Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – October 20, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
Register for IBTTA’s Toll Road Summit of the Americas — November 15-17, 2009 in São Paulo, Brazil
Join the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association at the Toll Road Summit of the Americas and examine an array of methods to design, finance, operate and maintain user financed surface transportation facilities. The second day of this meeting will be held in conjunction with TranspoQuip 2009, Latin America’s biggest event for the transportation infrastructure industries in Latin America. Featured speakers include Cesar Queiroz, Consultant, Roads and Transport Infrastructure, World Bank, and Roberto Lucas, Jr., Author and Urban Planning Consultant. Meeting hosted by ABCR and CCR. For registration, hotel, travel and visa information, or to view the preliminary agenda, visit www.IBTTA.org.
AVIATION
1) Aviation Research and Technology Park Breaks Ground in New Jersey
Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
GPS / NAVIGATION
2) TomTom Combine Satnav and Radio
Link to article in Computer Shopper:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/news/270946/tomtom-combines-satnav-and-radio.html
Link to news release from TomTom:
http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=857&Lid=1
OTHER
3) Dangerous Drivers Buy Their Way Out of Demerit Point Trouble
Link to article in the Herald Sun:
4) Latest Issue of Transport Business International Online
Link to magazine:
ROADWAYS
5) Sandwich Boards Crucial to Good Business, Local Vendors Say
Link to article in the Haliburton Echo:
http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2137951
6) Next Exit: Reagen National Airport
Virginia DOT plans quick fix to misspelled sign.
Link to story and video on WRC-TV:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Next-Exit-Reagen-Natl-Airport-64775447.html
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Road Safety Campaigns Take Multicultural Approach
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-19-highway-safety-programs_N.htm
8) The TSA and Searching Kids
Video seems to contradict claim that child was taken from mother.
Link to column in The New York Times:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/19/the-tsa-and-searching-kids/
TELEMATICS
9) Project News: The Latest CVIS Developments
Link to further information from ERTICO – ITS Europe:
http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/project_news_the_latest_cvis_developments.htm
VEHICLES
10) GM connects Chevy Volt to OnStar EV Lab
Link to CNET News article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10378583-54.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0
News Releases
1) Ford’s ‘Distraction Lab’ Researchers Use High-Tech Goggles to Help Ensure Drivers Keep Eyes on Road
3) Foiling Car Theft with Your Cell Phone
Upcoming Events
Transport Systems Telematics Conference – November 4-7 – Katowice and Ustroń, Poland
http://www.tst-conference.org/index.php?page=home&lang=en
Today in Transportation History
1944 **65th anniversary** – US Army General Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore in the Philippines, following his vow two and a half years earlier of, “I shall return.”
http://www.olive-drab.com/gallery/description_0081.php
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