Friday, June 5, 2009 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Could Close 20 Weather Offices

Link to story in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/04/AR2009060404176.html

Link to news release from the National Weather Service Employees Organization:

http://sev.prnewswire.com/airlines-aviation/20090604/DC2781704062009-1.html

2) Crash Prompts Call for Black Box Reforms

Link to story and video on the CBS Evening News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/04/eveningnews/main5063424.shtml

3) Experts Mull Over Lessons from Brazil Plane Crash

Link to AP story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060502032.html

4) Runway Cameras Approved for Aspen, Colorado Airport

First airport to get FAA approval for cameras.

Link to story in the Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/134851

5) Harris to Buy Air Traffic Control Business

Link to Reuters story:

http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSTRE5537SX20090604

Link to news release from SolaCom Technologies:

http://www.solacom.com/news/20090604.shtml

6) Switching Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Signs is No Breeze, Officials Say

Link to story in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/47000462.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs

7) Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Seeks Funds to Tout Facility, Region

Link to story in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/airlines/stories/DN-dfwmarket_05bus.ART.State.Edition1.41c6780.html

BUSES

8) Peter Pan Bus Lines to Equip Fleet with Wi-Fi

Link to story in Metro Magazine:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2009/06/Peter-Pan-to-equip-fleet-with-WiFi.aspx

GPS / NAVIGATION

9) Error in GPS Map Data Prompts Garmin Product Safety Recall

Link to IDG News Service story:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/166173/error_in_gps_map_data_prompts_garmin_product_safety_recall.html

MARITIME

10) Using Location Technology to Respond to Piracy

Link to interview in Directions Magazine:

http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=3153

RAILROADS

11) Cuyahoga Valley Railroad to Implement GPS Commentary System on Excursion Trains

Link to story in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/news/article.asp?id=20576

ROADWAYS

12) Washington, DC Commuters Left in Lurch, Virginia Congressmen Say

Roadwork on parallel spans compounded by inadequate communications.

Link to column in The Washington Post:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2009/06/virginia_congressmen.html

TELEMATICS

13) Continental System Would Let Drivers Download Telematics Appplications

Link to story in The Oakland Press:

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/06/03/business/doc4a264b8ba5bf3837696980.txt

News Releases

1) Telematics Awards 2009 Winners and Runners-Up Announced

2) Hughes Telematics Delivers Keynote at Telematics Detroit 2009 

3) UK Highways Agency’s New Magazine Gives Advice on Staying Safe on the Road

Upcoming Events

IBTTA 77^th Annual Meeting & Exposition – September 13-16 – Chicago

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/eventdetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3859

Friday Bonus

This is not what McGruff means when he says ‘take a bite out of crime.’

http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/crime/Metro-bus-driver-takes-bite-out-of-McGruff-the-Crime-Dog-40558982.html

Today in Transportation History

1829 **180^th anniversary** – The slave ship, Voladora, was captured by the HMS Pickle off the coast of Cuba.

http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage/abolition/captions/abo001-02.html

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