesswork Out of Your Daily Commute

2) Data Call Introduces Live Traffic to the Digital Signage Industry

3) IndyGo Launches New Trip Planner Program

4) State Farm Sponsors Local Travel Assistance Program for the New York State Department of Transportation

5) Tele Atlas Unveils First Gradient and Curvature Product to Enhance In-Vehicle Navigation and Safety

Upcoming Events

Regional Airport World Asia Pacific – January 27 – Singapore

http://www.terrapinn.com/2010/airport/

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** – A National Airlines flight en route from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Miami exploded in flight killing everyone on board.  It was determined the explosion was caused by dynamite.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600106-0

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