Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 18, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Lawmakers Aim to Keep Cell Phones Out of the Skies

Link to story in the Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/753271.html

2) Less Airwave Interference at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport

Link to story in Haaretz:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1012167.html

3) Late-Summer Start for ICO Mobile TV Trial

Link to story on Inflight Online:

http://www.shephard.co.uk/Inflight/Default.aspx?Action=-1000945703&ID=4ae30a73-2e28-47c2-ba49-4f50a6658382

BUSES

4) Bus Schedule Texting so Popular It Will be Extended Countywide

Link to story in the Express & Echo:

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Bus-schedule-texting-popular-extended-countywide/article-272655-detail/article.html

CAMERAS

5) Red Light Cameras Give $381 Tickets for Rolling Right Turns in Los Angeles

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/traffic/la-me-redlight16-2008aug16,0,5997278.story

6) Interstate 20 Cameras Give Louisiana DOTD Tool to Manage Traffic Snarls

Link to story in The Times:

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080816/NEWS01/808160342/1060

OTHER

7) 'Spy-in-the-Sky' Paves Way for Road Pricing in UK

Link to story in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/fairdealfordrivers/2573876/Spy-in-the-sky-paves-way-for-road-pricing.html

8) New Jersey State Treasurer Says Media Killed 800 Percent Toll Hike

Link to Gannett News commentary:

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080817/NEWS0301/808170323/1007/NEWS03

9) The Traffic Guru    

Link to commentary in The Wilson Quarterly:

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=462572

ROADWAYS

10) Governors at Annual Conference Explore Public-Private Toll Lanes to Cut Wait Times Between the US and Mexico

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border16-2008aug16%2C0%2C7552656.story

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) License Plate Readers to be Used in Washington, DC Area

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081602218.html

12) Texas Governor’s Blue Alert Designed to Catch Fugitives

Program will use state’s message signs to disseminate vehicle information for those who harm law officers.

Link to story on KVUE-TV:

http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/081808kvuebluealert-mc.d7b5565.html

13) Forwarders Request Aid for Screening Bellyhold Freight

Link to story in Cargonews Asia:

http://www.cargonewsasia.com/secured/article.aspx?id=15&article=16726

TRANSIT

14) Bus Alerts Join Riverside Transit Agency's High-Tech Embrace

Link to story in The Valley Chronicle:

http://www.thevalleychronicle.com/articles/2008/08/15/news/08nsoboba.txt

15) Smart Card Tests to Begin on Melbourne Trams this Week

Link to story in the Herald Sun:

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24196543-2862,00.html

16) The Power of Quiet

More rail lines around the world adopting cars which ban cell phone talking.

Link to commentary in The New York Sun:

http://www.nysun.com/opinion/the-power-of-quiet/84058/

17) Boston T Hacking Exposes a Deeper Clash

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/08/18/t_hacking_exposes_a_deeper_clash/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Calls to South Florida Highway Hotline Cool as Gas Prices Heat Up

Link to story in The Palm Beach Post:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/08/16/a3c_traffic_0817.html

19) Connecticut DOT Planning to Shed Light on Traffic Jams

State planning a 511 system.

Link to story in the New Haven Register:

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20021617&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=635049&rfi=6

20) Microwave Reflector to Help California DOT Stay Up-to-Date on Traffic

Link to story in the Record Searchlight:

http://www.redding.com/news/2008/aug/17/microwave-reflector-to-help-caltrans-stay-up-to/ 

21) Clear Channel Traffic Gets a Jump on XM

Link to CNET News story:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10019306-48.html

Link to news release from Clear Channel:

http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=2261

22) I-15 Signs Let Las Vegas Area Drivers Know What's Ahead

Link to story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.lvrj.com/news/27047209.html 

News Releases

1) New York Tests Energy and Environmental Benefit of Greater Public Access to Live Traffic Video
2) Combined Technologies from Continental and Mobileye Support the New Speed Limit Information of the New BMW 7 Series

Upcoming Events

Digital Signage Expo East – September 16-18 – Philadelphia

http://www.digitalsignageexpo.net/Events/DSEEast2008PhiladelphiaPA/AttendeeInformation/AboutDSEEast/tabid/217/Default.aspx

Today in Transportation History

August 18, 1938 **70^th anniversary** - Thousand Islands International Bridge opened between Canada and the US.

http://www.tibridge.com/facts.htm

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