Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – November 2, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Wi-Fi Creates Challenges as Well as Opportunities for Airlines

Link to article in Travel Weekly:

http://www.travelweekly.com/article3_ektid205642.aspx

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) GPS Satellite Beset by Permanent Signal Problem

Link to article on Spaceflight Now:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/02gps/

3) NASA Space Map Uses Quasars to Guide GPS Satnavs

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/6485790/Nasa-space-map-uses-quasars-to-guide-GPS-satnavs.html

OTHER

4) States Scramble to Track Federal Stimulus Bucks

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/344627/Follow_the_money_States_scramble_to_track_federal_stimulus_bucks

5) Maryland is Tops at Tracking Stimulus Spending

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/344670/Maryland_Leader_of_the_Pack

6) Track Those Stimulus Tax Dollars in an ‘Augmented Reality’

Link to story and audio report on NPR’s Morning Edition:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114359604

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Many in the US Want Texting at the Wheel to be Illegal

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/technology/02textingside.html

8) US Army Show More than One Way to Look Under a Car

Link to article on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-10388439-42.html

9) US Department of Homeland Security Expands IdeaFactory

Link to article in Government Executive:

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?filepath=/dailyfed/1109/110209ww.htm

TRANSIT

10) San Antonio Hopes Wi-Fi Lures Riders to Buses

Link to article in the San Antonio Express-News:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/VIA_testing_free_Internet_on_some_buses.html

11) Boston MBTA Unveils Ads Warning About Pervs

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091102mbta_unveils_ads_warning_about_pervs

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Kansas DOT Warning Systems Put to Use

Link to article in The Hays Daily News:

http://www.hdnews.net/printstory/wintry110209

13) Massachusetts Transportation Agency Merger Faces a Few Snarls

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/02/new_transit_merger_faces_a_few_snarls/

14) Massachusetts Offers One-Stop Shopping for Traffic Webcams

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/10/state_offers_on.html

Link to webcams: http://www.mass.gov/511/cameras

15) Spanish and Basque Departments of Transportation Agree to Share Traffic Information

Link to EITB article:

http://www.eitb.com/news/politic/detail/281353/bc-agrees-to-share-information-with-central-dept-of-traffic/

16) New Traveler Information Services Association Specifications

Link to article from ERTICO-ITS Europe:

http://www.ertico.com/en/news/ertico_newsroom/project_news_new_tisa_specifications.htm

News Releases

1) Garmin’s Touchscreen aera Series Takes Pilots from Runway to Roadway

2) TrafficLand Launches Live Traffic Video in Chicago and Boston; Announces New Jersey and Colorado Coming Soon

3) FCC to Hold Broadband Field Hearing on Improving Public Safety Communications and Emergency Response

4) Inrix Traffic Powers ALK’s CoPilot Live Smartphone Navigation in North America

Upcoming Events

Webinar: TIMTC (Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition) – November 16

http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webConfID=18682

Today in Transportation History

1959 **50^th anniversary** – The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the UK, opened.

http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1m10m45.htm

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