Bernie’s Transportation Communications Newsletter (TCN) – November 2, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057
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:
OTHER
4) States Scramble to Track Federal Stimulus Bucks
Link to article in Computerworld:
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:
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:
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
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 **50th 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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