Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

 

Monday, July 6, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Gets Its New Virtualized Flight-Plan System Off the Ground

Link to story in eWeek:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/FAA-Gets-Its-New-Virtualized-FlightPlan-System-into-the-Air-575310/

 

2) Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Sign Cost Jumps Past $2 Million

Link to story in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/49940422.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT

 

3) Wyoming Requires Marking Wind Towers

Link to AP story:

http://www.trib.com/articles/2009/07/06/news/wyoming/a0e8b7f1fccae835872575e8007c1fe6.txt

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) E-ZPass Subsidy in Maryland Lingered Too Long

Link to column in The Baltimore Sun:

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2009/07/ezpass_subsidy_lingered_too_lo.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Navteq: ‘The Phone Will Not Replace the Sat-Nav’

Link to story in Pocket-lint:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/25235/navteq-phones-wont-replace-satnavs.phtml

 

OTHER

 

6)  Twitter Comes to the Rescue

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/travel/05prac.html

  

ROADWAYS

 

7) Federal Stimulus Road Signs Rile Up Some Taxpayers

Link to AP story:

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D998UR900.htm

 

8) ‘Pictograms’ Make Motorway Debut

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/8137241.stm

 

9) Signs to Monitor Driver Behavior in Queensland

Speeding and tailgating will be detected by signs and messages would change accordingly.

Link to story in the Sunshine Coast Daily:

http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2009/jul/06/signs-monitor-driver-behaviour-highway/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) US Department of Homeland Security Launches Multi-frequency Radio Pilot Program for First Responders

Link to story on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090702_1033.php

  

TRANSIT

 

11) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Testing Trolley Collision-Avoidance System

Link to AP story:

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO117928/

 

12) Denver’s RTA Preps Train-Stopping System for Colorado Light Rail Trains

Link to story in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_12728198

 

13) Utah Transit Riders Use Smart Cards to Pay Fares

Link to story in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/699033

 

14) Chicago Transit Authority Surveys Customers…Badly

Link to commentary in The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-doyle/cta-surveys-customers-bad_b_225147.html

  

 

News Releases

1) Denver’s RTA Introduces myStop, Automated Telephone System for Schedule Information

 

 

CORRECTIONS

There was an incorrect link in Friday’s issue.  The correct link is provided below.

Electronic Tolls Trump Cash on the Highways

Link to story in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124658505980890241.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Large Hub Winter Operations Conference and Expo – July 19-21 – Dearborn, Michigan

http://events.aaae.org/sites/090710/agenda.cfm

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1919 **90^th anniversary** - The British dirigible R34 completed the first trans-Atlantic crossing upon landing in Mineola, New York.

 http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/r34/index.html

 

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