Tuesday, September 22, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Garmin Tries to Find Ways Around Smartphone Threat

Link to Dow Jones Newswire article:

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-703769.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

2) Patrol Vessels Make Waves with High-Tech Equipment

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20090922/NEWS05/909220309/1001/News/Patrol-vessels-make-waves-with-high-tech-equipment

Link to further information from US Customs and Border Protection:

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/may_2009/05122009_4.xml

3) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is Increasing Use of GPS Logs for Hours of Service Audits, Qualcomm Exec Says

Link to article in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=22773

TELEMATICS

4) Ford Brings In-Dash Computers to the Next Level

Link to article from Driving Today:

http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11176876

TRANSIT

5) Evaluation of Smart Video for Transit Event Detection

Link to report from the Florida Department of Transportation:

http://www.nctr.usf.edu/pdf/77807.pdf

6) Intercoms Coming to New York City Subway Platforms at All Future Station Rehabs

Link to article in the Daily News

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_intercoms_coming_to_subway_platforms_at_all_future_station_rehabs_5_brighton_lin.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Westwood One’s Metro Traffic Launches Smartphone Service

Link to article in Radio Online:

http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n19766

Link to news release from Westwood One:

http://images.WestwoodOne.com/images/pdf/pressreleases/PressReleaseTrafficontheGoFINAL9-22-09.pdf

8) Waze Rolls Out Crowdsourced Traffic Data App

Link to CNET News article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10357196-52.html

Link to further information on Waze:  http://www.waze.com

9) Group to ‘Tweet’ G-20 Traffic Updates

Link to story on KDKA-TV:

http://kdka.com/local/g20/twitter.traffic.updates.2.1200100.html

VEHICLES

10) Chrysler to Put Owner’s Manuals on DVD

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090922/AUTO01/909220326/1148/Chrysler-to-put-manuals-on-DVD

11) Ford Promotes Taurus with Microsoft Tags

Link to blog in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/22/ford-and-microsoft-team-up-to-promote-the-new-taurus/

12) In-Car Tech Sales to Top $9.3 Billion

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009909220328

13) Defensive Driving with Cop-Alert Device

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/22/MN7E19O36G.DTL

News Releases

1) Orange County Transportation Authority Launches Redesigned Web Site

2) TrafficTalk Announces Voice-Based Traffic Information Service at DEMOfall 09

3) Intelligent Transport Systems and Services to Improve Our Daily Lives

4) Cellular M2M Connections to Triple by 2014

5) Houston TranStar Adds Weather Radar to Traffic Map

6) New FAA System Improves Safety in Remote, Non-Radar Regions

Upcoming Events

Satellite and Content Deliver Conference & Expo – October 14-15 – New York

http://www.satconexpo.com/

Today in Transportation History

1909 **100^th anniversary** – Ferdinand Ferber, a French Army captain, became the fourth person and the second pilot to die in a powered aircraft crash.

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/ferber.html

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