This is a good opportunity for students/emerging professionals who are interested in these issues.  See http://ecpaplanning.org/2011/01/ecpa-call-for-essays-from-emergin-professionals/ for full details.

Thursday, January 13, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Airline Call Centers Handled Latest Storm Better

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Airline-call-centers-handled-apf-3089913423.html?x=0&.v=5

2) Ash Cloud Studies Yield Suggestions

Better communication among aviation stakeholders among recommendations.

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=comm&id=news/avd/2011/01/12/10.xml&headline=Ash%20Cloud%20Studies%20Yield%20Suggestions

3) Technology-Enabled Game-Changing Airline Business Models

Link to article in Airline Leader:

http://www.airlineleader.com/_webapp_1098704/Technology-enabled_game-changing_airline_business_models

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Latest Issue of Tolltrans Online

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/43b6a86c#/43b6a86c/1

MARITIME

5) Vessel Traffic Management Information System Installed in Gibraltar

Link to article in Panorama:

http://www.panorama.gi/localnews/headlines.php?action=view_article&article=6923&offset=0

OTHER

6) Pilot Program Uses App to Help Students Commute to College

Link to article in Cork Student News:

http://www.corkstudentnews.com/news/kinsale-hi-tech-company-to-pilot-iphone-app-in-ucc-20261

Link to additional information from Avego:

http://www.avego.com/st/ucc.php

ROADWAYS

7) Senator Franken to Feds: Want New Road Signs? Help Pay for ’em

Link to article on MinnPost:

http://www.minnpost.com/derekwallbank/2011/01/13/24817/franken_to_feds_want_new_road_signs_help_pay_for_em

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Judge Says US Government Need Not Disclose Air Traveler Security Images

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/12/airport.scanner.images/

9) Auto Execs Predict Fed Guidelines on Distraction

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110112/AUTO04/101120412/1148/auto01/Auto-execs-predict-fed-guidelines-on-distraction

10) A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/A_Guide_to_Emergency_Response_Planning_at_State_Tr_164691.aspx

TRANSIT

11) Statewide Rural Transit ITS Procurements: Establishing a Foundation for Success

Link to article in Community Transportation:

http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/DigitalCT_Winter_11_Implementing_Coordinated_Options.pdf (scroll down for article)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Dancing Traffic Enforcers to be Deployed in General Santos City, Philippines

Enforcers to receiving weekly dance instruction.

Link to Philippine Information Agency article:

http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=11261

Video of dancing traffic enforcer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyraw2QfLGQ

13) More to be Done on Cutting-Edge Traffic Management Tech in India

Link to article on Livemint:

http://www.livemint.com/2011/01/13103447/More-to-be-done-on-cuttingedg.html

VEHICLES

14) Ford Tries to Relieve Range Anxiety for Electric Car Owners

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/ford-attempts-to-relieve-range-anxiety-for-electric-car-owners

15) Ford Vows to be Auto Industry’s In-Car Tech Leader

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101120434

News Releases

1) Esri’s Transportation GIS Trends Fall 2010 Newsletter Online

2) King County Metro Web Site Now Features Transit Performance Reporting

3) American Airlines Selects ITA Software for Next Generation Availability Engine

Upcoming Events

Routes Americas 2011 – February 13-15 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

http://www.routesonline.com/events/127/routes-americas-2011/

Today in Transportation History

1840 The steamboat Lexington caught fire while sailing on Long Island Sound.  All but four of those onboard died.

http://www.pcgs.com/articles/article101.chtml

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(Source: Gizmodo via Telegraph)

At 26.4 miles long, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge would easily cross the English Channel and is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in the American state of Louisiana. The vast structure links the centre of the booming port city of Qingdao in eastern China‘s Shandong Province with the suburb of Huangdao, spanning the wide blue waters of Jiaozhou Bay.

Here is a collection of some amazing and interesting factoids gleaned from the parent articles cited above:

• You can easily run a marathon, entirely on the bridge span, and still will have 0.2 miles left before you set foot on Terra Firma (Marathon = 26.2 miles)
• Built in just four years at a cost of £5.5 billion ($8 Billion USD)
• Will feature a six-lane road bridge that is supported by more than 5,200 columns
• When it opens to traffic (in late 2011) , the bridge is expected to carry over 30,000 cars a day
• Expected to cut the commute between the city of Qingdao and the sprawling suburb of Huangdao by between 20 and 30 minutes.
• At least 10,000 workers were involved in building the bridge, in shifts around the clock
• Built with 450,000 tons of steel, which is roughly the equivalent of steel used in almost 65 Eiffel Towers
• 2.3 million cubic meters of concrete, which is roughly the equivalent of filling 3,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools
• The bridge will be strong enough to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, typhoons or the impact of a 300,000 tonne vessel.
• With its economy growing by 16 per cent a year, Qingdao is one of China’s fastest-growing and most prosperous cities.
• The main port of the Chinese navy and home of Tsingtao Beer, China’s best-known brew, it hosted the sailing events of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

What’s more astonishing. It would be this: “China is already home to seven of the world’s 10 longest bridges, including the world’s lengthiest, the 102 mile Danyang-Kunshan rail bridge, which runs over land and water near Shanghai.  And with Beijing pumping billions into boosting China’s infrastructure, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge will not be the world’s longest sea bridge for very long.  According to the Telegraph,  work started in December 2009 on a 31 mile bridge that will link Zhuhai in southern Guangdong Province,  China’s manufacturing heartland, with the financial centre of Hong Kong. The £6.5 billion project is expected to be completed in 2016.”

Now, building the infrastructure at this break neck pace and still flush with more cash than a machine can count, China is not too far from becoming the Numero Uno aka the Big Daddy of the World economy.

Related articles

• China builds world’s longest bridge (telegraph.co.uk)
• China has built the longest bridge in the world… so you don’t have to dig that hole (engadget.com)
• World’s longest bridge completed (thesun.co.uk)
• China claims longest bridge over water with whopping 26-mile span (dvice.com)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Customs Key to Paperless Trading

Link to article in Air Cargo World:

http://www.aircargoworld-digital.com/aircargoworld/201101?pg=32#32

2) 17-Years of FAA Delays on NTSB Air Safety Recommendations

Among recommendations are transponders for gliders and ongoing training for collision alerts.

Link to column in The Examiner:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/01/17-years-faa-delay-ntsb-air-safety-recommendations

3) What I Learned Serving on the Government’s ‘Future of Aviation’ Panel

A breakdown in communications among key players is one reason for problems in the airline industry.

Link to column in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/experts/mcgee/2011-01-12-airline-industry-complexity_N.htm

CAMERAS

4) Missouri Adopts Traffic Camera Policy for State Roads

Link to AP article:

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/12/2579047/missouri-adopts-traffic-camera.html

Link to statement from American Traffic Solutions:

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110112006276/en/American-Traffic-Solutions-ATS-Statement-Release-Missouri

MARITIME

5) Technology Experience on a Cruise Almost as Important as the Cabaret

Link to article and video on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2011/01/11/news/technology-experience-on-a-cruise-almost-as-important-as-the-cabaret

OTHER

6) Turkey to Upgrade Lahore’s Transport System

Investments in bus rapid transit and ITS among those being considered.

Link to article in the Daily Times:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C01%5C12%5Cstory_12-1-2011_pg13_5

7) India’s First GPS-Based Autorickshaw Fare Calculator Launched

Link to IANS article:

http://www.sify.com/news/country-s-first-gps-based-auto-fare-calculator-launched-news-national-lbmtajgafah.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) FAA Highlights ‘Click It, Don’t Risk It’ Injury Prevention

Link to article in Air Transport Intelligence:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/01/11/351742/faa-highlights-click-it-dont-risk-it-injury-prevention.html

Link to notice from the FAA:

http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/airline_safety/info/all_infos/media/2011/InFO11001.pdf

9) State DOTs Use Online Newscasts to Educated the Public About Transportation

Link to article in the AASHTO Journal:

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/010711newscasts.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Paris Police Use Facebook for Car Crash Witnesses

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70A3ZG20110111

11) Innovation: The Distress Alerting Satellite System

Link to article in GPS World:

http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/innovation-the-distress-alerting-satellite-system-10883

TRANSIT

12) Google Transit Search Gets Smarter

Link to article on ReadWriteWeb:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_transit_search_gets_smarter.php

13) Montgomery County, Maryland’s Ride On Bus System Goes High-Tech with Real-Time Info

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.gazette.net/stories/01122011/montnew194841_32539.php

14) Social Media: Transit Agencies Connect with Riders in New Ways

Link to column in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/pr/article/Social-media-Transit-agencies-connect-with-riders-in-new-ways–25447

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Congestion-Easing Technology Coming to More Kent Towns

Link to BBC News story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/kent/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9359000/9359129.stm

VEHICLES

16) Skymeter: Using Connected Cars as Credit Cards

Link to article on TheStreet:

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10970462/1/skymeter-using-connected-cars-as-credit-cards.html

17) Trucking Technology in the Next Decade: Safety and Productivity to Drive Advancements

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72625

18) Nevada DMV’s Solution to Long Waits in Line: Kiosks, for a Few Extra Dollars

Link to article in the Las Vegas Sun:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jan/12/dmvs-solution-long-waits-line-kiosks/

19) An Inside Look at Ford’s VIRTTEX Safe Driving Simulator

Link to article on Earth & Industry:

http://earthandindustry.com/2011/01/an-inside-look-at-fords-virttex-safe-driving-simulator/

20) What Gen Y Drivers Really Want from Their Cars: New Survey

Among findings: in-car technology a top buying decision, majority want to work with dealers online.

Link to column on CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41037939

21) Roadway Geometry and Inventory Trade Study for IntelliDrive Applications

Link to report from FHWA:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/10073/index.cfm

News Releases

1) Southwest Airlines’ Pilots Begin Flying Required Navigation Performance Efficient Procedures at 11 Airports

2) Strategic Partnership Between Peek Traffic and Telvent

3) Continental Offers Intelligent Solution for Growing Information and Communication Requirements of Electric Vehicles

4) American Way, Magazine of American Airlines and American Eagle, Commemorates 45-Years of Publication with a Full Redesign

5) TripAdvisor Adds Airline Ratings to Flight Search

6) Library of Congress Selects Navteq to Provide Map Data and Content

Upcoming Events

Panama Maritime Conference & Exhibition – February 13-16 – Panama City, Panama

http://panamamaritimeconference.com/

Today in Transportation History

1911 **100^th anniversary** The first airplane flight in Fort Worth, Texas took place during an aviation meet.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/01/10/2758988/fort-worth-event-celebrates-century.html

1986 **25^th anniversary** Space Shuttle Mission STS-61C, with Congressman Bill Nelson aboard, was launched.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-61C.html

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This position is located in the Technical Services Branch of the Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division, Sterling, Virginia. The Civil Engineer (Transportation) serves as the Federal Lands Highway (FLH)-wide technical expert and authority for promoting, coordinating and implementing the various highway traffic operations, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and traffic monitoring activities. In this capacity, you will promote the development and implementation of innovative and state-of-the-art technologies, practices, and products to meet the FLH transportation related needs. The deadline for applications is January 21, 2011.

http://jobsearch.dot.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=95298113

Full Time Regular Positions

• DTP-1101 Transportation Planner II or III
• DTP-1034 Transportation Planner II or III

Internships

• IDTP-1035 Transportaton Planning Intern

About MWCOG:  COG is a regional organization of Washington area local governments. COG is comprised of 21 local governments surrounding our nation’s capital, plus area members of the Maryland and Virginia legislatures, the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives.

COG provides a focus for action and develops sound regional responses to such issues as the environment, affordable housing, economic development, health and family concerns, human services, population growth, public safety, and transportation. (Click here to learn more about MWCOG)

About COG’s TPB:  The National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the region, and plays an important role as the regional forum for transportation planning. The TPB prepares plans and programs that the federal government must approve in order for federal-aid transportation funds to flow to the Washington region. (Click here to learn more about the TPB and its role in shaping the region’s transportation)

Editor’s Note: Good luck.

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Editor’s note: I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. Oh, and I’m not the only one who had tears streaming down my face watching this one.  You can see plenty of folks who enjoyed this Gizmo Gone Wild video from their comments on Reddit and also on the source (YouTube) comments page.

Monday, January 10, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Mistakes Led Planes Toward Near-Collision

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704055204576068263274480204.html

2) American Airlines Sues Sabre in Battle Over Flight Listings

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/American-sues-Sabre-in-battle-apf-4013281772.html?x=0&.v=2

CAMERAS

3) Washington State Legislature Re-examines Red Light Cameras

Link to article in The News-Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/01/07/1492213/2-bills-re-examine-red-light-cameras.html

OTHER

4) Guidance for Developing a Freight Transportation Data Architecture

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/Guidance_for_Developing_a_Freight_Transportation_D_164644.aspx

PEDESTRIANS

5) Glendale, California Paints Traffic Safety Warnings in English, Armenian, Spanish

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/glendales-new-traffic-safet-signs-in-english-armenian-and-spanish.html

ROADWAYS

6) Czech Transport Ministry Prepares Eight New Traffic Signs

Link to article in the Prague Daily Monitor:

http://praguemonitor.com/2011/01/10/transport-ministry-prepares-eight-new-traffic-sings

Link to original article in Lidové noviny:

http://www.lidovky.cz/chysta-se-dalsi-znacka-k-nicemu-dzq-/ln_noviny.asp?c=A110108_000008_ln_noviny_sko&klic=240693&mes=110108_0 (in Czech)

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) AP Survey: South Dakota Lawmakers Unsure of Texting Ban

Link to AP article:

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/article_4c9b5ac2-3b03-578f-a44a-e088ae7c1be8.html

TELEMATICS

8) 2011 Detroit Auto Show: Telematics – Coming to Your Next New Car

Link to blog in Consumer Reports:

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2011/01/2011-detroit-auto-show-telematicscoming-to-your-next-new-car.html

TRANSIT

9) Chicago Transit Authority Unveils Train Tracker

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/3216822-417/train-cta-tracker-trains-arrival.html

10) Wi-Fi Coming to Virginia Railway Express in Limited Rollout

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/dc/2011/01/wi-fi-coming-vre-limited-rollout

11) On Train, a Fight Between Silent and Merely Quiet

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/nyregion/10quiet.html

12) Symbolism in the Transit World: Helping You Find Your Way

Link to blog on The City Fix:

http://thecityfix.com/symbolism-in-the-transit-world-helping-you-find-your-way/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Cobb County, Georgia DOT Launches Road-Closing Web Tool

Link to article on East Cobb Patch:

http://eastcobb.patch.com/articles/cobb-dot-launches-road-closing-web-tool

Link to video on Cobb County Government Access Channel:

http://view.liveindexer.com/ViewIndexSessionSLMQ.aspx?indexPointSKU=ci%2bh9cLdhJYZMvFAF8ec0A%3d%3d

Link to site:

http://www.cobbgis.org:81/CobbCountyRoadClosuresPublic/Viewer.html

14) Ontario Service Provides Personalized Traffic Reports via Smart Phones

Link to article on ITBusiness.ca:

http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=60803

15) A Peek at the Inner Workings of Oregon DOT’s TripCheck

Link to article in the Statesman Journal:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20110110/NEWS/101100319/1001

Link to TripCheck: http://www.tripcheck.com/

VEHICLES

16) GM Concept Car that Will Network with Other Vehicles and Adjust Speed and Route Accordingly

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/ces-consumer-electronics-show-general-motors-env.html

17) Pandora’s Tim Westergren on Car Connectivity, Smart Phones and a Potential IPO

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/consumer-electronics-show-pandoras-tim-westergren-on-car-connectivity-smartphones.html

18) Denso’s Dashboard Concept Watches for Drowsy Drivers

Link to CNET review:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31229_7-20028003-257.html

19) Car Talk

The automobile of the future will communicate with traffic lights, stop signs and other cars.

Link to article in Hemispheres:

http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2011/01/01/car-talk/

News Releases

1) Toyota Launches New Collaborative Safety Research Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan

2) Ontario’s GO Transit Launches Text Message Updates to Keep Passengers in the Know on the GO

3) Edmonton Transit Launches Pilot to Deliver Bus Schedules via Texts

4) Hughes Telematics Partners with Location Labs to Bring Cross-Carrier Mobile Location to Connected Vehicles

5) Thinking Cars TV Documentary to air on ORF Austria (January 15) and VRT Belgium (January 16)

6) ATX Group and TeleCommunication Systems Partner to Provide Hyundai the Latest in Connected Navigation

7) ATX Group Teams with Aeris Communications to Deliver New Hyundai Blue Link Connected Vehicle Program

8) Connected Vehicle Provider ATX Group Uses Bing to Co-pilot Hyundai Owners

9) Hyundai’s Connected Vehicle Program Spotlights ATX Capabilities as a Leading Private-Label Telematics Provider to Automotive OEMS

10) Tennessee 511 Closes Out 2010 with Record Number of Calls

11) Tnooz Launches THack in London

**CORRECTION**

In last Wednesday’s edition the following headline which ran in the TCN; ‘Demand Blamed for Bad Road Info in Victoria Following Flooding,’ should have read ‘Demand Blamed for Bad Road Info in Queensland Following Flooding.’  My apologies for the error.

Upcoming Events

Driver-Facing Technologies to Improve Urban Mobility Symposium – February 4 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://transportation.mit.edu/live/news/1355-driverfacing-technologies-to-improve-urban

Today in Transportation History

1901 **110^th anniversary** The first major gusher of the Texas Oil Boom took place at Spindletop.

http://www.spindletop.org/timeline/index.html

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Friday, January 7, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

OTHER

1) Note in Fiery Maryland Package Complained of Road Signs

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-01-06-maryland-packages_N.htm

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

2) Bollywood Stars to Create Awareness About Car Safety in Mumbai

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Stars-to-create-awareness-about-car-safety-in-city/articleshow/7238617.cms

ROADWAYS

3) Swiss Road Signs to be Overhauled

Link to article on GenevaLunch:

http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/07/swiss-road-signs-to-be-overhauled/

4) High-Tech Highway Weigh Stations Coming to Oklahoma

Link to article in Heavy Duty Trucking:

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=72634

5) Virtual Survey Crew Ahead: Radiusmeter Takes Guesswork Out of Signs, Markings for Horizontal Curves

Link to article in Texas Transportation Researcher:

http://tti.tamu.edu/publications/researcher/newsletter.htm?vol=46&issue=3&article=8&year=2010

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) US Seeks International Cooperation on Transport Security

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/40951022

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Nevada Governor, Budget Officials Reject $15 Million Traffic Operations Center in Reno

Link to article in the Reno Gazette Journal:

http://www.rgj.com/article/20110107/NEWS10/101070391/1321/news

News Releases

1) New MyFord Mobile App Keeps Focus Electric Owners Engaged and In Control of Electric Car Experience

2) South Carolina DOT Puts Internet-Based Work Request System Online

Upcoming Events

Talking Freight Webinar: IntelliDrive Program Impacts on Highway Freight – January 19

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=22445

Friday Bonus

If things don’t go quite right today, think of the mess these guys from Target had to deal with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acWfossz1rc

Today in Transportation History

1931 **80^th anniversary** The first solo flight across the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand, was made by Guy Menzies.

http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=7637&m=advanced

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