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Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, January 14, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Stronger Warnings on Batteries' Fire Danger Urged for Passengers
Link to Bloomberg story:
2) Avoiding Plane Crashes by Crunching Numbers
Link to story in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR2008011202407.html (free registration required)
3) European Defence Agency Predicts Certificated UAV Sense-and-Avoid System by 2015
Link to story in Flight International:
4) FAA Wants Alaska
Link to story on the Aero-News Network:
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) State Officials Not Sold on New License Rules
Link to story on Stateline:
6) Warning! Speed Checked by Radar
Automated speed enforcement in France
Link to story on the Transport Information Group:
7) Highway Safety, School Transportation, and Emergency
Evacuation
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
TELEMATICS
8) Crash Warning for Connected Cars
Link to story on ICT Results:
http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm?section=news&tpl=article&BrowsingType=Features&ID=89414
9) Three Electronic Toll
Plazas to be Installed in Islamabad
Toll plazas will include automatic weighing bridges, control rooms. System will also maintain data of drivers’ photographs and vehicle registration system.
Link to story in The International News:
TRANSIT
10) Closely Watched Trains
Train arrival signs on New York City
Link to story in The New York Times:
11) Schoolboy Hacks Into Lodz , Poland
Builds infrared device that changed switches and signals.
Link to story in The Telegraph:
12) Wi-Fi ‘Milestone’ for Glasgow
Work will begin later this month to install a mobile and Wi-Fi network on city's subway system.
Link to BBC News story:
Link to news release from the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport:
13) BART to Test Using Cell Phones as Tickets
Link to story in the San Francisco Business Times:
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/01/14/story10.html
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2008/01/14/story10.html
VEHICLES
14) Heat is On for High-Polluting Cars
Link to story in The Rocky Mountain News:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities - Lifesavers 2008 Conference – April 13-15 – Portland , Oregon
Today in Transportation History
1983 **25th anniversary** - US President Ronald Reagan signed legislation transferring ownership of the Alaska Railroad to the State of Alaska
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