Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register for IBTTA’s Toll Road Summit of the Americas — November 15-17, 2009 in São Paulo, Brazil
Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association at the Toll Road Summit of the Americas and examine an array of methods to design, finance, operate and maintain user financed surface transportation facilities. The second day of this meeting will be held in conjunction with TranspoQuip 2009, Latin America’s biggest event for the transportation infrastructure industries in Latin America. Featured speakers include Cesar Queiroz, Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure, World Bank, and Roberto Lucas, Jr., Author and Urban Planning Consultant. Meeting hosted by ABCR and CCR. For registration, hotel, travel and visa information, or to view the preliminary agenda, visit www.IBTTA.org.
AVIATION
1) New Safety Worry: Laptops, Devices in the Cockpit
Link to AP article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSofDoT5LyX3TkJEaFHEJPNHSALAD9BJKE980
2) Aircraft Electronics Association Says Safety Management Systems Unwieldy
Link to article on AVweb:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/AEA_Safety_Management_Systems_Unwieldy_201404-1.html
Link to FAA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-17553.pdf
Link to AEA response:
http://www.aea.net/governmentaffairs/regulatoryupdates.asp?ID=28
CAMERAS
3) Half of San Francisco Muni Surveillance Cameras Fail in Audit
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/27/MN7M1AAV6E.DTL
GPS / NAVIGATION
4) Telling the User Where to Go
Link to article on Telecoms:
http://www.telecoms.com/15405/lbs-telling-the-user-where-to-go
MARITIME
5) Report Finds September 11 US Coast Guard Potomac River Exercise was a Bad Idea
Link to AP article:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43886
OTHER
6) Flu Pandemic Could Overwhelm Internet Capacity, GAO Warns
Link to article in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/27/internet-capacity-threat-flu-pandemic.aspx
Link to report from the Government Accountability Office:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d108.pdf
ROADWAYS
7) Washington State Viaduct Disaster Flick Released; Political Motive?
Link to article in The Seattle Times:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010141929_viaductvideo27m.html
TELEMATICS
8) Will High-Tech Trucks Save Big Rig Industry?
Link to column in Network World:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/46784
TRANSIT
9) Confessions of a Spatial Navigator
Link to Human Transit blog:
http://www.humantransit.org/2009/10/global-impositioning-systems.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
10) Oklahoma DOT Pays Thousands for Twitter Account
Link to story and video on KFOR-TV:
http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-news-odot-twitter-thousands-story,0,7753383.story
11) Radio Station Introduces Real-Time Traffic Report for Cayman Islands
Link to Cayman News Service article:
12) Microsoft Will Shut Down MSN Direct
Datacasting service provides location-based traffic reports and weather information.
Link to article in Radio World:
http://www.rwonline.com/article/89374
VEHICLES
13) Texas Drops Phone Numbers from Accident Reports
Link to AP article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6688454.html
News Releases
1) PrePass Weigh Station Technology Blazes Solar Trail
2) AASHTO Report Highlights Smart Solutions: 50 Transportation Projects that Have Made America Better
Upcoming Events
ITS Texas Annual Meeting – November 11-13 – Galveston, Texas
http://www.itstexas.org/Meetings/2009meetingoverview.stm
Today in Transportation History
1994 **15th anniversary** – L École des métiers de l’aérospatiale de Montréal opened.
http://www2.csdm.qc.ca/emam/anglais/home.htm
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