Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – July 25, 2011

July 25, 2011 at 7:53 pm

Monday, July 25, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Palm Beach International Airport Noise Monitors Called Costly, Useless

Link to article in The Palm Beach Post:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/pbia-airport-director-seeks-to-end-noise-monitoring-1640863.html

2) Inside Air-Traffic Control at Experimental Aircraft Association Event

Link to story and video on WLUK-TV:

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/inside-air-traffic-control-at-EAA

3) San Francisco International Airport Spokesman Ron Wilson Dies

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/24/BAMA1KEI43.DTL

CAMERAS

4) Red-Light Cameras Aren’t the Bonanza Florida Cities Expected

Link to article in The Miami Herald:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/23/2328390/red-light-cameras-arent-the-bonanza.html

5) Cops Versus Cameras

Link to commentary on Darien Patch:

http://darien.patch.com/articles/cops-versus-cameras

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Google Street View Cars Grabbed Locations of Phones, PCs

Link to article on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20082777-281/street-view-cars-grabbed-locations-of-phones-pcs

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Cost of E-ZPass Device to Drop by Half

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-07-22/news/bs-md-ezpass-contract-20110722_1_e-zpass-users-e-zpass-consortium-e-zpass-interagency-group

Link to article on TOLLROADSnews:

http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/5394

MARITIME

8) Safer Voyage for Ships with Singapore’s New Control Center

Link to article in The Straits Times:

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_694560.html

OTHER

9) Inrix Aims to Drive Its Traffic Data Into a Billion-Dollar Business

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2015702595_inrix25.html

Link to news release from Inrix:

http://inrix.com/pressrelease.asp?ID=133

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) China’s Efforts to Muzzle News of Train Crash Sparks Outcry

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/25/us-china-train-censorship-idUSTRE76O1IG20110725

Link to news release from the Ministry of Railways:

http://www.china-mor.gov.cn/xwzx/jrtt/201107/t20110725_24977.html (in Chinese)

Link to further information on China Digital Times:

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/07/directives-from-the-ministry-of-truth-wenzhou-high-speed-train-crash/

11) Complaints in Malta About Lack of Information on Planned Street Work

Link to article in The Malta Independent on Sunday:

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=129336

ROADWAYS

12) Can I-66 Get Smart? That Depends on Drivers as Virginia Aims to Boost Traffic Technology

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/can-i-66-get-smart-that-depends-on-drivers-as-virginia-aims-to-boost-traffic-technology/2011/07/21/gIQAM7EfVI_story.html

13) New Technology Could Save Lives, Money at Rural Intersections

Link to story and video on KSTP-TV:

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2193902.shtml?cat=127

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) Circuits, Radar Aim to Separate Norfolk Light Rail and Autos

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2011/07/circuits-radars-aim-separate-norfolk-light-rail-and-autos

15) Cellphone Use Crashes Up in South Africa

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.co.za/cellphone-use-crashes-up-1.1105308

16) Plan to Install 300 CCTV Cameras in Ahmedabad

Bus stops, railway stations, airports among locations where cameras will be located.

Link to Press Trust of India article:

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/plan-to-install-300-cctv-cameras-in-ahmedabad-121847

17) Transportation Worker Identification Credentials Have Supporters, Detractors

Link to article in Houma Today:

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20110724/ARTICLES/110729722/-1/opinion?Title=-TWIC-cards-have-supporters-detractors

18) Carmakers’ Drive to Keep Eyes on the Road

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/01424cfa-acaa-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html

TRANSIT

19) Pittsburgh-Area Transit Agency Starting ‘Smartcard’ Fare System

Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11206/1162761-147.stm

20) Commuters Asking for Answers After Heat-Related Havoc on Metro-North

Some complain about poor communications.

Link to article in The News-Times:

http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Commuters-asking-for-answers-after-heat-related-1583697.php

 21) Brampton, Ontario Prepares to Züm Zoom

Bus rapid transit service uses signal prioritization and provides real-time information at stops and online.

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/transportation/article/1014817–brampton-prepares-to-zum-zoom

22) Buses on Indore, India Bus Rapid Transit Route to Offer Dream Journey

Link to article on dailybhaskar.com:

http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-IND-buses-on-indore-brts-route-to-offer-dream-journey-2289785.html

23) University of Massachusetts, Connecticut Bus Company Offer ‘First-Ever’ Transit Certificate Program

Link to AP article:

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20110724umass_hartford_bus_company_offer_transit_training/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

24) Florida 511 System Calls Decline, Website Visits Rise

Link to article and video in the Sun-Sentinel:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-511-traffic-hotline-20110722,0,2206360.story

25) Indonesia to Implement Smart Transportation System

Link to article in the Jakarta Globe:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/indonesia-to-implement-smart-transportation-system/455082

26) Florida Spends $5.6 Million on Signs, Warning of Problems on Two Bridges

Link to story on WINK-TV:

http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-07-25/State-Spends-56-Million-on-Signs-warning-of-Problems-on-Two-Bridges

27) Inrix Driving Next-Gen Traffic, Cloud Delivery Platforms

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2011/07/25/INRIX-steering-traffic-services-into-the-cloud.aspx

28) Reduced Congestion, Safer Pedestrians in New York City Thanks to FHWA and ‘Midtown in Motion’

Link to blog from US DOT:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2011/07/reduced-congestion-and-safer-pedestrians-in-new-york-city-thanks-to-midtown-in-motion.html

VEHICLES

29) Nevada DOT Begins Field Test of Car-Tracking Technology for Potential New Tax

Link to Nevada News Bureau article:

http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/2011/07/22/ndot-begins-field-test-of-car-tracking-technology-for-potential-new-tax/

30) Complexity Stalls Ford’s High-Tech Drive

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fbfa0dba-aca8-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1T7Wxsu00

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News Releases

1) Navteq Traffic Launches RDS Real-Time Traffic Services Across Russia via Autoradio

2) China Domestic Automotive OEMs Target Telematics Market

3) US DOT Secretary LaHood Meets with American Society of Travel Agents Corporate Advisory Council

4) Discrete Wireless Becomes NexTraq

5) Harman Wins Ferrari 2011 Innovation Award

6) Three Embry-Riddle Student Teams Sweep FAA Runway Safety Design Challenge

7) BP Launches Commute Better Campaign in Columbus, Ohio

8) Iteris Advances Its Traffic Management Strategy with Vehicle Sensors Divestiture

9) Summer 2011 Issue of the South Bay Expressway’s The Sun

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Today in Transportation History  

 

1956 **55th anniversary** The SS Andrea Doria collided with the MS Stockholm off Nantucket Island.

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