Tuesday, September 21, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting — October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA’s 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

AVIATION

1) Why Dubai Airport has Adopted the Silent Treatment

Airport reduces the number of public address announcements by 70%.

Link to article in Arabian Supply Chain:

http://www.arabiansupplychain.com/article-4943-why-dubai-airport-has-adopted-the-silent-treatment/

BUSES

2) BoltBus, RedCoach, Other Bus Lines Go for Business Travelers with Wi-Fi, Other Amenities

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-09-21-businesstravel21_CV_N.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Next Generation of GPS Satellites Threatened by Lack of Coordination, GAO Says

Link to article in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2010/09/21/gps-next-gen-challenges.aspx

OTHER

4) Cambridge, Massachusetts ‘Yoga’ Parking Tickets Have Drivers in a Twist

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100921cambridge_yoga_parking_tickets_have_drivers_in_a_twist_bending_over_backwards/

ROADWAYS

5) Bad Sign for Motorists

Georgia highway sign fails on a couple of counts.

Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/sep/21/bad-sign-motorists/

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Summit Calls for Reduction in Distracted Driving

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Summit-calls-for-reduction-in-apf-3571629783.html?x=0&.v=14

7) Proposal Bans Texting by Hazmat Truck Drivers

Link to AP article:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/7210615.html

TRANSIT

8) DC, Baltimore Transit Cards to Work Across Systems

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=598&sid=2058121

9) Pay Phones May Soon Disappear from Chicago Bus and Train Stops

Link to story on WBEZ Radio:

http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=44516

10) Wireless Video Feeds Suggested as Way to Reduce Subway Track Deaths in New York

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/21/2010-09-21_warning_systems_eyed_to_reduce_track_deaths.html

11) Smart Buses Could be Coming to Guelph, Ontario Streets

Link to article in the Guelph Mercury:

http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/690773

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Springfield, Missouri Starts Work to Improve Traffic Tracking

Link to story and video on KYTV-TV:

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-springfield-upgrades-traffic-system-09202010,0,5424678.story

13) Voice of Vietnam’s Traffic Information Channel to be Launched Nationwide

Link to VOV News story:

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/VOVs-national-traffic-information-channel-to-be-launched-nationwide/20109/119767.vov

14) Efforts Made to Assist Drivers in Korea Over Chuseok

Smart phone traffic app and text-message answering service aim to keep motorists advised.

Link to story on Arirang:

http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=107160&code=Ne2&category=2

15) To Tame Traffic, Go with the Flow

Lights should respond to cars, a study concludes, not the other way around.

Link to article in ScienceNews:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63481/title/To_tame_traffic%2C_go_with_the_flow

16) Temple University Professor Studies ‘Phantom’ Traffic Jams

Link to article in The Temple News:

http://bit.ly/8X0ieS

17) Aggressive and Timid Drivers Cause Traffic Jams, Scientists Discover

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8011029/Aggressive-and-timid-drivers-cause-traffic-jams-scientists-discover.html

VEHICLES

18) US Transportation Secretary Scolds Automakers for Adding Distracting Features to Cars

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/21/AR2010092102270.html

News Releases

1) Intelligent Transportation Society of Georgia Announces Election of Directors

2) Visa Opens Doors for Mass Transit Riders in New York and Los Angeles with Mobile Phone Application

3) Partnership to Save Highway Communities Launches Facebook Page

Bernie’s Notes

I plan to be in the Burlington, Vermont area this Friday and Saturday.  If you’d like to get together please let me know at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

Upcoming Events

17^th World Congress on ITS – October 25-29 – Busan, South Korea

http://www.itsworldcongress.kr

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** Two interurban cars crashed near Kingsland, Indiana killing 42 people.

http://madisonrails.railfan.net/grant/page6.html

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Monday, September 20, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Countdown to 17^th World ITS Congress in Busan, Korea, this October

We’re a month away from the 17th ITS World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Busan, Korea from October 25-29, 2010.  Some of the world’s most distinguished scholars and experts will attend the congress, providing you the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in ITS worldwide.  Busan is ready to welcome attendees with a state-of-the-art convention and exhibition center, dozens of hotel accommodations, and rich tourism resources. Using cutting-edge technology, Korea has integrated transportation infrastructure management and information systems on its national highways and main roads by installing electronic payment systems for toll roads around the nation. More than 70 percent of urban-area buses across the nation now have information systems for public transit users. Learn, share knowledge and gain perspective on the state of the industry as well as on the emerging technology trends in dynamic Busan. Register online by September 30^th.

AVIATION

1) Is Google’s New Real-Time Flight Data in Google Earth a Gift to Terrorists?

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/is-googles-new-real-time-flight-data-in-google-earth-a-gift-to-terrorists/9410

Link to Google announcement:

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2010/09/view-near-real-time-flights-over-us-in.html

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google and Peers Must Self-Regulate Geo-data Services, Germany Says

Link to DPA article:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1585774.php/Google-and-peers-must-self-regulate-geo-data-services-Germany-says

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Illinois Task Force to Address GPS Use by Truckers

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=71705&news_category_id=3

4) Driving with Data Analytics and myGarmin

Link to blog on SmartData Collective:

http://smartdatacollective.com/brett-stupakevich/27413/driving-data-analytics-and-mygarmin

5) Global Positioning System: Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist

Link to further information from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-636

OTHER

6) Private Firms to Invest €100 Million Into Intelligent Transport Systems

Link to article in The Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0920/1224279263630.html

7) ‘Stasi Spies’ on the Motorways: Big Brother Fears as Motorists are Urged to Inform on Each Other

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313095/Big-Brother-fears-motorists-urged-spy-other.html

8) Deadline Extended for Dynamic Mobility Applications Call for Ideas by US DOT

Link to further information:

http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/deadline_dma.htm

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Traffic Safety Course Held for TV and Radio Reporters in Vietnam

Training is aimed to help journalists gain more experience in disseminating information on transport-related issues.

Link to story on the Voice of Vietnam:

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Traffic-safety-course-held-for-TV-and-radio-reporters/20109/119745.vov

10) UAE’s Roads and Transport Authority Seeks Public Participation

Link to article in the Khaleej Times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/September/theuae_September436.xml&section=theuae

11) Tim McCarthy May be the Most Recognized Voice at Notre Dame Football Games

For 51 seasons retired Indiana state trooper gives fans safe driving tips.

Link to article in The Times:

http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/football/college/university-of-notre-dame/article_12972f99-ac17-51d0-9ee7-a827c3b023f1.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Texas Road Deaths Fall to Lowest Level Ever

Officials credit safer cars, public education and ITS among reasons.

Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7206674.html

13) Abu Dhabi Steps Up Drive to Nab Reckless Drivers

Numerous sophisticated, tiny cameras hidden on busy road, patrols and campaigns planned.

Link to article on Emirates 24|7:

http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/abu-dhabi-steps-up-drive-to-nab-reckless-drivers-2010-09-19-1.292556

14) New Study to Reform Texting-While-Driving Laws

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2057594

15) Greater Enforcement is Key for Distracted Driver Laws, Recent Crackdowns Show

Link to article and video in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/20/AR2010092002620.html

16) Teens Missing Message on Road Texting Risk

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-20-texting20_ST_N.htm

17) Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance Vision: Safety is More than Enforcement

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=71697

18) Focusing on Distracted Driving

Link to commentaries in the National Journal Transportation Expert Blog:

http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2010/09/focusing-on-distracted-driving.php

TELEMATICS

19) Farmers Turn to GPS, Telematics to Increase Efficiency

Link to article in The Daily Iowan:

http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/09/20/Metro/18886.html

TRANSIT

20) Los Angeles MTA Board to Consider Contract for Real-Time Information

Link to article in The Source:

http://thesource.metro.net/2010/09/17/pending-board-approval-real-time-information-could-arrive-in-early-2011/

21) London Mayor in Advanced Talks with Mobile Firms Over Getting Signal on the Tube

Link to article in City A.M.:

http://www.cityam.com/news-and-analysis/boris-advanced-talks-mobile-firms-over-getting-signal-the-tube

22) Los Angeles Airport Buses Incorporate Location Information in Digital Signage

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/technology/LA-Airport-Buses-Incorporate-Location.html

23) Public Transit Agencies and Twitter

Link to blog from Choice Riders:

http://www.choiceriders.com/public-transit-agencies-and-twitter-what-are-they-doing/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

24) £2.8 Million of Tax is Wasted on Traffic Radio We Can’t Hear

UK’s Traffic Radio broadcasts on Internet and DAB digital radios which most vehicles can’t receive.

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1313281/2-8m-tax-wasted-traffic-radio-hear.html

25) Traffic Radio Hits Back at Bad Press

Link to article on Radio Today:

http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.6286.2

26) Dallas Cowboys Staff Practicing for Super Bowl Traffic

Link to story and video on KTVT-TV:

http://cbs11tv.com/local/super.bowl.traffic.2.1920994.html

Link to story and video report on WFAA-TV:

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Super-Bowl-means-super-traffic-headache-for-North-Texas-103253654.html

27) iPhone App Steers Victoria Commuters Through Traffic

Link to article in the Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/iphone-app-steers-commuters-through-traffic/story-e6frf7jo-1225926787429

News Releases

1) Postcode Anywhere Uses UK TomToms to Launch Superior Route Optimization Service

2) Majority of Motorists Feel Less Safe Due to Distracted Driving

3) Stay Focused, Operation Lifesaver Warns: Distraction Kills Drivers and Pedestrians Alike

4) Case Global Technologies Receives Award from Oracle for Solar Traffic Monitoring Solution

5) Pennsylvania DOT’s 511PA System Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

Upcoming Events

Pupil Transportation (NAPT) Annual Summit & Trade Show, October 30-November 4 – Portland, Oregon

http://www.naptonline.org/summit.html

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** The SS France was launched.

http://www.maritimequest.com/liners/france_of_1912.htm

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Friday, September 17, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) US Transportation Secretary Emphasizes Obama Administration’s NextGen ATC Commitment

Link to article in Air Transport World:

http://atwonline.com/international-aviation-regulation/news/lahood-emphasizes-obama-administrations-nextgen-atc-commitmen

2) Randy Babbitt Meets FAA Goals with Technology

Link to interview on WFED Radio:

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=15&sid=2054466

3) United Air Kiosks, Logos Will Signal Merger’s Progress

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-17/shared-check-in-kiosks-new-signs-will-herald-united-continental-progress.html

CAMERAS

4) Miami Banks on Traffic Cameras to Close Budget Gap

Link to article in The Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/17/1828763/miami-banks-on-traffic-cameras.html

OTHER

5) NJ Transit Worker Fired After Burning Quran in New York City

ACLU questions if First Amendment rights were violated by firing.

Link to AP article:

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100916/STATE/100916004/NJ-Transit-worker-fired-after-burning-Quran-in-NYC

6) ‘Untouchable’ PigSpotter’s Following Grows in South Africa

Twitter user reports police roadblocks and speed traps.

Link to story from the Cape Times:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20100917042520423C815603&set_id=

Link to Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/PigSpotter

7) The Rise of Apps Culture

Link to report from the Pew Research Center and Nielsen:

http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2010/PIP_Nielsen%20Apps%20Report.pdf

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Traffic in China Fuels Quest for Road Civility

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-09-17-chinatraffic17_ST_N.htm

RAILROADS

9) Assessment of the Commercial Benefits of Positive Train Control

Link to report prepared for the Association of American Railroads:

http://www.aar.org/NewsAndEvents/PressReleases/2010/04/~/media/AAR/NewsFiles/2010/042710WymanPTC.ashx

ROADWAYS

10) New Transponder System Reducing Illegal HOV Lane Use in Utah

Link to story and video on KSL-TV:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12457390

11) Utah DOT Head: Mistake Not to Disclose $13 Million Settlement with Losing Bidder

Link to AP article:

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/transportation/cars/article_b6ed3bb3-44af-5885-87bd-8f7e6e547775.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Proposed Rule Restricting Cell Phone Use by Truckers Sent to White House

Link to article in The Trucker:

http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2010/9/17/ProposedrulerestrictingcellphoneusebytruckerssenttoWhiteHouse.aspx

TRANSIT

13) Bing Adds Transit Directions to Its Maps

Link to blog on Softpedia:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Maps-Public-Transportation-156784.shtml

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) £10 Million M-Way Traffic Control Opens in Northern Ireland

Link to article on Build.ie:

http://www.build.ie/construction_news.asp?newsid=116626

Link to story and video on UTV News:

http://www.u.tv/News/New-speed-limit-system-for-Westlink/9097bd6f-7b5e-4e59-adc6-f6a11478488f

15) Web Efforts Smooth Mudik Traffic in Indonesia

Link to article in the Jakarta Globe:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/web-efforts-help-smooth-mudik-traffic/396781

16) Smart Moves, Florida DOT District Four’s ITS Newsletter – September 2010

Link to newsletter:

http://www.smartsunguide.com/pdf/SMART%20Moves%2023%20Edition%20-%20email.pdf

VEHICLES

17) Like that Driver in the Next Lane? Now You Can Stalk Her/Him with Bump.com

Link to article on The Car Connection:

http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1049438_like-that-driver-in-the-next-lane-now-you-can-stalk-her-him-with-bump-com

News Releases

1) New Airport Parking Web Site Includes Unique Hotel Booking Facility

Upcoming Events

International Association of Emergency Managers Annual Conference & EMEX 2010 – November 11-14 – Reno, Nevada

http://www.iaem.com/events/annual/

Friday Bonus

Hopefully at this house they don’t charge extra for a seat by the window or to bring a bag inside.

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/green-building-remodeling/blogs/plane-sweet-plane

Today in Transportation History

1935 **75^th anniversary** TC-14, the largest blimp to date, had its maiden voyage from Scott Field in Illinois.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJWvr5gY42I

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Thursday, September 16, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Countdown to the 17th ITS World Congress in Busan

Mark your calendar to attend the 17th ITS World Congress at the Busan Exhibition & Convention Center from October 25-29, 2010. This year’s theme is ‘Ubiquitous Society with ITS.’ In Busan, Korea’s second-largest city, industry leaders will promote and share the latest, cutting-edge ITS technologies and trends.Register now.

ITS America is once again hosting a U.S. pavilion at the event. As an exhibitor, you’ll gain access to the projected 3,000 potential customers and partners hailing from over 20 countries around the world. You’ll also take advantage of the pavilion’s prime location in the middle of the exhibit floor. For more information, please contact Patty Del Pozo at 202-721-4238.

AVIATION

1) Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Questions NTSB Probable Cause in Hudson Midair Crash

Link to article on AOPA Online:

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100915ntsbhudson.html

2) Reno-Tahoe Airport Appeals to Neighbors with Noise and Operations Monitoring System

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00202

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Rhode Island to Fine Motorists for Bad E-ZPass Installations

Link to article in The Providence Journal:

http://www.projo.com/news/content/TBA_ezpass_mounting_09-16-10_9PJU0C1_v12.237ea2c.html

OTHER

4) New York State Transportation Commissioner Ends Silence on Fatal Bus Crash

Link to article in The Post-Standard:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/state_dot_commissioner_ends_si.html

5) Latest News from TTS Italia

Link to article from ERTICO:

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

ROADWAYS

6) Giving Traffic Lights a Mind of Their Own Can Reduce Congestion

Link to article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2010-09/giving-traffic-lights-mind-their-own-can-reduce-congestion-study-says

7) Emergency Call Boxes on Pennsylvania Turnpike in an Age of Mobile Phones

Link to article in TOLLROADSnews:

http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4901

8) Technology Tells Whether Bridges are ‘Dead or Alive’

Link to column in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/columns/mgmt-insights/new-technology-tells-bridges-dead-alive.html

9) US House GOP Launches Crowd-Sourced Map of Stimulus Signs

Link to blog in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/119013-house-gop-launches-crowd-sourced-map-of-stimulus-signs

Link to site:

http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=639&Itemid=7

TRANSIT

10) London iPhone Apps that Put a Kiwi on the Tube Map

Link to article in the London Evening Standard:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23878683-london-iphone-apps-that-put-a-kiwi-on-the-tube-map.do

VEHICLES

11) Six Technologies to Cure Bad Driving

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/15/techonology-to-cure-bad-driving-entrepreneurs-technology-small-biz-toolkit-10.html

12) The Danger to Terrestrial Radio Posed by Internet Radio in Cars

Link to blog from Mark Ramsey Media:

http://www.markramseymedia.com/2010/09/the-danger-to-terrestrial-radio-posed-by-internet-radio-in-cars/

News Releases

1) Harman Acquires Aha Mobile to Transform the Mobile Infotainment Experience

2) New Web Site for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) News

3) Missouri DOT Offers New Web Site for Bidding, Contracting

4) Automobile Club of Southern California Study: Texting While Driving Doubles from Before State Ban, Reversing Early Trend

5) Missouri State Highway Patrol Vehicles Share Anti-texting Message

6) ERTICO and ITS Russia Sign Memorandum of Understanding

7) Pennsylvania’s rabbittransit Unveils New Technology Features

8) Research and Markets: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges for Electric Vehicle Telematics Report Addressing the Business and Technical Challenges

Job Postings

–  Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics – US DOT (RITA) – Washington, DC

http://bit.ly/doXldW

Upcoming Events

AASHTO Annual Meeting – October 28-November 1 – Biloxi, Mississippi

http://www.aashtoannualmeeting.org/

Today in Transportation History

1935 **75^th anniversary** Bob Kiley, former head of Transport for London, the MBTA and New York MTA, was born in Minneapolis.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1113837.stm

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting — October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA’s 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

AVIATION

1) Technique, Air Controller’s Phone Call Cited in Fatal Hudson River Plane-Helicopter Crash

Link to CNN story:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/15/new.jersey.plane.crash.cause/

Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:

http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2010/100914.html

2) Some Interviews for Tampa Airport Top Job Will be Open to Media

Link to article in the St. Petersburg Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/some-interviews-of-final-four-for-tia-top-job-will-be-open-to-media/1121466

3) Indian Passengers Can Soon Use Mobiles Before Aircraft Gates Open

Link to article in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/Passengers-can-soon-use-mobiles-before-aircraft-gates-open/articleshow/6560938.cms

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Czechs Ban Google from Expanding ‘Street View’

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2010-09-14-google-streetview_N.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Nokia Ovi Maps Getting Traffic, Transit, Check-Ins

Link to article in Mobile:

http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/09/14/nokia-ovi-maps-getting-traffic-transit-check-ins/

6) TeleNav Debuts Navigation-Based Ads

Link to article in Online Media Daily:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=135748

7) Megabus Driver was Checking Own GPS Device When Fatal Crash Occurred

Link to article in The Post-Standard:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/megabus_driver_was_checking_hi.html

PARKING

8) New Smart Phone Parking Applications Get Interactive

Link to article in Parking Today:

http://www.parkingtoday.com/s_article.php?id=178

ROADWAYS

9) Metric Interstate Divides Arizonans

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) To Text or Not to Text During Emergencies

Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100914_5986.php

TELEMATICS

11) GM Relaunches OnStar with Wi-Fi, News Podcasts and More to Challenge Ford Sync

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100915/BUSINESS01/9150330/1331/GM-relaunches-OnStar-with-WiFi

Link to news release from General Motors:

http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/news/news_detail.brand_gm.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2010/Sept/0915_onstar

12) OnStar Trying to Out-Sync Ford’s Sync

Link to column on CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/39191820

13) Hughes Telematics: ‘Consumers Will Become More Dependent on ‘Always Connected”

Link to interview in Telematics Update:

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/content-services-mobile-apps/interviews.shtml

14) Telematics: Reinventing Auto Insurance Part III

Link to article in Insurance & Technology:

http://www.insurancetech.com/blog/archives/2010/09/telematics_rein_1.html

TRANSIT

15) Metra: No ‘Quiet Cars’ in Chicago Area

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-talk-quiet-train-cars-0915-20100914,0,6387928.story

16) Lothian Buses Attempt to Improve Services with Early Arrival Warnings to Drivers

Link to article in The Journal:

http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/6803-lothian-buses-attempt-to-improve-services

17) Baku, Azerbaijan’s Buses to Go High-Tech

Link to article on News.Az:

http://news.az/articles/society/22691

18) 700MHz – Public Safety and Mass Transit

Link to commentary in Mass Transit:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/interactive/2010/09/09/700mhz-%25e2%2580%2593-public-safety-and-mass-transit/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Soon, Pune Traffic Police Web Site Will Update You on Traffic Conditions

Link to article in The Indian Express:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Soon–traffic-police-website-will-update-you-on-traffic-conditions/682022

News Releases

1) Security and Telecommunications Market Leaders Form Secure City Technology Alliance

2) Global Traffic Network Launches Its Mobile Traffic Alerting System in Kansas City

3) Penn State Video Illustrates Benefit of GPS Technology in Disasters

4) Research and Markets: Intelligent Transport Systems-Dedicated Short Range Communications in 5.9 GHz Band: Technologies and Markets

5) US ITS Penetration of 11.2% Offers Tremendous Opportunity

Upcoming Events

Trucking Industry Mobility & Technology Coalition (TIMTC) Annual Meeting – October 18-19 – Phoenix

http://www.freightmobility.com/Annual_Mtg.html

Today in Transportation History

1830 **180^th anniversary** The Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened.

http://www.oldandsold.com/articles25/railroads-9.shtml

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting — October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA’s 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

AVIATION

1) Taiwan to Advertise for Support to Join International Aviation Group

Link to CNA article:

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201009140023&Type=aIPL

2) Inflight – Autumn 2010 Edition

Includes articles on in-flight infotainment and communications.

Link to magazine:

http://www.hmgaerospace.com/hmgmags/INFL_AUT2010/pageflip.html?ntp=10659@46141@11553566

ROADWAYS

3) Electronic Warnings Plan for Roadkill Hotspots in New South Wales

Link to article in The Manly Daily:

http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/electronic-warnings-plan-for-roadkill-hotspots/

4) Shipper Groups Merge to Push Heavier Trucks in US

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/trucking/shipper-groups-merge-push-heavier-trucks

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Kansas DOT Posting Guest Blog Entries to Promote Transportation Safety

Link to AP article:

http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-ks–kdot-safetyblog,0,583066.story

TRANSIT

6) Riders Welcome Boston T’s Real-Time Arrival Services

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/09/riders_welcome.html?p1=Local_Links

7) Syracuse Bus Stops to Install Electronic, Up-to-Date Arrival Times

Link to article in The Daily Orange:

http://www.dailyorange.com/news/bus-stops-to-install-electronic-up-to-date-arrival-times-1.1596568

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Traffic Reports Key to Strategy of Three Chicago Radio Stations

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/business/lazare/2705882,CST-NWS-lew14.article

VEHICLES

9) Toyota Says It Found, Fixed Bug in Crash Recorders

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68D03U20100914

10) A Bear Hug? Nissan Ad Raises Eyebrows

Link to blog and video in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/a-bear-hug-nissan-ad-raises-eyebrows/

News Releases

1) Lyon to Host the 8^th European Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems June 6-9

2) Trimble Launches Global Safety Initiative to Help Fleets  Become Safer, More Efficient and Greener

3) Reportlinker Adds The Great Wall – Overcoming Legislative Obstacles to Telematics in China

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Building Support for Building Big – September 15

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/421510488

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad.

http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/22.htm

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Monday, September 13, 2010 ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is Training Air Traffic Controllers on New Technology

Link to article in The Oklahoman:

http://newsok.com/faa-is-training-controllers-on-new-advanced-technology/article/3494130

2) Navigating Chaos: Aviation’s Response on 9/11 Discussed at University of Texas at Dallas

Link to article on Pegasus News:

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/sep/12/photos-navigating-chaos-aviations-response-911-utd/

3) Airport Carpets: Don’t be Floored by Blogger’s Area of Interest

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/12/travel/la-tr-carpeting-20100912

CARTOGRAPHY

4) GPS? Mapquest? Not for Fans of Hand-Drawn Maps

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0723643720100913

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Japan Launches First GPS Satellite

Link to story and video on Sky News:

http://bit.ly/aaQjKT

6) New iPhone App Enables GPS Fleet Tracking on the Go

Link to article in GPS World:

http://www.gpsworld.com/gis/location-and-lbs/news/new-iphone-app-enables-gps-fleet-tracking-go-10462

7) GPS Technology Helps to Predict Hurricane Formation

Link to article in The Exponent:

http://www.purdueexponent.com/?module=article&story_id=22448

OTHER

8) FCC Likely to Open New Airwaves to Wireless

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13wifi.html

PEDESTRIANS

9) Pedestrian Death Rise in New South Wales Blamed on iPods

Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mp3s/pedestrian-death-rise-blamed-on-ipods-20100905-14w4d.html

10) Minnesota DOT Aims to Make Crossing Streets Safer

Link to article in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/102746169.html

ROADWAYS

11) Mapping Traffic’s Toll on Wildlife

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13roadkill.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) US Department of Homeland Security to Test Iris Scanners

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2010-09-13-1Airis13_ST_N.htm

13) Communication Among Public Safety Agencies Like Talking Into a Brick

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100910_8422.php

TRANSIT

14) NJ Transit Officials Announce New ‘My Bus’ System

Five digit number to be assigned to each bus stop for riders to get info via SMS and cell phones.

Link to story on WMGM-TV:

http://www.nbc40.net/news/14577/

Link to news release from NJ Transit:

http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2625

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) New South Wales Gets Live Traffic Maps in $3 Million Upgrade

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com.au/nsw-gets-live-traffic-maps-in-3m-upgrade-339305931.htm

Link to site: http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/

16) The Rise of Online Traffic Monitoring

Link to article on Road Traffic Technology:

http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/features/feature93508/

17) Voice of Vietnam Traffic Information Channel Popular with Listeners

Link to VOV News story:

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/VOV-traffic-information-channel-popular-with-listeners/20109/119526.vov

18) New Age of Traffic Control

Texas initiative is aimed at improving the traffic management coordination among multiple agencies.

Link to article in The Eagle:

http://www.theeagle.com/local/New-age-of-traffic-control

19) Blind Traffic Reporter Tommy Edison Opens Eyes to Highway Trouble in Connecticut

Link to story and video on WTNH-TV:

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/new_haven_cty/blind-traffic-reporter-tommy-edison

20) Could Smart Transport Beat Beijing’s Jams?

Link to article on FutureGov:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2010/sep/13/could-smart-transport-beat-beijings-jams/

21) Garmin Live Traffic in South Africa Reviewed

Link to review on MyBroadband:

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/reviews/14943-Garmin-Live-Traffic-Reviewed.html

22) STV Launches Network of Local Web Sites, Which Included Traffic Updates, in Scotland

Link to story and video on STV:

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/197196-stv-launches-network-of-local-websites/

VEHICLES

23) The Wheel: From Mobility to Connectivity

Link to blog on Grush Hour:

http://grushhour.blogspot.com/2010/09/wheel-from-mobility-to-connectivity.html

News Releases

1) Mobile Devices Launches the First Open OS Based OBDII Dongle + Display Unit for the Vehicle Insurance Industry

2) Auto App Mart Launches as the Largest Online Marketplace for Automotive Applications

3) New Auto Safety Technology and Innovation Help Produce Historic Low for Highway Fatalities – Even as Driving Increases

4) Port of Hood River and Kapsch TrafficCom Introduce First Tolling System Deployment Based on 5.9 GHz DSRC WAVE in US

5) Trimble Launches Global Safety Initiative to Help Fleets Become Safer, More Efficient and Greener

6) Amtrak Joins Federal Railroad Administration ‘Close Call’ Pilot Program

7) TransitCenter Announces Its Participation in the New York/New Jersey Transit Trial

Upcoming Events

19^th National Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation Conference – October 24-27 – Burlington, Vermont

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/19th_National_Rural_Public_and_Intercity_Bus_Trans_162575.aspx

Today in Transportation History

1935 **75^th anniversary** Howard Hughes set a world speed record of 352 mph (566 kph) in the H-1 racer.

http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/h1racer.html

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Friday, September 10, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) New Daytona Center Unveils Future Air Traffic Control Technology

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-09-09/news/os-air-traffic-control-demo-daytona-20100909_1_air-traffic-control-daytona-airport-air-traffic-control-system

2) Air Traffic Upgrade to Boost Jobs

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2010/09/air_traffic_upgrade_to_boost_jobs.php

CAMERAS

3) Port Richey, Florida’s Police Chief Needs a Crash Course on Public Records

Link to editorial in the St. Petersburg Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/port-richeys-police-chief-needs-a-crash-course-on-public-records/1120520

OTHER

4) Kansas DOT’s Computers Infected by Virus Through E-mail

Link to AP article:

http://www.fox4kc.com/news/sns-ap-ks–kdot-computervirus,0,6497511.story

5) How Mobile Devices Could Lead to More City Living

Link to article in The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2010/08/how-mobile-devices-could-lead-to-more-city-living/61931/

PARKING

6) New Signs Tell Which Seattle Parking Garages Have Space

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012854508_epark10m.html

ROADWAYS

7) Research in Motion Tries to Patent Billboards that Adjust to Roadside Traffic

Link to blog on Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/09/rim-tries-to-patent-billboards-that-adjust-to-roadside-traffic/

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Snooki Gets Scolded by US Secretary of Transportation, Newark Mayor for Tweeting in Traffic

Link to story on MTV:

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647534/20100910/story.jhtml

TELEMATICS

9) Roadside Telematics Brings Profitable Reverse Retailing to Telematics

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/auto/?p=144

10) Vehicle-Monitoring Devices Could Reduce Crashes, and Price of Insurance

Link to blog in the Hartford Courant:

http://blogs.courant.com/connecticut_insurance/2010/09/vehiclemonitoring-devices-coul.html

TRANSIT

11) Ontario’s Smart Transit Card Dumb Idea, Toronto Transit Commission Says

Link to article in the Toronto Sun:

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/09/09/15298801.html

12) Los Angeles Metro’s First Offering Isn’t Great, but there are Transit Apps for LA

Link to blog on blogdowntown:

http://blogdowntown.com/2010/09/5639-metros-first-offering-isnt-great-but-there

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Winter Haven, Florida Traffic Tracked with New System

Link to article in The Ledger:

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100909/NEWS/9095076/1134?Title=Winter-Haven-Traffic-Tracked-With-New-System

VEHICLES

14) Why Ford is Like Apple

Link to article on The Motley Fool:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2010/09/10/why-ford-is-like-apple.aspx

News Releases

1) Entrepreneurs in Smart Transportation and Healthcare Win SmartCamp Silicon Valley and Backing from IBM

2) Smart Phones Impact Automotive Infotainment

3) Free DC Metro Screen-Savers Added to Metro’s Online Store

Solicitation

–  Request for Information – Traffic Data Monitoring Procurement – California Center for Innovative Transportation

http://www.calccit.org/?page=news&id=25

Upcoming Events

International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference – October 23-27 – Orlando, Florida

http://www.theiacpconference.org/

Friday Bonus

AHEAD STOP

http://xkcd.com/781/

Today in Transportation History

1960 **50^th anniversary** The first mass grounding of all civilian flights in the US and Canada took place as part of Operation Skyshield.

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/FEATURE-Skyshield.html

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Thursday, September 9, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Register Now for IBTTA’s Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility Meeting — October 3-5, 2010 in Raleigh, NC

Join IBTTA Delegates for the final meeting of IBTTA’s 2010 Education Series: “Operating and Maintaining Your Toll Facility – Where the Rubber Meets the Road,” October 3-5 in Raleigh, North Carolina. We’ll explore how engineering, design, maintenance, operations, and security roles have come together to address the challenges of operating modern, sustainable, technologically advanced and economically viable toll facilities. Hotel cut-off is September 10, 2010. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel reservations at the Raleigh Marriott City Center and register today!  www.ibtta.org

CARTOGRAPHY

1) Google, Bing Out of Race as China Grants Map Service Licenses

Link to PTI article:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/95315/google-bing-race-china-grants.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Ford MirrorNavi: Satnav in Your Rear-View Mirror

Link to blog on CNET UK:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cartech/ford-mirrornavi-sat-nav-in-your-rear-view-mirror-50000656

PARKING

3) Tacoma, Washington Pays PR Firm JayRay $50,000 to Promote Downtown Parking Meters

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/09/09/1333666/citys-parking-plan-metered-for.html

TELEMATICS

4) Strategy Analytics: ‘Device Integration is the Big Story’

An interview with Richard Robinson, automotive service director at Strategy Analytics.

Link to interview in Telematics Update:

http://bit.ly/bzCkdi

TRANSIT

5) New York MTA to Unveil Clearer Signs Steering Passengers Through Subway Service Changes

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/09/2010-09-09_clear_sign_of_times_as_mta_catches_on.html

6) MBTA Makes Real-Time Bus Data Available

Link to story on NECN:

http://www.necn.com/09/09/10/MBTA-makes-bus-data-available/landing.html?blockID=307317&feedID=4213

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Better Traffic Management, the Dutch Way?

Link to article in Today:

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC100909-0000133/Better-traffic-management,-the-Dutch-way

8) Optus Mobile Launches Traffic Information Service

Link to article on iTWire:

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/41751-optus-mobile-launches-traffic-information-service-f

9) With ‘Smart Signs’ and Real-Time Data, a Way for Police to Monitor, Enforce Traffic

Link to blog on SmartPlanet:

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/with-smart-signs-and-real-time-data-a-way-for-police-to-monitor-enforce-traffic/8722/

News Releases

1) Daimler AG Starts a Further Pilot Project in Ulm – ‘Ride Sharing 2.0’ with car2gether

2) New CCTV Technology from VTT Technical Research Centre Helps Prevent Terror Attacks

3) New University Study Reveals Significant Safety Benefits from Advanced ‘Detect, Alert and Respond’ Technologies in Commercial Trucks

4) Video Reinforces Importance of School Zone Safety

5) As NFL Season Starts, Operation Lifesaver Football PSA with Saints Kicker Premiers Online

6) Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council and Canadian Trucking Alliance Team Up to Produce TV Profile of Trucking Industry

7) Unique, Tech-Savvy Campaign Launches 2011 Ford Edge

8) Cross Country Automotive Services Advocates Benefits of Real-Time Claims Adjustment for Insurers, Automakers

9) Qualcomm Launches Pay-as-You-Drive and Pay-How-You-Drive Telematic Services

Upcoming Events

Smart Freight Transport in Urban Areas – October 13-14 – Trondheim, Norway

http://www.smartfreight.info/SF_1010_Conference_first_announcement.pdf

Today in Transportation History

1910 **100^th anniversary** The SS Pere Marquette 18 sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of 29 lives.  The disaster is also notable because it was an early example of using wireless to call for help.

http://www.carferries.com/pmcarferries/pm18/

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Wednesday, September 8, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

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IVBSS Program Public Meeting October 20, 2010 in Ypsilanti, MI

U.S. DOT will host a one-day public meeting on October 20, 2010 to provide a report on results from the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) field operational test to members of the vehicle safety research community and other interested parties.

The IVBSS program is a five-year cooperative research agreement to combine several crash warning subsystems — including forward collision, lane departure, lane change, and curve speed warning — into a single, integrated concept to enhance the safety of both passenger vehicles and heavy trucks. Field tests using a fleet of light vehicles and heavy trucks were recently completed and the resulting reports are being finalized. The Key Findings report for the Heavy Truck field test will be available by the end of August. Clickhere for registration and additional information. Online registration deadline is October 15.

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Japan’s First Navigation Satellite Good for GPS

Link to article from the Yomiuri Shimbun:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/science/T100908001888.htm

OTHER

2) Real-Time Data: A Recipe for Happier Citizens

Link to article in Next American City:

http://americancity.org/columns/entry/2586/

3) ‘Every Day Counts’ Web Site Launched by FHWA

Link to site:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/everydaycounts/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Exploring the Effectiveness of Transit Security Awareness Campaigns in the San Francisco Bay Area

Link to report from the Mineta Transportation Institute:

http://transweb.sjsu.edu/mtiportal/research/publications/documents/2914_09-19.pdf

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Airport ‘Naked Image’ Scanners in US May Get Avatars to Increase Privacy

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-08/airport-naked-image-scanners-in-u-s-may-get-avatars-to-increase-privacy.html

6) Drunk? There’s an App for That: ‘You the Man’ Campaign Helps Keep Boozy Drivers Off the Road

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/08/2010-09-08_too_drunk_to_drive_app_knows.html

7) TSA Sows Fear of Photographers

Link to commentary in Reason:

http://reason.com/blog/2010/09/07/tsa-sows-fear-of-photographers

TELEMATICS

8) GM’s OnStar to Allow Access to Facebook and Texts in Car

Link to article the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20100908/BUSINESS01/9080369/GM-s-OnStar-to-allow-access-to-Facebook-and-texts-in-car

9) Ford Adds Fuel-Efficient Routing to Sync

Link to article in Automotive Engineering International:

http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/8772

TRANSIT

10) First Look at Metro-North’s New Operations Control Center

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/metro_north_safe_from_lirr_disaster_LJ3p3NL8NoGqsGXqj1B7gP

11) NJ Transit Introduces ‘Quiet Train Cars’ on Northeast Corridor Express Trains

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/nj_transit_introduces_quiet_tr.html

12) Animation Experiment to Begin on Seattle Rail Construction Wall

Link to article on CHS Capitol Hill Seattle:

http://capitolhillseattle.com/2010/09/01/wallrus-animation-lumbers-onto-broadways-big-red-light-rail-construction-wall

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Saudi Arabia’s Saher System Expanded to Cover More Expressways

Link to article in the Saudi Gazette:

http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010090783026

VEHICLES

14) Family Car Tech that Matters

Link to article on Family Car Guide:

http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049095_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-one (Part 1)

http://www.familycarguide.com/blog/1049096_family-car-tech-that-matters-part-two (Part 2)

News Releases

1) GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite Technology in the Maritime Industry

2) CEA-Leti Demonstrates New Contactless Communication Technology for RFID Smartcards

3) TBD.com Helps Washington, DC Drivers Using Beat the Traffic’s API

Upcoming Events

The Second International Summit on the State of the Connected Vehicle – September 29-30 – Troy Michigan

http://www.sae.org/events/scv/

Today in Transportation History

1810 **200^th anniversary** The Tonquin left New York en route to the Pacific Northwest to establish a fur-trading outpost.

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=8673

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