Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, July 13, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

Early Registration Ends July 24 for 16^th World Congress on ITS 

Stockholm will play host to the 16^th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, from September 21-25, 2009. With the theme “ITS in Daily Life,” the World Congress will explore how ITS can improve our everyday mobility with a strong emphasis on co-modality and ITS solutions for road, rail and public transportation.  Early-bird registration ends July 24.  Online registration and information on the preliminary program, technical tours, accommodations, and more can be found at http://www.itsworldcongress.com. Opportunities to serve as session moderators are available by contacting Nicole Oliphant at noliphant@....

AVIATION

1) Federal Aviation Administration to Create Aeronautical Chart Cartel?

Link to story on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/chart_faa_fbo_sell_october_5_aeronautical_200707-1.html

CAMERAS

2) Illinois Red Light Camera Law Born with the Help of Political Insiders

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-red-light-cameras-part-two-jul13,0,6603390.story

CARTOGRAPHY

3) OpenStreet Map: The Free Map Data Revolution?

Link to story in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/OpenStreetMap-the-free-map-data-revolution_a1637.html

4) Is a National GIS on the Map?

Agencies find new ways to use geospatial data, as ESRI and others promote a nationwide system.

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://gcn.com/articles/2009/07/13/national-gis-federal-agencies-esri.aspx

OTHER

5) Adventures in Stimulus Tracking

Link to story on ProPublica:

http://www.propublica.org/ion/reporting-network/item/adventures-in-stimulus-tracking-713

Link to story in Mother Jones:

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2009/07/adventures-citizen-journalism

6) Web Site Seeks Racial Equality in Stimulus Allocation

Link to story in The Michigan Citizen:

http://tinyurl.com/kop5bs

Link to FairRecovery:  http://www.fairrecovery.org/

ROADWAYS

7) Red Light Cameras Raking in Cash

Link to story and video in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-red-light-cameras-12-jul12,0,7945020.story

8) New Road Signs Help Endangered Turtles in Maine

Link to story on Village Soup:

http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Sports/story.cfm?storyID=167671

SAFETY

9) Cyberattacks Show Need to Protect Federal Sites

Link to story in PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/168262/cyberattacks_show_need_to_protect_federal_sites.html

10) Laptops in Ambulances Boost Emergency Care

Indianapolis-area ambulance crews are among the first in the world with the power to tap into patient medical records in the field.

Link to story in The Indianapolis Star:

http://www.indystar.com/article/20090713/LIVING01/907130339/Laptops+in+ambulances+boost+emergency+care

SPACE

11) Web Site Recreates Apollo 11 Mission in Real-Time

Link to AP story:

http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/view/20090712web_site_recreates_apollo_11_mission_in_real_time/srvc=home&position=recent

Link to We Choose the Moon:  http://wechoosethemoon.org/

TRANSIT

12) Transit Must Allow Political Ads: Canadian Supreme Court

Link to story in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/transit-must-allow-political-ads-court/article1215038/

13) New York MTA Considers Wireless Broadband for Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Stations and Trains

Link to story on cellular-news:

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/38469.php

14) Need to Get There Quick? Click on These Transit Timesavers First

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/11/AR2009071102263.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) New South Wales Government Cannot Manage Sydney's Traffic Chaos

Government is revamping transport management center and creating transport coordination group.

Link to story in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,27574,25769557-5006009,00.html

VEHICLES

16) Digital Radio and GPS Devices Which Attach to Windshield Could be Banned in Australia

Link to story in Channel News:

http://www.channelnews.com.au/Sound/Digital_Radio/A5H2E4Q8

17) The Silence of Hybrids Causes Some Alarm

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/energy-environment/13iht-green13.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all

News Releases

1) New Message Boards to Make Rural Highways Safer – Missouri DOT is First in the Nation to Put Federal Safety Funds to Work 

2) Intelligent Transportation Society of America Launches New Web Site

3) Global Car Industry Hits Bottom in Q1; Auto Electronics Recovery Commences

4) Airline Data on Diversions 'Highly Suspicious', Says FlyersRights.org

5) American Airlines Announces Automated Flight Status Messaging and a New, User-Friendly Online Notification Center at AA.com

6) Continental Now Offering Live DirectTV on Domestic Flights

Solicitation

 -  ITS Tennessee Annual Meeting Call for Presentations

http://www.itstn.org/

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Where is the ‘IT’ in ITS – August 18

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s090714_its.asp

Today in Transportation History

1934 **75^th anniversary** - Aleksei Yeliseyev, a Soviet cosmonaut, was born in Zhizdra, Russia.

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/yeliseyev_aleksei.htm

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