Monday, July 11, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
The Transportation Communications Newsletter & Social Media
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AVIATION
1) Memphis a Proving Ground for FAA’s New Air Traffic Control System
Link to article in The Commercial Appeal:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jul/10/fedex-delta-hop-on-board-with-nextgen/
2) GOP: FAA Should Use More Private Resources for NextGen
Link to article in The Hill:
http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/170489-gop-faa-should-use-more-private-resources-for-nextgen
3) Iridium Offers New Air-Traffic Service
Link to article from The Wall Street Journal:
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/markets/newsfeeditem.aspx?id=148573656386616
Link to news release from Iridium:
http://investor.iridium.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=590316
OTHER
4) Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa Voices Support for User-Pays Principle
Link to article in Engineering News:
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/transport-society-voices-support-for-user-pays-principle-2011-07-08
5) US Army Transportation School Uses ‘Smart’ Training
Link to article on Military.com:
http://www.military.com/news/article/army-news/transportation-school-uses-smart-training.html
6) Technology May Soon Change Meaning of ‘Drive Time’
Link to commentary in The Patriot Ledger:
http://www.patriotledger.com/features/x1850042817/COMMENTARY-Technology-may-soon-allow-us-to-charge-fairly-for-highway-use
7) Traffic Technology International – June/July 2011
Link to magazine:
http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/956bceea#/956bceea/1
8) SunGuide Disseminator – July 2011
Link to newsletter from the Florida Department of Transportation:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2011/2011-007-Jul.pdf
PARKING
9) The Ups and Downs of Meter Rates
First results in from San Francisco’s SFpark parking-management program.
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/11/BAHN1K8DMK.DTL
10) Portland, Oregon Will Test Pay-by-Phone Street Parking Starting in August
Link to article in The Oregonian:
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/07/portland_will_test_pay-by-phon.html
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
11) ‘Move Over’ Rule to be Touted in California Traffic Safety Campaign
Link to article in The Sacramento Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/10/3759137/move-over-rule-to-be-touted-in.html
12) Winnipeg Stadium Traffic Plan ‘Clouded in Secrecy’
Link to article in the Winnipeg Free Press:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/stadium-traffic-plan-clouded-in-secrecy-33000-fans-fewer-than-7100-parking-spots-at-bombers-future-home-125284893.html
RAILROADS
13) Suppliers Prep Wayside Components to Cover the Dark Territory and Trackside Monitoring Aspects of Positive Train Control
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/ptc/article/CS-Suppliers-prep-wayside-components-to-cover-the-dark-territory-trackside-monitoring-aspects-of-PTC–26841
ROADWAYS
14) Worries About Boston Tunnel Lights Were Kept in the Dark
Engineers knew corroded tunnel fixtures could signify real danger, but they moved slowly, secretly.
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/10/worries_about_lights_were_kept_in_the_dark/
15) Massachusetts Lawmakers Seek to Query Transportation Head About Agency Secretiveness
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/11/lawmakers_seek_to_query_transportation_head_about_agency_secretiveness/
SAFETY / SECURITY
16) Distracted-Driving Programs Show Success
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-11-programs-help-cut-distracted-driving_n.htm
Link to news release from US DOT:
http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2011/dot8211.html
17) FEMA and FCC Commit to More Training Before Implementing Emergency Mobile Alerts
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20110708_4021.php
TELEMATICS
18) Talking to Your Car Not so Farfetched with Telematics Options
Link to column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
http://www.lvrj.com/drive/talking-to-your-car-not-so-farfetched-with-telematrics-options-125202298.html
TRANSIT
19) App Designed to Make Travel by Public Transit Easier
Link to article on Gizmag:
http://www.gizmag.com/fraunhofer-smart-way-public-transit-app/19168/
Link to further information from the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems:
http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2010-2011/19/mobile-guide.jsp
20) Toronto Transit Commission Launches Real-Time Vehicle-Tracking System for Buses
Link to article in The Globe and Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/ttc-launches-real-time-vehicle-tracking-system-for-buses/article2093353/
Link to news release from the TTC:
http://www3.ttc.ca/News/2011/July/07_11_NVAS_Bus.jsp
21) DC Metro’s Model Riders are Really Models
Link to article in The Examiner:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/07/metros-model-riders-are-really-models
22) Social Media’s Influence on Public Transit
Link to blog on Human Transit:
http://www.humantransit.org/2011/07/social-medias-influence-on-public-transit-guest-post.html
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
23) Kentucky Speedway Officials Vow to Improve Traffic Conditions
Link to story and video on WLKY-TV:
http://www.wlky.com/r/28504910/detail.html
Link to statement from the Kentucky Speedway:
http://www.kentuckyspeedway.com/newsline/news.aspx?newsID=1038
24) California DOT Gets High-Tech for ‘Carmageddon’
Link to story and video on KABC-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=resources/traffic&id=8244027
25) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to Launch Latest Traffic, Flood Updating Program
Link to article in the Sun.Star:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/07/10/mmda-launch-latest-traffic-flood-updating-program-166071
26) Colorado Signs Display Travel Times
Vehicle transponders help compute the estimates.
Link to article in The Gazette:
http://www.gazette.com/articles/says-121304-sign-getting.html
27) Southampton, UK’s CCTV Control Center to Move
Officials hope to find a private firm to run the service.
Link to article in the Daily Echo:
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9132274.CCTV_control_centre_to_leave_stadium/
VEHICLES
28) Ford Wins a Rare Corporate Foothold on Google+
Link to article on CNET:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20077242-264/ford-wins-a-rare-corporate-foothold-on-google/
29) Designing Intelligence Into the Car – On Demand Webinar
Link to view webinar from EE Times:
http://www.eetimes.com/electrical-engineers/education-training/webinars/4216833/Designing-Intelligence-into-the-Car?Ecosystem=communications-design
News Releases
1) New York MTA Launches Competition for Best Transportation-Related Apps
2) Ford Trials Complimentary Live Operator Assistance for Sync Services; Free Business Search and Address Entry Support
3) Streetline Launches Smart Parking Program for New Brunswick, New Jersey
4) European Traffic Information is Available Free on the ViaMichelin Website, the iPhone and the iPad
5) Avery Dennison Launches Retroreflectivity Compliance Kit
Upcoming Events
7th International ASME/IEEE Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications – August 28-31 – Washington, DC
http://iel.ucdavis.edu/mesa/MESA11/
Today in Transportation History
1911 **100th anniversary** The Federal Express derailed in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Fourteen people died. The St. Louis Cardinals were traveling on the train and were credited with saving many lives.
http://www.ctnow.com/sports/hc-train-wreck-0710-20110709,0,2471871,full.story
1911 **100th anniversary** Construction began on California’s Santa Maria Valley Railroad.
http://www.ksby.com/news/santa-maria-valley-railroad-will-soon-celebrate-100th-anniversary1/
1936 **75th anniversary** The Triborough Bridge opened. The bridge connects the New York City boroughs of Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan.
http://mta.info/news/stories/?story=305
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