Friday, October 2, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) Ohio Turnpike Working Out E-ZPass Kinks

Link to AP article:

http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/63253777.html

OTHER

2) In New York City, Advice on Sensitivity for Traffic Agents

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/nyregion/02traffic.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

SAFETY / SECURITY

3) New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Lawmakers Push for Dirty-Bomb Alarms

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/10/01/2009-10-01_tristate_push_for_dirtybomb_alarms.html

TRANSIT

4) MARTA Launches Color-Coded Rail System

Link to article in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/10/MARTA-launches-color-coded-rail-system.aspx

5) Next Train in How Long? More New York City Subway Riders to Know Soon

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/nyregion/02countdown.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

VEHICLES

6) EU Adopts Fuel Efficiency Label for Tires

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy-efficiency/eu-adopts-fuel-efficiency-label-tyres/article-186007#

News Releases

1) Wyoming DOT Makes ‘511 Notify’ Service Available

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Transit Operations Decision Support Systems (TODSS): A US DOT Pilot Expert System for Transit Bus Fleet Management – October 21

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s091021_transitops.asp

Friday Bonus

There’s a reason the sign with the flashing lights is there.

http://www.11foot8.com

Today in Transportation History

1984 **25^th anniversary** – Soyuz T-11 landed.  The flight carried the first Indian cosmonaut.

http://space.kursknet.ru/cosmos/english/machines/st11.sht

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airport Consortium Works on Developing Industry Standard for Biometric Access Control

Link to article in Security Technology Executive:

http://www.securityinfowatch.com/Features/getting-back-basic-airport-security

2) Airline Industry Gets Smarter with Bags

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125426756348250917.html

3) Web Site Helps Travelers Avoid Ground Transportation Scams at Airports

Link to article in The Vancouver Sun:

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Website+helps+travellers+avoid+transport+scams/2043350/story.html

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

CAMERAS

4) Maryland Drivers Catch on Fast When a Speed Camera Goes Up

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903490.html

OTHER

5) US Senators, Associated Press Want More Government Info Made Public

FAA’s reluctance to release bird strike database cited as example.

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jetRPAlNqHJbp_bx4eFGAJWvy9IAD9B1G52G1

6) School Bus Radio Program Plays Its Last Tune

Link to article in U.S. News & World Report:

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/09/29/school-bus-radio-program-plays-its-last-tune.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Distracted Driving ‘a Menace to Society’

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-30-distracted-driving-hearing_N.htm

8) Emergency Preparedness: Improved Planning and Coordination Necessary for Modernization and Integration of Public Alert and Warning System

Link to GAO report:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09834.pdf

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d091044t.pdf (testimony)

http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-09-880sp/index.html (results of survey)

TRANSIT

9) Massachusetts to Hold Transportation Conference, Developers Challenge

Link to article in Mass High Tech:

http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2009/09/28/daily18-Mass-to-hold-transportation-conference-dev-challenge.html

10) Edmonton Transit Control Center Monitors Delays, Crime

Link to article in Metro Edmonton:

http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/324723–ets-draws-up-intergraph-to-monitor-delays-crime

11) Iowa System Offers Paratransit Riders Cell Phones

Link to article in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/09/Accessibility-Brief.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Aha Mobile Launches New Version of Traffic and Road Entertainment iPhone App

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/09/30/aha-mobile-launches-new-version-of-traffic-and-road-entertainment-iphone-app/

VEHICLES

13) An iPhone Gets Zipcar Drivers on Their Way

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2009-09-29-unlock-iphone-zipcar-tech_N.htm

News Releases

1) Washington State DOT Installs Infrared Traffic Cameras at Snoqualmie Pass for Nighttime Viewing

2) New iPhone Application Promotes Traffic Safety

3) Norfolk Southern’s TheFutureNeedsUs.com Focuses on the Benefits of Partnerships and Rail Corridors

4) Halmstad University wins the CVIS Application Innovation Contest

5) Chicago Transit Authority Launches Searchable Vendor Database Via Web Site

6) Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Alliance Presents Recommendations at DOT Distracted Driving Summit

7) EC Takes Action to Make Urban Travel Greener, Better Organized and More User-Friendly

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

Upcoming Events

People Tracking and Location 2009 – December 2-3 – Amsterdam

http://www.thewherebusiness.com/peopletracking/index.shtml

Today in Transportation History

1949 **60^th anniversary** – The Berlin Airlift officially came to an end.

http://www.spiritoffreedom.org/

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Should Airlines Let Passengers Make Calls via Wi-Fi?

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2009-09-28-wi-fi-cellphones-airlines_N.htm

2) Local South Carolina Officials Question 2-Hour Delay in Crash Alert

Link to article in The Sun News:

http://www.thesunnews.com/142/story/1092193.html

CAMERAS

3) Traffic Camera Ballot Fight Heads to Ohio Supreme Court

Link to article in the Chillicothe Gazette:

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090929/UPDATES01/90929010/1002/NEWS01

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Safety, Part 1: Texting, Part 2?

Link to article on TechNewsWorld:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/GPS-Safety-Part-1-Texting-Part-2-68174.html

5) SISTER at the 16^th ITS World Congress

Link to further information:

http://www.sister-project.org/

MILITARY

6) Inside the US Navy’s Command Center of the Future

Link to article and video on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10362933-52.html

OTHER

7) Driver’s Ed Gets 21^st-Century Update

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-09-28-driver-side_N.htm

8) Illinois DOT Putting More Info About Projects on Web

Link to article in the Journal Star:

http://www.pjstar.com/news_county/x1128385697/IDOT-launches-new-Web-sites

ROADWAYS

9) High-Tech System Keeps Trucks Moving on Virginia’s I-64

Link to article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/transportation/article/B-TRUK29_20090928-203405/296079/

10) Sheriff’s Signs Don’t Fly with Tennessee DOT

Link to article in The Tennessean:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090929/NEWS03/909290333/1001/NEWS/Williamson+County+sheriff+s+signs+don+t+fly+with+TDOT

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) US Transportation Secretary Seeks Roadmap to Remedy Distracted Driving

Link to ABC News story and video:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Travel/transportation-secretary-ray-lahood-kick-off-distracted-driving/story?id=8640239

12) India Transport Ministry to Use Tweeting to Bring Down Accidents

Link to Press Trust of India article:

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/transport-ministry-to-use-tweeting-to-bring-down-accidents/371582/

13) Wisconsin Not Told of Stolen Plane’s Intrusion

Link to AP article:

http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news.asp?id=BLAG7GRD0F8

TRANSIT

14) Bus CCTV Could Predict Assaults

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8270934.stm

Link to news release from CSIT:

http://www.ecit.qub.ac.uk/News/23092009NEWUKCYBERSECURITYCENTRETOUNVEILBREAKTHROUGHTECHNOLOGYTOCOMBATCRIME/

VEHICLES

15) Electronic Recorder Rule Sent to US DOT

Link to article in Light & Medium Duty Truck:

http://www.lmtruck.com/articles/lmtbase.aspx?storyid=579&utm_source=lmt&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter

16) Volvo Ready to Bring Cars to a Full Stop in an Emergency — Without Any Help from the Driver

Link to column in USA Today:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2009/09/68499878/1

News Releases

1) Australian Communications and Media Authority to Host Tune-Up on Transport-Related Spectrum Issues

2) GTZ Sourcebook Module on ‘Intelligent Transport Systems’ Updated (scroll down)

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

4) AT&T and Garmin Announce a New Mobile Navigation Era with nüvifone, The Navigation Phone

5) Distracted Driving a Factor in Railroad Crossing Crashes, Says Rail Safety Group Operation Lifesaver

Upcoming Events

IntelliDrive Working Group Meeting – October 29-30 – Detroit

http://www.itsa.org/intellidriveworkinggroup/c70/News_and_Events.html

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** – Wilbur Wright made the first long over-water flight in America.

http://www.newyorkology.com/archives/2009/06/wrights_hudson.php

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AVIATION

1) FAA Steps Closer to NextGen Navigation with Naverus Approval

Link to article on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/naverus_nextgen_faa_navigation_rnp_201222-1.html

Link to news release from Naverus:

http://www.naverus.com/Company/News/2516.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) UAZ Begins Serial Production of Cars Equipped with GLONASS System

Link to article on Autostat:

http://www.autostat.ru/news.asp?t=1&n=3744

3) Taxi GPS Devices Raise Surveillance Concern in Beijing

Link to article on Alibaba:

http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/business-in-china/100178251-1-taxi-gps-devices-raise-surveillance.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Poll Finds Broad Support for a Ban on Texting at the Wheel

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckerside.html

5) Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/technology/28truckers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

6) Transparency Directives Transform Privacy at US Department of Homeland Security

Link to article in Homeland Security Today:

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/10383/128/

7) National Communications System Provides Programs for Priority Calling, but Planning for New Initiatives and Performance Measurement Could be Strengthened

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09822.pdf

TRANSIT

7) New York MTA Easing Its Strict Approach to Outside Web Developers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/nyregion/28mta.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

9) Official Los Angeles Metrolink System Records Contain Errors, Inconsistencies

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-data-metrolink-2009sep27,0,6452604.story

10) Kalamazoo’s Metro Transit Getting Smarter

Link to story on WKZO Radio:

http://new.wkzo.com/news/articles/2009/sep/28/metro-transit-getting-smarter/

11) UC Davis Bus Service Offers Real-Time Information

Link to article in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/09/UC-Davis-bus-service-offers-real-time-information.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Abu Dhabi Looks at Tokyo Traffic Management System to Tackle Its Traffic Nightmare

Link to article in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090929/NATIONAL/709289800/1138/MAGAZINE3

News Releases

1) Ericsson CEO Advocates Technology-Driven Climate Agenda at UN Leadership Forum on Climate Change

2) European ‘CVIS’ Project Shows the Cooperative Way to Mobility

3) Viajeo: Towards Efficient Travel and Transport Planning

4) Chapel Hill Transit Joins the Regional Information Center

5) Boeing Advances Security Upgrade for GPS Ground Control System

6) States and US Territories Receive $40 Million in Grants to Improve 911 Services

7) TomTom, AT&T to Deliver LIVE Services on Connected GPS

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

9) Xerox to Acquire Affiliated Computer Services

Upcoming Events

Digital Ship USA 2009 – October 7-8 – Stamford, Connecticut

http://www.thedigitalship.com/conferences/usa/usa_about09.shtml

Today in Transportation History

1994 **15^th anniversary** – The MV Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea claiming 852 lives.

http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/estonia/

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Europe Orders Checks on More Airbus Speed Sensors

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSWEA199720090923

2) FAA System Helps Controllers Track Planes Out of Radar’s Reach in Colorado Mountains

Link to AP article:

http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11178299

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Navteq Q&A: The Road Ahead

Link to interview in Mobile Entertainment:

http://www.mobile-ent.biz/features/200/Navteq-QA-The-road-ahead

OTHER

4) Tracking Stimulus Dollars: Dot-Com vs. Dot-Gov

Link to story and audio report on NPR’s Morning Edition:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112893572&ps=cprs

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Idle Chatter Clogs Wireless System for Chennai Traffic Police

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/chennai/Idle-chatter-clogs-wireless-system-of-traffic-police/articleshow/5045113.cms

6) Utah Tackles Texting and Driving Problem Head-On

Link to story and audio on NPR’s All Things Considered:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113035255

7) Emergency Evacuation: Get a Road of This

New technique monitors Bluetooth signals from commuter cell phones to derive travel times, road speeds and vehicle movements.

Link to article in Law Enforcement Technology:

http://www.officer.com/print/Law-Enforcement-Technology/Emergency-Evacuation–Get-a-road-of-this/1$48418

TRANSIT

8) National Transportation Safety Board Urges Transit Agencies to Address ‘Safety Glitches’

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-22-ntsb_N.htm

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) To Help Slow Traffic, San Francisco Planners Pick Beige

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/22/BARQ19QUGI.DTL

10) Speeding Up Interstate 15

Utah DOT to begin construction of electronic monitoring system.

Link to article in the Standard-Examiner:

http://www.standard.net/topics/news/2009/09/23/speeding-interstate-15

VEHICLES

11) The Deadly Silence of the Electric Car

Automakers propose adding some artificial vroom to alert pedestrians.

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092204290.html

News Releases

1) New Study Reveals Benefits of the Parking Guidance System at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa

2) Volvo Cars Takes on Safety Challenges Involving Electric Cars

3) I-95 Corridor Coalition Launches I-95 Corridor Travel Information Time Web Site

4) DC Metro Already Taking Steps to Improve Track Circuit Reliability

5) BART Tests On-Demand Info by SMS Text Messaging

6) Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems Awards Presented

7) Boeing Completes Ground Tests to Prepare for 1^st GPS IIF Satellite Launch

8) New IBM Research Reveals Critical Gap for Managing Congestion Problems in Cities Worldwide

9) IBM Brings 50% Reduction in Waiting Time to the Morning Commute in Sweden’s Capital

10) Michigan DOT Asks for Public’s Feedback on Mi Drive Traffic Web Site

11) ITS America, IBM, Spencer Trask & Partners Announce the Winner in Challenge for Traffic Congestion Solutions

Upcoming Events

8^th Annual Maritime Security Expo – October 20-21 – Long Beach, California

http://www.maritimesecurityexpo.com/

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – The M/S Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first roll-on/roll-off ferry, began service.

http://users.nex.net.au/~reidgck/shipping.htm#new-era

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