Friday, August 14, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA: Controller was on Phone During Hudson Crash

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-08-13-hudson-crash_N.htm

2) American Airlines Wins Approval to Create Custom Approach Routes to Airports

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/RNP081309.xml&headline=American%20Wins%20Approval%20To%20Create%20RNP%20Routes&channel=comm

CAMERAS

3) Tampa International Airport Wants More Cameras to Watch Your Luggage

Link to story in the St. Petersburg Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/airlines/tampa-international-airport-wants-more-cameras-to-watch-your-luggage/1027356

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) US Homeland Security Expands Biometric Security Program

Link to story in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219300135

TELEMATICS

5) Untangling the Challenges of the Connected Car

Link to story in Embedded Computing Design:

http://www.embedded-computing.com/articles/id/?4111

TRANSIT

6) Scottish Student Gets Exam Certificate – In Catching Public Transport

Link to story in the Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/08/14/student-gets-exam-certificate-in-catching-public-transport-86908-21595982/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) State-of-the-Art Traffic and Communications Network Planned for Delhi for Commonwealth Games

Link to story in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/Rs-200cr-plan-to-clear-up-NCRs-traffic-mess/articleshow/4892111.cms

8) The Surreal Side of Traffic

The author of Traffic explains how traffic planners use fear to keep traffic congestion down and why real–time traffic information doesn’t always work.

Link to audio interview on KUOW Radio:

http://kuow.org/program.php?id=18183

VEHICLES

9) Safer Trucks – Virtually

Link to story in BusinessDay:

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=78448

News Releases

1) Use of Social Media Tools at FEMA

Job Postings

– Traffic Safety Engineering Research Program Manager – University of Wisconsin-Madison TOPS Laboratory – Madison, Wisconsin

http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/pvl/pv_062474.html

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Emergency Communications: Cutting Through the Static – September 10

http://www.governing.com/event/emergency-communications-cutting-through-static

Friday Bonus

Stephen Colbert’s Twitter Tips for Drivers and Cyclists

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/240853/august-11-2009/stephen-s-driving-tips-via-twitter-service

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** – The first race took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  It was a motorcycle contest.

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/18633039+w750+st0/0906_05_z+indianapolis_motor_speedway+1909_national_motorcycle_racemeet_poster.jpg

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Thursday, August 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Vancouver, British Columbia First to Link Cameras, FOD Radar

Link to story in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/QINETIQ08129.xml&headline=Vancouver%20First%20To%20Link%20Camera,%20FOD%20Radar&channel=busav

2) When Will the FAA Give Drone Planes a Piece of the Sky?

Link to story in Popular Mechanics:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4327665.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

3) Tighter Cell Phone Laws Might Face Static

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203235.html

4) Airlines Set to Ask More of Passengers

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081203000.html

5) Brain-Fitness Companies Applying Neuroscience to Make Safer Drivers

Link to story in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009651875_driving13m.html

TRANSIT

6) New Jersey Rail Commuters to Get Real-Time Train Info

Link to AP story:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/transportation/NJ_rail_commuters_to_get_real-time_train_info_.html

Link to further information from NJ Transit:

http://www.njtransit.com/sa/sa_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=CustomerNoticeTo&NoticeId=2167

7) Better Technology Can Boost Public Transit

Editorial calls for providing real-time information to bus riders.

Link to editorial in The Honolulu Advertiser:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090813/OPINION01/908130309/Better+technology+can+boost+public+transit

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) The How: Case Studies on How Regions are Advancing Planning for Operations

Link to further information from the Federal Highway Administration:

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=571

9) Intelligent Transport: How Cities Can Improve Mobility

Link to study from IBM:

http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/bus/html/gbs-intelligent-transport-mobility.html

VEHICLES

10) Volvo Develops ‘Intelligent’ Prototypes to Cut Queue Accidents

Link to story in Truck & Bus Engineering:

http://www.sae.org/mags/TBE/6722

News Releases

1) Public Affairs Consultant Launches Transportation Blog

2) Navteq Reports Gender Differences in the Navigation Market

3) Trafficmaster and IBM Develop Solution for Smarter Driving

Upcoming Events

TRB Webinar: US Transportation System Scenarios to 2050 in a World Addressing Climate Change – August 13

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/977805225

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – Volvo introduced the three-point safety belt, invented by Nils Bohlin.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10308226-48.html

1959 **50^th anniversary** – Discoverer 5, a photo surveillance satellite, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-005A

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AVIATION

1) Airspace Above Hudson a Highway with Few Signs

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10collide.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

2) Germany Tightens Air Traffic Safety

Link to story from Spiegel:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2009/gb20090810_059727.htm

3) US Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy Gets Modern Upgrades with…GPS!

Link to story in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/usafs-c-5-galaxy-gets-modern-upgrades-withgps/

CAMERAS

4) Misfiring Traffic Camera a Nuisance for Seattle Homeowner

Link to story and video on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/52742827.html

5) Red Light Camera Company Open to Two-Tiered Ticketing

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-red-light-right-turns-10-aug10,0,2499774.story

6) LaGuardia Airport Cameras Missed ‘Bomb’

Link to story in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102009/news/regionalnews/cams_missed_bomb_183815.htm

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Ohio Turnpike Decides to Roll Out E-ZPass, New Rates, October 1

Link to story in The Blade:

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090808/NEWS16/908080372/0/ART12

RAILROADS

8) Internet Spells End of Eurostar Tickets by Post

Link to story in Transport Briefing:

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6126

9) Runnin’ the Rails

Railroad drawbridge operator keeps eye on rail and river traffic.

Link to story in The Clinton Herald:

http://www.clintonherald.com/local/local_story_213003014.html

ROADWAYS

10) Signs Memorializing Freeway Accident Victims Opposed

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-signs10-2009aug10,0,2194763.story

11) Lighted Sign May Keep Drivers from Turning a Blind Eye

Link to story in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/52843022.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUBP7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

TRANSIT

12) Web Site Aims to Go Far in Transit-Map Market

Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090808_Web_site_aims_to_go_far_in_transit-map_market.html

13) Boston Got Their Wheels Turning

Creators’ trips on T behind birth of Google Transit.

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/10/boston_joins_google_transit/?page=1

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Oklahoma DOT Using Smart Signs to Help Tulsa Traffic

Link to story and video on KOTV-TV:

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=10867614

15) Illinois Launches Construction Zone Web Site

Link to AP story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-transportation-il,0,7835848.story

16) Winchester Traffic Alerts Develop Tube Technology

Link to story in Transport Briefing:

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6124

17) Smart Solutions for Smarter Cities

Technology from IBM is used to manage congestion.

Link to story in the New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10589870

VEHICLES

18) With eBay Partnership, GM Lurches Into the Internet Age

Link to story in The Christian Science Monitor:

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/10/with-ebay-partnership-gm-lurches-into-the-internet-age/

19) Ford Succeeds with BYO Philosophy for High-Tech Devices

Link to story on BNET Auto:

http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002142/ford-succeeds-with-byo-philosophy-for-high-tech-devices/

20) Ford, Mobileye Push New Car Safety Tech

Link to story in TWICE:

http://www.twice.com/article/327042-Ford_Mobileye_Push_New_Car_Safety_Tech.php

News Releases

1) SEPTA to Introduce Passenger Etiquette Program

2) China TransInfo Announces the Launch of the First Real-Time Traffic Web Site and Mobile Phone Software in China

Upcoming Events

2009 National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference – November 15-18 – New Orleans

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/rail09/

Today in Transportation History

1519 **490^th anniversary** – Ferdinand Magellan and five ships left Seville, Spain to prepare for his circumnavigation of the globe.

http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/WestEurope/Magellan.html

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Friday, August 7, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airspeed Systems Failed on US Planes

Link to AP story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_go_ot/us_planes_speed_malfunction

2) FAA Going Green with Electronic Airworthiness Directives, Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins

Link to story on AOPA Online:

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2009/090806electronic.html

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Odd Tricycle Mapping Paris Streets for Google

Link to AP story:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhkQb2j2GX-YJcuJHM9Kd6UcMeyQD99U56S80

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Signals an End to Fights About Driving Directions

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/08/08/gps_signals_an_end_to_fights_about_driving_directions/

OTHER

5) President Obama in ‘Snooping’ Row Over US Car Scrappage Scheme

Link to story in The Times:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6742322.ece

6) Traffic Islands

A BBC documentary explores the stories of people whose lives intersect with traffic islands and streetscapes.

Link to video from the BBC World Service:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2009/08/000000_global_perspective_traffic_islands.shtml

ROADWAYS

7) Illinois Launches Construction Zone Web Site

Link to story in The Times:

http://nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/article_d66d3afd-33b1-515b-a8ff-45b378ad91cd.html

TRANSIT

8) ACLU Questions Removal of Atheists’ Bus Ads in Des Moines

Link to story in The Des Moines Register:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090807/NEWS/908070354/-1/NEWS04

Upcoming Events

China High-Speed Railway Summit – September 23-25 – Beijing

http://www.chinadecisionmakers.com/rail/

Friday Bonus

Capri, Carpi – What’s the difference?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8173308.stm

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – Explorer 6 was launched.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-004A

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