Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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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) Aviation Research and Technology Park Breaks Ground in New Jersey

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/article_e8d0c726-bd33-11de-91e7-001cc4c002e0.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) TomTom Combine Satnav and Radio

Link to article in Computer Shopper:

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/news/270946/tomtom-combines-satnav-and-radio.html

Link to news release from TomTom:

http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=857&Lid=1

OTHER

3) Dangerous Drivers Buy Their Way Out of Demerit Point Trouble

Link to article in the Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dangerous-drivers-buy-their-way-out-of-demerit-point-trouble/story-e6frf7kx-1225789031495

4) Latest Issue of Transport Business International Online

Link to magazine:

http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?referral=other&pnum=&refresh=a02H18XzT0x7&EID=9d8054a8-637e-4a92-a3f7-4a9bd44a58fa&skip

ROADWAYS

5) Sandwich Boards Crucial to Good Business, Local Vendors Say

Link to article in the Haliburton Echo:

http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2137951

6) Next Exit: Reagen National Airport

Virginia DOT plans quick fix to misspelled sign.

Link to story and video on WRC-TV:

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Next-Exit-Reagen-Natl-Airport-64775447.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Road Safety Campaigns Take Multicultural Approach

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-19-highway-safety-programs_N.htm

8) The TSA and Searching Kids

Video seems to contradict claim that child was taken from mother.

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-tsa-and-searching-kids/

TELEMATICS

9) Project News: The Latest CVIS Developments

Link to further information from ERTICO – ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/project_news_the_latest_cvis_developments.htm

VEHICLES

10) GM connects Chevy Volt to OnStar EV Lab

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10378583-54.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

News Releases

1) Ford’s ‘Distraction Lab’ Researchers Use High-Tech Goggles to Help Ensure Drivers Keep Eyes on Road

2) Technology Demonstration Participants Sought for 18^th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems

3) Foiling Car Theft with Your Cell Phone

Upcoming Events

Transport Systems Telematics Conference – November 4-7 – Katowice and Ustroń, Poland

http://www.tst-conference.org/index.php?page=home&lang=en

Today in Transportation History

1944 **65^th anniversary** – US Army General Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore in the Philippines, following his vow two and a half years earlier of, “I shall return.”

http://www.olive-drab.com/gallery/description_0081.php

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Monday, October 19, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for INRIX’s Free Webinar on How Crowdsourcing GPS Data Is Radically Changing the Traffic Information Landscape

INRIX is the leading provider of traffic and navigation services, and an innovator in crowdsourcing technologies and techniques. INRIX crowdsources real-time traffic information from over 1.3 million commercial and consumer vehicles and GPS-enabled smartphones across North America and Europe. Each driver in the INRIX Smart Driver Network sends anonymous “GPS probe” data to INRIX servers, which intelligently combine the information with billions of real-time speed data points from other drivers in the network and road sensor information from DOTs across the country. INRIX VP of Marketing Scott Sedlik will discuss the company’s breakthrough crowdsourcing technologies, methods, and business models for providing drivers instant access to the most comprehensive and reliable traffic and routing information available.

Register now at https://inrixevents.webex.com/.

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 Time: 10:00AM-11:00AM (PDT); 1:00PM-2:00PM (EDT)

AVIATION

1) Free Wi-Fi for the Holidays on Virgin America

Link to CNET News column:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10378027-266.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Sierra Hikers Overuse GPS Gizmos

Link to article in The Fresno Bee:

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/1677667.html

3) GPS Confused in Israel

Israeli army asks map company to differentiate between Israeli and Palestinian settlements.

Link to AFP article:

http://www.news24.com/Content/World/News/1073/58bacb3300fa4e599e606641a69a67c9/18-10-2009-10-31/GPS_confused_in_Israel_

4) Inrix Claims 1.3 Million Traffic Probes in the US

Link to article in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/INRIX-claims-1-3M-traffic-probes-in-the-US_a1809.html

5) Global Impositioning Systems

Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?

Link to article in The Walrus:

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2009.11-health-global-impositioning-systems/

MARITIME

6) Future of Electronic Navigation Mapped Out in Singapore

Link to article on Seatrade Asia:

http://www.seatradeasia-online.com/News/4747.html

OTHER

7) A Lesson in Traveling in the Dark

Minnesotans who are deaf, blind or both are helping officials see the barriers that transportation poses for them.

Link to article in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/64672207.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr

8) Fugitive Killer Alerts Don’t Make It On Highway Signs

Link to story and video on KWES-TV:

http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11330053

ROADWAYS

9) Illinois Tollways: New Markers to be Posted Every Quarter-Mile Instead of Half-Mile

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-getting-around-19oct19,0,1822413.column

10) UK Road Signs Could Also Show Metric to Stop Foreign Lorry Drivers Wrecking Bridges

Link to article in the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221538/Road-signs-metric-stop-foreign-lorry-drivers-wrecking-bridges.html

TRANSIT

11) Security Cameras Come to Boston Trolleys

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/17/security_cameras_come_to_green_line_trolleys/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) High-Tech Vigil for 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Hi-tech-vigil-for-Games/articleshow/5139819.cms

13) How High-Tech Tools Can Improve Commutes

Link to blog from Washington State DOT:

http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-high-tech-tools-can-improve.html

14) Latest Edition of Traffic Technology International Now Online

Link to magazine:

http://ukipmemail.com/_act/link.php?mId=B8705968457131632041142544168&tId=13521622

VEHICLES

15) California ‘Cool’ Car Rules Could Affect Radios, Phones

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://detnews.com/article/20091010/AUTO01/910100321/-Cool–car-rules-could-affect-radios–phones

News Releases

1) EU-Funded Project Runs an Experiment on Collaborative Air Traffic Decision Making

Job Posting

–  Transportation Operations Supervisor – Stanford University – Stanford, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=10107

Upcoming Events

ID World International Congress – November 3-5 – Milan, Italy

http://www.idworldonline.com/

Today in Transportation History

1917 – Love Field in Dallas opened.

http://www.dallas-lovefield.com/lovenotes/lovechrono.html

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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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) Federal Investigators Issue First Recommendations Following Hudson River Crash

Link to CNN story:

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/14/federal-investigators-issue-first-re1-following-hudson-crash

BICYCLES

2) Google Bike Routes – Almost Here?

Link to blog on Streetsblog New York:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/10/14/google-bike-routes-almost-here/

CAMERAS

3) Laws for Traffic Cameras Debated in Tennessee

Link to article in the Knoxville News Sentinel:

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/oct/15/laws-for-traffic-cameras-debated/

4) Crash Demonstrates Value of Cameras on Boston T Buses

Link to article and video in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/10/15/holbrook_crash_demonstrates_value_of_cameras_on_t_buses/

OTHER

5) TSA Still Keeps Wraps on Congressman’s Airport Video

Utah lawmaker says he was singled out for additional screening.

Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_13560661

6) Dallas Company Working on Tomorrow’s Technology

Link to story on WTVT-TV:

http://cbs11tv.com/local/technology.next.generation.2.1248956.html

RAILROADS

7) Indian Railways Could Soon Have Its Own Dedicated TV Channel

Link to Press Trust of India article:

http://www.ptinews.com/news/331964_Rlys-could-soon-have-its-own-dedicated-TV-channel

ROADWAYS

8) Ambassador Bridge Owner Loses Bid to Keep Inspection Secret

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20091013/NEWS05/91013058/1319/Ambassador-Bridge-owner-loses-bid-to-keep-inspection-secret

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) More Driver Distractions Ahead

Link to commentary in RCR Wireless News:

http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20091015/FRONTPAGE/910159996/opinion-more-driver-distractions-ahead

TRANSIT

10) Cleveland RTA to Install Audible System on Buses to Warn Pedestrians at Crosswalks

Link to article in The Plain Dealer:

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/10/rta_to_install_an_audible_syst.html

11) Cell Phone Service Expands on DC Metro

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101502124.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Watching Traffic with Navteq

Link to CNET News article:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10375450-48.html

News Releases

) Airports Survey Finds Atlanta Top of the Table in Passenger Self-Service

) ATX Teams with Peugeot to Offer In-Vehicle Alerts on Speed Camera Locations

) City of San Jose’s New Intelligent Transportation Network Uses Ethernet Over Copper Solutions from Actelis Networks

) TripTimes.ca Debuts in Toronto to Ease Daily Commutes

) National and State Efforts Draw Attention to Teen Driver Safety

) Governor Honors Missouri DOT for Technology, Customer Service

Upcoming Events

2010 International Airport Security Conference – February 15-17 – Queenstown, New Zealand

http://events.aaae.org/sites/100202/

Today in Transportation History

1939 **70^th anniversary** – New York Municipal Airport, later renamed LaGuardia Airport, was dedicated.

http://newdeal.feri.org/images/ac16.gif

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Approves Helicopter-Warning System

Link to AP article:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/33296212

Link to news release from Honeywell:

http://www51.honeywell.com/honeywell/news-events/press-releases-details/10.13.09HelicopSafetySys.html?c=31

2) Garmin: Innovating Through Tough Times

Link to article in Flying:

http://www.flyingmag.com/avionics/1785/garmin-innovating-through-tough-times.html

OTHER

3) Some States Forgo Road Signs on Stimulus Program

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/us/14sign.html

ROADWAYS

4) New York: Tougher Penalties for Truckers Who Hit Bridges

Measure would require trucks to use GPS specifically meant for commercial vehicles, noting where those vehicles are not permitted.

Link to article in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20091014/NEWS05/910140366/-1/newsfront/Tougher%20penalties%20for%20truckers%20who%20hit%20bridges

5) Should Radar-Detecting Phone Apps be Illegal?

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/should-radar-detecting-phone-apps-be-illegal

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Support in US Senate for Cell Phone Driving Ban

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-distracted-driving14-2009oct14,0,4546212.story

7) Boston to Pilot Solar-Powered Evacuation System

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/731062?elq=588c165c8ff74307b58de2a30d295e8c

Link to news release from the Boston Mayor’s Office:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/news/Default.aspx?id=4388

8) How Dow Chemical Trains Towns to Handle Hazmat Situations

Link to IDG News Service interview:

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=53BDECAB-1A64-6A71-CEB00C6BC8F5CC9F

TELEMATICS

9) European Regulators Seek to Harmonize M2M-Based Projects

Link to article in Telecommunications:

http://www.telecommagazine.com/newsglobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_5772

TRANSIT

10) NJ Transit Upgrades Web Site

Link to article in The Daily Journal:

http://www.thedailyjournal.com/article/20091014/NEWS01/910140357

Link to site: http://www.njtransit.com

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Roads and Traffic Authority ‘Did All It Could’ for Crash

Link to article in The Coffs Coast Advocate:

http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2009/10/14/rta-says-it-did-all-that-it-could/

12) Interview with Head of Product Management for BMW Group’s Telematics Program ‘ConnectedDrive’

Link to interview in Telematics Update:

http://social.telematicsupdate.com/content/exclusive-interview-bmw

VEHICLES

13) Hybrid Cars May Include Fake Vroom for Safety

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/automobiles/14hybrid.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Upcoming Events

Polis Conference 2009 – December 10-11 – Brussels

http://www.polis-online.org/index.php?id=487

Today in Transportation History

1939 **70^th anniversary** – The British battleship, HMS Royal Oak was sunk by a German U-boat with a loss of 833 lives.

http://www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk/

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Lufthansa to Launch In-flight Web, Phone System

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-lufthansa-in-flight-phone-interenet_N.htm

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Uses Own Database for Google Maps in the US

Link to article on TheWhereBusiness:

http://social.thewherebusiness.com/content/google-uses-own-database-google-maps-us

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Slovakia’s Electronic Toll Collection Devices to be Compatible with New EU System

Link to article in The Slovak Spectator:

http://www.spectator.sk/articles/view/36800/10/slovakias_electronic_toll_collection_devices_to_be_compatible_with_new_eu_system.html

4) Another Upside to E-ZPass: Healthier Babies

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/10/13/another-upside-to-e-zpass-healthier-babies/

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Red Light GPS Device Lacks GPS Navigation

Link to review in Mobile Magazine:

http://www.mobilemag.com/2009/10/13/red-light-gps-device-lacks-gps-navigation/

RAILROADS

6) Saving the Union (Pacific)

Communication upgrades will improve safety and fuel efficiency.

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/11/union-pacific-railroad-business-logistics-union-pacific.html

ROADWAYS

7) Wider London Road-User Charges Denied

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32c956f8-b763-11de-9812-00144feab49a.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Are Wii Balance Boards the Future of Airport Security?

Link article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2009-10/do-wii-balance-boards-represent-future-airport-security

9) Tickets Might be Helping DC Cell Phone Law Sink In

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101202965.html

TELEMATICS

10) Ford Seeks High-Tech Solutions from University Partnership

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009910130327

Link to news release from Ford:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS165766+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Seattle Looks to Technology to Serve Its Citizens

Link to article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411090_citytech13.html

12) Cities Turn to High-Tech for Curbing Traffic, Crime

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/cities-turn-high-tech-curbing-traffic-crime/article-186296

13) Not so Up-to-the-Minute Traffic Updates

Highway advisory radio station in Las Vegas area broadcasts information several months out-of-date.

Link to story and video report on KVBC-TV:

http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304060

14) Company to Provide Statewide Traffic Data to South Carolina Department of Transportation

Contract with Inrix part of I-95 Corridor Coalition’s Vehicle Probe Project.

Link to article in the Charleston Regional Business Journal:

http://www.charlestonbusiness.com/news/29844-company-to-provide-statewide-traffic-data-to-s-c-department-of-transportation

Link to news release from Inrix:

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS90610+13-Oct-2009+PRN20091013

15) West Virginia Firm Helps Build Mobile Weather-Data System

Vehicle would collect weather data near critical transportation infrastructure.

Link to AP article:

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11304599

VEHICLES

16) Who Needs a Key? IPhone App Unlocks and Starts Car

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-10-12-iphone-app-unlocks-car_N.htm

17) E-Car R&D Drives Chip Sales, Infineon’s CEO Says

Link to article in EE Times Deutschland:

http://eetimes.eu/germany/220600567

News Releases

1) FlightView Advances Airport Web Sites

2) ERTICO and ITS Russia at Stockholm

Upcoming Events

3^rd Annual Future of Business Jets Conference – November 4-5 – London

http://www.quaynote.com/ankiti/www/?code=Jets09&f=home&conf=9c9211372d9410be07402a4be8db0302

Today in Transportation History

1884 **125^th anniversary** – During an international conference, Greenwich, England was chosen as the Prime Meridian.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/10/dayintech_1013

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Monday, October 12, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Non-Radar Air-Traffic System Debuts

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-10-12-air-traffic_N.htm

2) Low-Cost Airlines All a-Twitter with Customers

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Lowcost-airlines-all-aTwitter-apf-629994216.html?x=0&.v=2

3) EU-US Air Traffic Management Talks

Hope to ensure interoperability between the European air traffic management program SESAR and its American equivalent NextGen.

Link to article on Europolitics:

http://www.europolitics.info/external-policies/eu-us-air-traffic-managment-talks-art250850-44.html

ROADWAYS

4) Shanghai Roads Renamed as Part of Nationwide Initiative to Create a Unified Naming System for Highways

Link to article in the Shanghai Daily:

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200910/20091012/article_416026.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) In the Lab, Cooking Up Bomb Detectors

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bomb-lab12-2009oct12,0,1662647.story

6) Seeking Criminals, FBI Scanning Driver-License Photos

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCDKSGZjGw3GMFUml4LQLlWzNOuQD9B9O5B80

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Colorado DOT: Technology Key to Managing I-70 Traffic

Link to article in the Summit Daily News:

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091012/NEWS/910119988/1078&ParentProfile=1055

News Releases

1) Smart Phone Apps Battle Spreads to Car Market

2) Norfolk Southern E-commerce Offers ‘Railcar Event – Text Message Alerts’  and Live Chat Support

3) All New Toyota Genuine FollowMe Makes In-Car Navigation Portable

4) Berg Insight Says 3.5 Million Cars in Europe have a Telematics Device

5) Know Before You Go with ‘Traffic Text’ from O2 and iTraffic

6) Study to Examine Vehicle Safety Warnings Aimed at Detecting Distracted Drivers

Upcoming Events

Telematics @ China 2009 – December 8-9 – Shanghai

http://www.telematics-china.com.cn/

Today in Transportation History

1964 **45^th anniversary** – Voskhod 1, the first spacecraft to carry more than one person, was launched.

http://www.astronautix.com/flights/voskhod1.htm

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Friday, October 9, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Getting Air Traffic Under Control

Link to article in Time:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1929069,00.html

2) Consensus Emerges for NextGen Priorities

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/NextGen101209.xml&headline=Consensus%20Emerges%20For%20NextGen%20Priorities

3) Controllers Were Joking, Giggling Before New York City Air Crash

Link to AP article and audio:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-air-controllers-audio_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

4) Helicopter in South Carolina Crash Lacked Some Safety Features, NTSB Says

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100802919.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

5) Oklahoma DOT Twitter Plans Follow Text Talk

Link to AP article:

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11289397

Link to news release from Oklahoma DOT:

http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/newsmedia/press/2009/09-071_odot_joins_twitter_come_along_for_the_ride.pdf

6) Traffic Monitoring with a Self-Sensing Concrete Nanotechnology Road Surface

Link to article on Nanowerk:

http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=13009.php

News Releases

1) FAA.gov Ranked Among Best Federal Web Sites

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

Friday Bonus

Here’s a way to prevent global warming that you might not have considered.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/10/08/wee-ll-slash-jet-fuel-use-115875-21731248/

Today in Transportation History

1799 **210^th anniversary** – The HMS Lutine, a British frigate, was lost off the Dutch coast during a storm.  Only one of the 270 people aboard the ship survived.

http://www.scribeweekly.com/de%20lutine.htm

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Thursday, October 8, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Controllers: FAA’s Computers Prone to Problems

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEH8D_Erb_xPAm1zh411j6XfUI6AD9B6GTOG2

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Street View Arrives in 11 Canadian Cities

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10370067-2.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) FHWA Publishes Final Rule on Interoperability Requirements for Automated Toll Collection

Link to notice in the Federal Register:

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2009_register&docid=fr08oc09-5

MARITIME

4) Washington State Ferries May Get Corporate Names

Link to article in The Whidbey Examiner:

http://www.whidbeyexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3045

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) eCall Implementation Platform Meeting Held

Link to article from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/eu_news_ecall_implementation_platform.htm

TRANSIT

6) New York MTA Station Agent Cuts Leave Some Riders Lost

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/nyregion/09subway.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Bangalore Police Team with Private Company to Supply Free Traffic Alerts

Link to article in the Bangalore Mirror:

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=200910062009100601250162544315643

VEHICLES

8) From Cars to TVs, Apps are Spreading to the Real World

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/08/apps.realworld/

9) Ford Taps Web-Savvy Hipsters To Hype Fiesta

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/07/ford-fiesta-movement-cmo-network-ford.html

News Releases

1) ITS World Forum Launched

2) Transportation Safety Advancement Group Elects 2010 Leadership

3) FAA Announces Serious Runway Incursions Down by 50 Percent

4) Row 44 to Deliver First Ad-Supported In-flight Wi-Fi

5) Ford, Auburn Explore How GPS Satellites Could Help Prevent Auto Accidents

Job Posting

–  Deputy Associate Administrator for Research, Innovation and Technology – Volpe National Transportation Systems Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=83773185

Upcoming Events

ITS California Annual Meeting – November 16-17 – Anaheim, California

http://www.itscalifornia.org/

Today in Transportation History

1829 **180^th anniversary** – In the Rainhill Trials, a contest involving various locomotives, the Rocket was declared the winner.

http://www.resco.co.uk/rainhill/

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Wednesday, October 7, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Administrator Addresses Agency Communications with General Aviation Community

Link to article on The Aero-News Network:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=b67454a4-d18c-4633-82eb-30c72b522fa2

CAMERAS

2) UK Conservatives Declare War on Speed Cameras

Link to Reuters article:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59545X20091006

OTHER

3) Self-Service Kiosks Boom

Link to article from The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/100609_kiosk_boom.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Chattanooga Proposes New Driver Ed Program Funded with Revenue from Traffic Cameras

Link to story and video on WRCB-TV:

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11269611

ROADWAYS

5) Kentucky to Post Number of Road Deaths on Electronic Highway Signs

Link to article in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091007/NEWS01/910070435/Signs+to+cite+road+deaths

6) Nearly Half of Lahore’s Road Signs are Hidden by Ads

Link to article in The Nation:

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Lahore/07-Oct-2009/Hidden-road-signs-blind-motorists

7) No Need to Change Road Sign Colors in Adirondacks

Link to editorial in The Post-Star:

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2009/10/07/opinion/today/15340129.txt

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Will Airports Screen for Body Signals? Researchers Hope So

Link to story and video on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/06/security.screening/

Link to further information on Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Project from the US Department of Homeland Security:

http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/gc_1218480185439.shtm#9

9) Three Companies Bid to Revive Clear Airport Service

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-bizclear-airport-service-100709100709oct07,0,6999616.story

TELEMATICS

10) Onboard Trucking Systems are Safe, Providers Say

Link to article in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=22901

TRANSIT

11) Near-Collision? Long Island Rail Road Doesn’t Have to Tell Authorities

Link to article in Newsday:

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/near-miss-lirr-doesn-t-have-to-tell-authorities-1.1505814

12) IBM Makes Deal with 3 Transit Agencies to Use Software to Manage Repairs

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkIjnV0iOKFx68pBPFNIKv4-G1PwD9B67BD80

13) New York City Transit Wait Times to Go Digital

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/transit_wait_times_to_go_digital_3Fh47K8O4RSCrCqEXHhe6K

News Releases

1) BART Offering Real-Time Information by Phone

2) Clemson Researchers Study Energy Savings with Electric Cars and IntelliDrive Technology

3) Federal Transit Administration Launches Bus Safety and Security Web Site for Small Urban and Rural Transit Agencies

4) US Transportation Secretary Announces Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program

5) Navteq Introduces First of Its Kind Animated 3D Visual Content for North America Map

6) The World’s First Commercial ITS Verification Test Carried Out in Changchun City, China

Job Postings

–  Community & Government Affairs Specialist – North County Transit District – Oceanside, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=10105

–  Program Development Specialist – National Transit Institute – New Brunswick, New Jersey

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=10061

–  Information Technology Specialist – Volpe Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?jobid=83787233

–  Senior Researcher-Funding and Finance – Texas Transportation Institute – Texas

http://apps.system.tamus.edu/jobsearch/JobDetails.aspx?JobID=7621

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: National ITS Architecture Update: New Features of the Latest Version of the National ITS Architecture (Version 6.1) – October 27

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s091027_arch.asp

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – Luna 3 became the first spacecraft to take photos of the far side of the Moon.

http://www.svengrahn.pp.se/trackind/luna3/Luna3story.html

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