Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Beyond the Blips: Air Traffic Control’s Post-Radar Age
Link to article in Time:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2068561,00.html
2) The Real Cost of Airline Travel Remains a Mystery, for Now
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/business/10road.html
3) How Airlines Use Twitter – April 2011
Link to article on Tnooz:
http://www.tnooz.com/2011/05/09/news/how-airlines-use-twitter-april-2011-infographic
4) FAA Provides Report on 2010 Banner Flights During Masters Golf Tournament
Link to article in The Augusta Chronicle:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-05-09/faa-releases-tiger-banner-report
5) Articles from Airport Improvement – May/June 2011
– San Diego International Uses Mobile System to Test Runway Lighting
http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00269
– Online Parking Reservations at Edmonton International Benefit Passengers and Airport
http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00270
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Pioneer Shows Augmented Reality-Powered Car Navigation System
Link to blog on CrunchGear:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/05/09/pioneer-shows-aumented-reality-powered-car-navigation-system/
Link to news release from Pioneer:
http://pioneer.jp/press/2011/0509-1.html (in Japanese)
7) South Carolina Department of Education Installing GPS on School Buses
Link to story and video on WLTX-TV:
http://www.wltx.com/news/article/136020/2/GPS-Systems-Coming-to-a-School-Bus-Near-You
OTHER
8) Confederate Group Fights for State Specialty Plates
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-09-confederate-license-plates-civil-war_n.htm
PARKING
9) Carlisle, UK’s Electronic Car Park Signs System Set to be Scrapped
Link to article in the News & Star:
ROADWAYS
10) Australian Budget 2011: $61 Million for Smart Roads
Link to article on ZDNet Australia:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/budget-2011-61m-for-smart-roads-339314767.htm
11) Ad Campaign Trying to Lure More Traffic to Maryland’s InterCounty Connector
Link to article in The Examiner:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) National Emergency Alert System Set to Launch in New York City
Link to stories on WINS and WCBS-AM Radio:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/05/10/national-emergency-alert-system-set-to-launch-in-nyc/
Link to news release from the FCC:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306417A1.pdf
Link to fact sheet from the FCC:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-306417A2.pdf
13) Miami-Dade Expressway Authority’s Ambitious No-Texting Campaign
Link to blog in the Sun Sentinel:
Link to news release from the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority:
TRANSIT
14) Beverly Hills School District Asks Court to Order Los Angeles MTA to Release Documents on Subway Extension
Link to article in the Beverly Hills Courier:
VEHICLES
15) Q&A with Delphi: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Link to interview on just-auto:
http://www.just-auto.com/interview/advanced-driver-assistance-systems_id110907.aspx?lk=dm
News Releases
2) See What More Efficient Air Travel Looks Like
3) FMCSA Enhances Public Access to Motor Carrier Legal Orders and Decisions Through New, Easily Searchable Webpage
4) Driver Safety Technology a Key Factor in Helping Prevent Road Traffic Accidents
5) Intelligent Transportation System Coming to Northwest Pennsylvania Interstate
Solicitation
– Request for Proposals – Provision of Unaggregated Point-Speed Data – California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT)
http://www.calccit.org/?page=news&id=5
Upcoming Events
29th Annual Texas Aviation Conference – May 25-27 – Austin, Texas
http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tac11/
Today in Transportation History
1801 **210th anniversary** The pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States to begin the first Barbary War.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/mtjprece.html
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