Thursday, February 18, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s 20^th Annual Meeting & Exposition (May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas)

– Be sure to register by March 1 and save money!  Public sector and first-time attendees qualify for special discounts.  Save time and register through our website.   And remember to make your hotel reservations here.

– Exhibit space is still available.  Be a sponsor!

– Take a walk on the virtual side.  Check out more than 100 exhibitors. Click on their names; see what’s in store for you in May!

– Listen, look, stop.  For the first time ever, ITS America Forums feature exhibit hall theater briefings on safety, sustainability, personal mobility, commercial operations and cross-cutting issues, followed by topic-specific, guided tours of the exhibit hall.

AVIATION

1) Salt Lake City Airport, Federal Agencies Settle Trademark Suit

Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14421023

2) Airlines Making Big Push to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi Service

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/business_news/84432557_Airlines_in_big_push_for_Wi-Fi.html

OTHER

3) Lag in Intelligent Transportation Could Hurt Economy

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/us-lags-asia-in-its/

4) Report on ‘Intelligence into Urban Mobility’ Breakfast Workshop on February 4

Link to article and video from ERTICO – ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/events/past_events/intelligence_into_urban_mobility_breakfast_workshop.htm

5) Latest Edition of Transport Business International Online

Link to magazine:

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=mypagesuite&pnum=&refresh=6Jx1L04wo2Y0&EID=6a197348-d805-4f68-8d07-ac31440f23f0&skip

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Motorcycle Awareness Message on Signs Across California

Link to article in Motor Cycle News:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/General-news/2010/February/feb1810-motorcycle-awareness-message-on-california-roads/?R=EPI-122260

RAILROADS

7) Railroads Have Until April 16 to Submit Positive Train Control Roll-Out Plans

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article.asp?id=22582

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Man Charged Over ‘Airport Bomb Hoax’ Tweet

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-charged-over-airport-bomb-hoax-tweet-1903349.html

TRANSIT

9) Simplifying the Open Transit Data Debate: A Comprehensive Guide to Providing Real-Time Information to Your Passengers

Link to article on The Fleet Beat:

http://www.fleetbeat.com/index.php/2010/02/simplifying-the-open-transit-data-debate-a-comprehensive-guide-to-providing-real-time-information-to-your-passengers/

News Releases

1) TrafficLand Serves 500 Million Frames of Live Traffic Video During Major Snow Storms

2) J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Although Technology May Help Improve the Airport Experience, the Basics Have the Greatest Impact on Passenger Satisfaction

Solicitation

–  1^st Annual National Rural ITS Student Paper Competition

http://www.nritsconference.org/downloads/10documents/2010NRITSStudentAward.pdf

Upcoming Events

Webcast: Positive Train Control – Strategies for a Smooth Deployment – March 10

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/webinar/ptc/

Today in Transportation History

1930 **80^th anniversary** – Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.

http://www.discoveryofpluto.com/pluto05.html

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Discuss Federal Legislative Initiatives at IBTTA Legislative Conference – March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC

Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association on March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC and participate in discussions on federal legislative initiatives with leaders in the transportation policy debate. Topics will include transportation authorization, electronic tolling interoperability, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging, the proposed Office of Public Benefit, and other important issues affecting tolling and road pricing. Participants will spend Tuesday afternoon visiting their congressional representatives to advance tolling initiatives on Capitol Hill. This meeting is ideal for toll industry professionals interested in US Federal and transportation legislation and regulations affecting the toll industry. Visit www.IBTTA.org for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. [More…]

ROADWAYS

1) A New Traffic Sign: ‘Take Turns’

Link to article in Good:

http://www.good.is/post/a-new-traffic-sign-take-turns/

SAFETY / SECURITY

2) Chicago-Area Slaying has Truckers, Cops, Lawmakers Talking Road Rage

CB radio is often used for taunting and threats.

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northnorthwest/ct-met-truckers-road-rage0216-20100215,0,145811.story

3) Allstate Report Says Girl Teen Drivers ‘More Distracted’ Than Boys

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-allstate-teen-report-feb16,0,3323131.story

4) Tiny Cameras Seen as Future in Police Work

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-02-15-head-cameras-police_N.htm

TRANSIT

5) New York City Transit Testing Subway Arrival Notification Program

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/16/2010-02-16_waiting_game_less_grating_message_boards_relay_arrival_times_at_subway_stops.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) Michigan DOT Director Says Owner of Ambassador Bridge Not Interested in Providing Real-Time Information

Link to column in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100211/COL04/2110557/1008/NEWS06/Trouble-with-Morouns-monopoly

VEHICLES

7) Toyota’s ‘Black Box’ Could Hold Accident Clues

Data can only be read by Toyota and company is sometimes reluctant to share information.

Link to article on DailyFinance:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/toyotas-black-box-could-hold-accident-clues/19359588/

8) Can Drivers Handle High-Tech Cars?

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703562404575067212753758680.html

News Releases

1) Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Integration and Efficiency Propels Global Commercial Aviation Software Market

2) Use Google Maps to Plan Your GO Trip

Upcoming Events

Joint Council on Transit Wireless Communications – February 22 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

http://www.npstc.org/transitCommunity.jsp

Today in Transportation History

1945 **65^th anniversary** – US forces land on Corregidor during World War II.

http://www.corregidor.org

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Monday, February 15, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s 20^th Annual Meeting & Exposition (May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas)

• Be sure to register by March 1 and save money!  Public sector and first-time attendees qualify for special discounts.  Save time and register through our website.   And remember to make your hotel reservations here.
• Exhibit space is still available.  Be a sponsor!
• Take a walk on the virtual side.  Check out more than 100 exhibitors. Click on their names; see what’s in store for you in May!
• Listen, look, stop.  For the first time ever, ITS America Forums feature exhibit hall theater briefings on safety, sustainability, personal mobility, commercial operations and cross-cutting issues, followed by topic-specific, guided tours of the exhibit hall.

AVIATION

1) Airlines Cancel Flights Before Storms Arrive, and E-mail the Passengers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/business/13cancel.html

RAILROADS

2) Eurostar Falls Short on Emergency Plans

Information provided to passengers one of the areas faulted.

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f7ed766-17d0-11df-a74d-00144feab49a.html

Link to report: http://www.eurostarindependentreview.org/pdf/Eurostar%20Independent%20Review.pdf

ROADWAYS

3) Online Map Launched to Aid London Street Cleaning Teams

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8514930.stm

4) Most Adirondack Park Signage to Remain Unchanged

Link to article in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise:

http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/511311.html?nav=5008

TELEMATICS

5) Smart Roads: Driving Technology Accelerates

Link to article in the Deseret News:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700009394/Smart-roads-Driving-technology-accelerates.html

TRANSIT

6) SEPTA Moving to Drop Rail-Line Initials

Some say designations are too confusing.
Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/84275512.html?cmpid=15585797

7) Metra Considers Selling Naming Rights for Routes, Stations

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/2045805,CST-NWS-metra13.article

8) Catching a Bus in Chicago? There’s an App for That

Link to article in the Chicago Flame:

http://media.www.chicagoflame.com/media/storage/paper519/news/2010/02/15/Features/Catching.A.Bus.Theres.An.App.For.That-3871669.shtml

9) Boston Commuters, Call and Get the Inside Track on Bus Schedule

Link to column in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/14/commuters_call_and_get_the_inside_track_on_bus_schedule/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Smart Sensors Start Going to Work

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/smarter-sensors-start-going-to-work

News Releases

1) The PBSJ Corporation 2009 Project Awards Presented

2) Navteq Announces Real-Time Traffic in the UK

3) Qualcomm and Audi to Make the Connected Car a Reality in 2010

4) Traffic Alerts on Your Phone – UK Highways Agency Tunes Into Latest Technology

Upcoming Events

Railway Engineering 2010 – March 25-26 – Paris

http://www.groupeactis.com/spip.php?rubrique48

Today in Transportation History

1935 **75^th anniversary** – Roger Chaffee, an astronaut who died in a fire on Apollo 1, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chaffee-rb.html

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Friday, February 12, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Bernie Wagenblast Voice Services

Need a professional voice for a transportation application?  I have experience with everything from a simple phone greeting to a complex train announcement system.  Unlike many other voice-over performers, I bring years of transportation experience and knowledge to each project.  Understanding the ins and outs of transportation systems translates to a recording that’s more authentic.  My resume includes clients such as the Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, the City of Laredo, TransCore and the New Jersey Department of Transportation. You can learn more and hear samples of my work at www.bwcommunications.net.  Let me know how I can help your organization sound its best.

BICYCLES

1) Finding a Guide to Cycling in Long Beach, California, Mapping the Bike Routes

Man sets out to map and mark bikeway.

Link to commentary on Everything Long Beach:

http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/guide-to-cycling-long-beach-map-the-bikeways/

OTHER

2) Wi-Fi Turns Rowdy School Bus Into Rolling Study Hall

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/education/12bus.html

3) Inaugural Issue of Intertraffic World Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/58440222

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) 10,000 TSA Staff to Get Secret Intel

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-11-TSA-security_N.htm

TRANSIT

5) MARTA ‘Yellow’ Line to be Renamed ‘Gold’ Following Complaints

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/marta-yellow-line-to-299283.html

6) Shutterbug Fights Bogus Ticket

Photo of New York City subway car lands man in cuffs.

Link to story and video on WNYW-TV:

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/investigative/100209-shutterbug-fights-nyc-subway-ticket

News Releases

1) Global Personal Navigation Device Shipments to Stagnate at 48 Million by 2015

2) Washington State DOT Breaks Out Traffic Tools to Help Get Drivers to the Olympics

Upcoming Events

MRO Middle East – February 28-March 1 – Dubai

http://www.aviationweek.com/events/current/mme/index.htm

Friday Bonus

In Hong Kong, escalators aren’t just part of the commute, in some cases they are the commute.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8441626.stm

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** – Herman Beam became the first driver to be black flagged at the Daytona Motor Speedway.

http://www.legendsofnascar.com/Herman_Beam.htm

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Discuss Federal Legislative Initiatives at IBTTA Legislative Conference – March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC

Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association on March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC and participate in discussions on federal legislative initiatives with leaders in the transportation policy debate. Topics will include transportation authorization, electronic tolling interoperability, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging, the proposed Office of Public Benefit, and other important issues affecting tolling and road pricing. Participants will spend Tuesday afternoon visiting their congressional representatives to advance tolling initiatives on Capitol Hill. This meeting is ideal for toll industry professionals interested in US Federal and transportation legislation and regulations affecting the toll industry. Visit www.IBTTA.org for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. [More…]

AVIATION

1) FAA Joins Search for Solution to Lubbock, Texas Airport’s Instrument Landing System Woes

Link to article in the Avalanche-Journal:

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/021010/upd_561202506.shtml

CAMERAS

2) South San Francisco Owes More than $1 Million in Traffic Ticket Blunder

Link to article in the San Mateo County Times:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_14369101

3) Arizona Panel OKs Changes to Cameras

Link to article in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2010/02/11/20100211politics-speed0111.html

ROADWAYS

4) Don’t Rely on Volusia County, Florida Call Boxes for Help in Emergencies on I-4

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/volusia/os-callboxes-removed-20100205,0,2410027.story

5) Ohio Stimulus Sign Critic Backed 74 Other Namings

Link to AP article:

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100211/UPDATES01/100211007

6) Traffic Signal Systems 2009

Link to publication from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Traffic_Signal_Systems_2009_162990.aspx

TRANSIT

7) In SEPTA’s Nerve Center: Problems

Link to article in the Philadelphia Daily News:

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20100211_In_SEPTA_s_nerve_center__Problems.html

8) Dayton RTA Creates New Customer Connection

Link to article in Mass Transit:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/publication/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=10689

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) New System Could Avoid Traffic Jams

Student’s thesis proposes using system to share information with motorists and authorities.

Link to article in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100212/NATIONAL/702119882/1010

VEHICLES

10) Toyota Dealers Pull Ads on ABC Stations for ‘Excessive Stories’ on Recalls

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/toyota-dealers-pull-ads-on-abc-for-excessive-stories-on-recalls/

11) Volvo Unveils New Infotainment System

Link to CNET News article:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10451701-48.html

12) Fast Forward 2020: The Real Car Tech of Tomorrow

Link to article in Car and Driver:

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q1/fast_forward_2020_the_real_car_tech_of_tomorrow-feature

News Releases

1) Frost & Sullivan: Spate of Software Related Vehicle Recalls and the Future of Automotive Electronics

2) American Airlines Honors African-American Aviation Pioneers with Its New Virtual Museum

3) Winnipeg Transit Launches BUStxt

4) MBTA to Offer Real-Time Arrival Information on Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line

5) New California Public Awareness Campaign Aims to Reduce Train-Related Pedestrian Deaths and Injuries

6) Shaping Aviation Weather Services in the 21^st Century

Upcoming Events

Transport Science and Technology Congress – April 4-7 – New Delhi

http://www.ewebevolution.com/transtec/

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** – NASA astronaut Richard Mastracchio was born in Waterbury, Connecticut.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mastracc.html

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Wednesday, February 10, 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 on Amazon and from the publisher, the Hudson Institute.

AVIATION

1) Free Airport Wi-Fi Takes Off

Link to column in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2010-02-10-free-airport-wi-fi_N.htm

ROADWAYS

2) Kansas House Member Frustrated by Lack of Tourism, Business Promotion on Highways

Link to article from the Topeka Capital-Journal:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/feb/10/kansas-house-member-frustrated-lack-tourism-busine/

SAFETY / SECURITY

3) US Request for Foreign Fliers’ Data Meets Resistance

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-02-09-data-sharing_N.htm

4) Where’s that Snow Plow? Creepy Google Buzz Geo-tags Could Become a Public Safety Tool

Link to ZDNet blog:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=30663

TRANSIT

5) Airtrain Offering Free Countdown Monitors to Brisbane Businesses

Link to article on AirRail News:

http://airrailnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=439:airtrain-free-issue-countdown-monitors-to-brisbane-businesses&catid=905:news

6) Atlanta’s Yellow Line has Some Asians Seeing Red

Link to Fox News story:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,585412,00.html

7) Digital Chirps in Subway Tunnels

New York MTA moves aggressively into social media.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/digital-chirps-in-subway-tunnels/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) State Center Monitors Roads Across Kentucky

Link to story and video on WLKY-TV:

http://www.wlky.com/news/22513462/detail.html

9) Five Questions About New Hampshire Traffic Tweets

Link to interview in the Concord Monitor:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100210/NEWS01/2100308

News Releases

1) Human Factors and Safety Culture Should be Put at the Heart of the Air Traffic Management System

2) What Does the Electronic Future Look Like for Automakers?

3) Cell Phone Bans While Driving Have More Impact in Dense, Urban Areas

4) TMC’s New Social Media Site has Supply Chain Executives Talking – to Each Other

Job Postings

–  Intelligent Transportation Systems Specialist – Maricopa County DOT – Phoenix, Arizona

http://www.maricopa.gov/human_resources/jobs_index.asp

Upcoming Events

Talking Operations Webinar: Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Planning for Operations – A New Resource – February 23

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=19485

Today in Transportation History

1935 **75^th anniversary** – The Pennsylvania Railroad’s GG1 electric locomotives began revenue service.

http://www.spikesys.com/GG1/

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Discuss Federal Legislative Initiatives at IBTTA Legislative Conference – March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC

Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association on March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC and participate in discussions on federal legislative initiatives with leaders in the transportation policy debate. Topics will include transportation authorization, electronic tolling interoperability, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging, the proposed Office of Public Benefit, and other important issues affecting tolling and road pricing. Participants will spend Tuesday afternoon visiting their congressional representatives to advance tolling initiatives on Capitol Hill. This meeting is ideal for toll industry professionals interested in US Federal and transportation legislation and regulations affecting the toll industry. Visit www.IBTTA.org for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. [More…]

AVIATION

1) Work on NextGen Aviation Park has Begun in New Jersey

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_462038c8-1543-11df-9df6-001cc4c002e0.html

OTHER

2) US DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Panel Getting to Work

Link to article in Occupational Health & Safety:

http://ohsonline.com/articles/2010/02/09/its-panel-getting-to-work.aspx

3) Coalition Says New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority Wasting Money

Politicians say agency spending too much on ‘spin.’

Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/national/coalition-says-rta-wasting-money-20100209-nptc.html

4) Smart Transportation is About More than Wires and Chips

Link to commentary from the Regional Plan Association:

http://www.rpa.org/2010/02/spotlight-vol-9-no-3-smart-transportation-is-about-more-than-wires-and-chips.html

5) Tracking People with RFID Passports

Link to commentary in the RFID Journal:

http://www.rfidjournal.com/blog/entry/7375/

ROADWAYS

6) DC Government Puts Plow Data to Use with Snow Map

Link to column in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/80197-dc-government-puts-plow-data-to-use-with-snow-map

TRANSIT

7) Toronto Transit Employees Launch Facebook Group to Defend Themselves

Link to CP article:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=10687

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) A Glimpse Inside Minnesota DOT’s Regional Transportation Management Center

Link to story and video on KARE-TV:

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=841155&catid=396

VEHICLES

9) Drivers, Cars are Ill-Equipped When Panic Sets In

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Drivers-cars-are-illequipped-apf-3293715433.html?x=0&.v=3

10) Mobile Convergence with the Connected Car Gears Up

Link to article on GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Mobile-Convergence-with-the-Connected-Car-Gears-Up_a2026.html

News Releases

1) New ‘Twitter’ Option Providing Real-Time Traffic Alerts for Interstate 93 in New Hampshire

2) Lufthansa Navigator: To the Right Gate Using the Right App

3) SwRI Models Traffic Behavior Associated with Mass Evacuation of Urban Areas

Job Postings

–  Intelligent Transportation Systems Manager – DeAngelo Brothers, Inc. – Hazelton, Pennsylvania

http://gms.dbiservices.com/misc/DBi_ITS.doc

Upcoming Events

Cooperative Mobility Conference 2010, Smart Vehicles on Intelligent Roads – March 23-26 – Amsterdam

http://www.cooperativemobilityshowcase2010.eu/

Today in Transportation History

1870 **140^th anniversary** – The United States Weather Bureau is created.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/02/dayintech_0209

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Monday, February 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Early Registration Deadline Extended for ITS America’s 20^th Annual Meeting & Exposition

The early registration deadline for ITS America’s 20^th Annual Meeting & Exposition has been extended to February 12, 2010.

ITS America’s 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition from May 3-5, 2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX, will provide transportation professionals and policymakers the necessary tools and strategies they need to create communities that are safer, cleaner, more livable and less congested.

We will host several ancillary meetings held by such organizations as the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the Regional Safety Council.  Sam Palmisano, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM, will close out the conference by sharing his vision for creating a smarter transportation network through technology innovations. Take advantage of the lowest registration rates by registering online by February 12. For the latest conference information and to view the preliminary program, click here or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itsam2010.

AVIATION

1) Delta Makes Software and Avionics Changes Prompted by Overflight Incident

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704533204575047981145838798.html

2) Traveling with Laptops Could Get Tougher

Link to article in PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/188762/traveling_with_laptops_could_get_tougher.html

3) How Technology is Improving Air Traffic Control

Link to article in ComputerWeekly:

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/02/08/240223/how-technology-is-improving-air-traffic-control.htm

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Xerox, ACS Shareholders Say ‘Yes’ to $6.4 Billion Takeover

Link to article in the Democrat and Chronicle:

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100206/BUSINESS/2060333/1001/business

5) Massachusetts Governor Puts Toll Takers on Notice

Eyes electronic toll booths on Pike.

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20100208deval_patrick_puts_toll_takers_on_notice_governor_eyes_electronic_booths_on_pike/

MARITIME

6) Keeping an Eye on the Ocean

Radar: A major component in the counter-piracy mission is being able to see other vessels.

Link to article in The Daily Gleaner:

http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/947223

OTHER

7) Florida Transportation Chief Cleared in E-mail Inquiry

Link to article in The Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/legislature/story/1465919.html

8) Washington State Senator Backs Putting Ads on School Buses to Raise Money for Districts

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011004083_schoolbus07m.html

PARKING

9) Finding a Parking Space Could Soon Get Easier

Networking sensors attached to taxis could ease the hunt for street parking.

Link to article in Technology Review:

http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/24497/?a=f

RAILROADS

10) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Team Aims to Digitize Railroad History

Link to article in the Lincoln Journal Star:

http://journalstar.com/business/local/article_fa78ee8e-12a8-11df-b7e6-001cc4c002e0.html

ROADWAYS

11) Google Tapped for New 3D View of the Bay Bridge

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20000048-248.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Electronic Surveillance System Wins Award

Link to article in The Warren Reporter:

http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2010/02/delaware_river_joint_toll_brid_5.html

13) What’s the Best Way to Curb Distracted Driving?

Link to commentaries in the National Journal Transportation Experts Blog:

http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2010/02/whats-the-best-way-to-curb-dis.php

SPACE

14) UN to Discuss Air Traffic Control for Outer Space

Link to article in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7176943/UN-to-discuss-Air-Traffic-Control-for-outer-space.html

TELEMATICS

15) Progressive Rolls Out ‘Telematics’: Is Big Brother on Board?

Link to commentary on BNET:

http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10006718/progressive-rolls-out-telematics-is-big-brother-on-board/

TRANSIT

16) Disney, Google Eye Stake in China Bus Media Firm

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/08/AR2010020801383.html

17) San Francisco Muni Joins Twitter for Real this Time, but Won’t Offer Service Alerts

Link to commentary in the San Francisco Appeal:

http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/02/muni-joins-twitter-for-real-this-time.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Intelligent Traffic Lights Point Way to Safer Future in Edinburgh

Link to article in the Edinburgh Evening News:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Intelligent-traffic-lights-point-way.6051705.jp

19) Traffax Finds Success Overseas

Link to article in the Gazette:

http://www.gazette.net/stories/01292010/businew180402_32559.php

News Releases

1) Avego Powers VPSI Vanpooling

2) WebTech Wireless’ NextBus Real-Time Passenger Information Service Officially Launched in Laval, Quebec

3) See it First Hand—in Your Hand: Metro-North Train Time Gives Real-Time Train Status On Smart Phones and Computers

4) FEMA Releases Draft National Disaster Recovery Framework

5) Christie, Parker & Hale Obtains an Important Patent for Smart Cars

6) Ladbrook and Westcotec Collaborate on a New Generation of Electronic Traffic Signs

Upcoming Events

National Hurricane Conference – March 29-April 2 – Orlando, Florida

http://www.hurricanemeeting.com/

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** – Construction began on what may be the most famous sidewalk in the world, the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/walk-of-fame-welcome

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Friday, February 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Administrator Says Flight 253 Pilots Were Left in Dark

A communications gap kept the pilots unaware of the serious situation on Christmas Day.

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://detnews.com/article/20100205/METRO/2050388/FAA-official-says-Flight-253-pilots-were-left-in-dark

2) What Noise Annoys a Passenger in an Airport?

Link to commentary in Passenger Terminal Today:

http://www.passengerterminaltoday.com/opinion.php?BlogID=324

CAMERAS

3) Stop-Light Cameras Cut Violations a Lot, Wrecks a Little, New Louisiana Study Says

Link to article in The Times Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/new_study_says_stop-light_came.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Is Navigation Nokia’s Road to Riches?

Link to article in Mobile News:

http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/Opinion/410978/cutting_room_is_navigation_nokias_road_to_riches.html

OTHER

5) New York City Names Winners of Apps Contest

One app allows users to find the closest subway entrance, another permits comments on cabs.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/nyc-announces-winners-of-local-apps-contest/

6) Viral Element Spins Toyota Events Out of Control

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee2126fa-1281-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html

7) Toyota Builds DC Crisis Team

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703894304575047283289835448.html

ROADWAYS

8) California Governor Gearing Up to Sell Ads on Freeway Electronic Signs

Link to article in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2514901.html

9) Storm to Test Improved West Virginia ‘Pike Emergency Plan

Link to article in The Register-Herald:

http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_035230226.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) US DOT Secretary Fears Spread of In-Car Technology

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://detnews.com/article/20100204/AUTO01/2040353/1148/auto01/LaHood-fears-spread-of-in-car-technology

11) Virtual USA Enters Second Phase of Regional Operating Pilot

Program seeks to give first responders a real-time view of what’s happening.

Link to story on WFED Radio:

http://federalnewsradio.com/?nid=19&sid=1880255

VEHICLES

12) The Dozens of Computers that Make Modern Cars Go (and Stop)

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/technology/05electronics.html

News Releases

1) IRD Announces Hawaii Traffic Data Collection Award

2) Wisconsin DOT Ensures the Web Meets the Road – US 41 Project

3) Penn State Teams with Volvo as Academic Partner in Areas Including ITS and Safety Systems

Job Postings

–  Project Controls and Quality Assurance Coordinator – ITS/All Electronic Tolling (AET) – MTA Bridges & Tunnels – New York, NY

http://www.mta.info/bandt/employ/jobp999_r879.html

Upcoming Events

ITS Heartland Annual Meeting – March 29-31 – Omaha, Nebraska

http://matc.unl.edu/itsheartland/annualmeeting.php

Friday Bonus

Here are a few reasons states should think twice about closing their highway tourist information centers.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/stupidest-travel-questions-shocking-mistakes-travelers-make-road/story?id=9516535

Today in Transportation History

1900 **110^th anniversary** The first Hays-Pauncefote Treaty was signed by the US and the UK.  The treaty gave the US the exclusive right to build and maintain a canal in Central America.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06E5DF1339E733A25755C1A9649C946197D6CF

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Thursday, February 4, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Discuss Federal Legislative Initiatives at IBTTA Legislative Conference – March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC

Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association on March 22-23, 2010 in Washington, DC and participate in discussions on federal legislative initiatives with leaders in the transportation policy debate. Topics will include transportation authorization, electronic tolling interoperability, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) charging, the proposed Office of Public Benefit, and other important issues affecting tolling and road pricing. Participants will spend Tuesday afternoon visiting their congressional representatives to advance tolling initiatives on Capitol Hill. This meeting is ideal for toll industry professionals interested in US Federal and transportation legislation and regulations affecting the toll industry. Visit www.IBTTA.org for registration, hotel and travel information and to view the preliminary agenda. [More…]

AVIATION

1) The Technology Driving Air Traffic Control

Link to pictures in Computer Weekly:

http://www.computerweekly.com/galleries/240179-1/Equipment-used-in-the-old-control-room.htm

CAMERAS

2) Investigators: Seattle Red-Light Cameras May Issue Illegal Tickets

Link to story and video on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/news/Red-Light-Cameras-May-Issue-Thousands-of-Illegal-Tickets-83501377.html

3) Camera Plan to Catch Speeders Stalls in California

Link to article in The Sacramento Bee:

http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2511841.html

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Meet the Wikipedia of the Mapping World

Link to article in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/04/mapping-open-source-victor-keegan

5) There Will be Maps for People, and Maps for Cars

Link to article on GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/There-Will-Be-Maps-for-People,-and-Maps-for-Cars_a2011.html

OTHER

6) First Issue of CONDUITS Newsletter Online

EU project evaluates the impact of ITS in urban areas.

Link to newsletter:

http://www.conduits.eu/Documents/CONDUITS%20Newsletter%201.pdf

7) Seattle Using Special Radar to Save Trees

Link to story and video on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/83504982.html

ROADWAYS

8) ‘Smart Bridges’ Can Send Alerts on Salt Corrosion

Link to article in The Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2010/0204/1224263727650.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Washington, DC Partners with Feds to Test 4G Technology for National Public Safety Network

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/743809

TRANSIT

10) ‘JakCard’ System Set to Make Travel Easier in Jakarta

Link to article in The Jakarta Post:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/04/‘jakcard’-system-set-make-travel-easier.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) French Motorway and Orange to Develop Real-Time Traffic Info

Link to article in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/French-Motorway-and-Orange-to-Develop-Real-Time-Traffic-Info_a2019.html

12) Nevada DOT Wants the Public to Evaluate Its Wind Warning System for Washoe Valley

Link to article in The Reno Gazette-Journal:

http://www.rgj.com/article/20100204/NEWS/100204023/1321/news

VEHICLES

13) Ford to Fix Brake Problem on Milan, Fusion Hybrids

Software problem can give drivers impression brakes have failed.

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ford-to-fix-brake-problem-on-apf-2395284869.html?x=0&.v=4

14) Toyota Admits Software Problem with Braking System, Denies Withholding Information from Public

Link to ABC News story and video:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/toyota-recall-toyota-admits-2010-hybrid-prius-problems/story?id=9744744

News Releases

1) The Telecom Industry in Frenzy Over New ACTIVATE IT Application

2) ProTECTS Alliance Concludes First Organizational Meeting

3) US DOT Secretary Names ITS Advisory Committee Members

4) 15 Billion Tickets to be Delivered via Mobile Phone by 2014, According to Juniper Research

5) New Tallahassee Driver Information System Debuts

Upcoming Events

TRB Webinar: Helping Airport and Air Carrier Employees Cope with Traumatic Events – March 25

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_Helping_Airport_and_Air_Carrier_Employ_162929.aspx

Today in Transportation History

1810 **200^th anniversary** – The Royal Navy seized Guadeloupe.

http://mappery.com/map-of/Guadeloupe-British-Military-Operations-1810-Map

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