AVIATION

1) Airspace Above Hudson a Highway with Few Signs

Link to story in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/nyregion/10collide.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

2) Germany Tightens Air Traffic Safety

Link to story from Spiegel:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2009/gb20090810_059727.htm

3) US Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy Gets Modern Upgrades with…GPS!

Link to story in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/usafs-c-5-galaxy-gets-modern-upgrades-withgps/

CAMERAS

4) Misfiring Traffic Camera a Nuisance for Seattle Homeowner

Link to story and video on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/52742827.html

5) Red Light Camera Company Open to Two-Tiered Ticketing

Link to story in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-red-light-right-turns-10-aug10,0,2499774.story

6) LaGuardia Airport Cameras Missed ‘Bomb’

Link to story in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102009/news/regionalnews/cams_missed_bomb_183815.htm

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Ohio Turnpike Decides to Roll Out E-ZPass, New Rates, October 1

Link to story in The Blade:

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090808/NEWS16/908080372/0/ART12

RAILROADS

8) Internet Spells End of Eurostar Tickets by Post

Link to story in Transport Briefing:

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6126

9) Runnin’ the Rails

Railroad drawbridge operator keeps eye on rail and river traffic.

Link to story in The Clinton Herald:

http://www.clintonherald.com/local/local_story_213003014.html

ROADWAYS

10) Signs Memorializing Freeway Accident Victims Opposed

Link to story in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-signs10-2009aug10,0,2194763.story

11) Lighted Sign May Keep Drivers from Turning a Blind Eye

Link to story in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/52843022.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUBP7hUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

TRANSIT

12) Web Site Aims to Go Far in Transit-Map Market

Link to story in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090808_Web_site_aims_to_go_far_in_transit-map_market.html

13) Boston Got Their Wheels Turning

Creators’ trips on T behind birth of Google Transit.

Link to story in The Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/10/boston_joins_google_transit/?page=1

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Oklahoma DOT Using Smart Signs to Help Tulsa Traffic

Link to story and video on KOTV-TV:

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=10867614

15) Illinois Launches Construction Zone Web Site

Link to AP story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-transportation-il,0,7835848.story

16) Winchester Traffic Alerts Develop Tube Technology

Link to story in Transport Briefing:

http://www.transportbriefing.co.uk/news/story?id=6124

17) Smart Solutions for Smarter Cities

Technology from IBM is used to manage congestion.

Link to story in the New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10589870

VEHICLES

18) With eBay Partnership, GM Lurches Into the Internet Age

Link to story in The Christian Science Monitor:

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/10/with-ebay-partnership-gm-lurches-into-the-internet-age/

19) Ford Succeeds with BYO Philosophy for High-Tech Devices

Link to story on BNET Auto:

http://industry.bnet.com/auto/10002142/ford-succeeds-with-byo-philosophy-for-high-tech-devices/

20) Ford, Mobileye Push New Car Safety Tech

Link to story in TWICE:

http://www.twice.com/article/327042-Ford_Mobileye_Push_New_Car_Safety_Tech.php

News Releases

1) SEPTA to Introduce Passenger Etiquette Program

2) China TransInfo Announces the Launch of the First Real-Time Traffic Web Site and Mobile Phone Software in China

Upcoming Events

2009 National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference – November 15-18 – New Orleans

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/rail09/

Today in Transportation History

1519 **490^th anniversary** – Ferdinand Magellan and five ships left Seville, Spain to prepare for his circumnavigation of the globe.

http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/WestEurope/Magellan.html

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