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Transportation Communications Newsletter
 
Thursday, July 29, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057

 
AVIATION
 
1) Radar System Crashes at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport
Link to Oneindia News article:
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/29/radar-system-crashes-in-delhi-igi-airport.html
 
2) To Tackle Congestion, Indian Government Wants High-Tech System Sooner
Link to article in The Times of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/To-tackle-congestion-govt-wants-hi-tech-system-sooner/articleshow/6230668.cms
 
3) Watchdog: FAA Lacks Metrics for Rollout of Air Traffic Upgrade
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100729_3348.php
 
4) Top Airports on Twitter: List Grows to 143 Airports
Link to blog in Forbes:
http://blogs.forbes.com/wheelsup/2010/07/21/top-airports-on-twitter-list-grows-to-143-airports/
 
5) West Virginia's Yeager Airport Gains Attention for Its Social Media Efforts
Link to article in the Charleston Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.com/Business/201007280787
 
CAMERAS
 
6) Motorists May be Winning Against Big Brother’s Speed Cameras
Link to Fox News story:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/29/motorists-winning-fight-big-brothers-speed-cameras/
 
CARTOGRAPHY
 
7) Microsoft's 'Street Slide' Takes Aim at StreetView
Link to CNET News blog:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20011994-248.html
 
OTHER
 
IBM Invests in Infrastructure Sensing and Analysis Tech
Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-07-29/ibm-invests-in-infrastructure-sensing-and-analysis-tech.html
 
PARKING
 
9) Smart Parking Meters Spark Debate
Link to audio report on KQED Radio's The California Report:
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201007280850/a
 
SAFETY / SECURITY
 
10) Radio Over IP Gives Washington State Responders a Common Platform
Link to article in Government Computer News:
http://gcn.com/articles/2010/08/02/washington-state-radio-over-ip.aspx
 
11) Smartphones Bring Safety Systems to Cars
Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:
http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/auto/?cat=25
 
TOURISM
 
12) Navigating Europe in the Digital Age
GPS, ebooks and other technologies changing the way we travel.
Link to Tribune News Services article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38436089/ns/travel-destination_travel/
 
TRANSIT
 
13) Myki is Watching You: Smartcard Operator Gives Police Access to Customer Info
Link to article and video in The Age:
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/myki-is-watching-you-smartcard-operator-gives-police-access-to-customer-info-20100729-10x7l.html
 
14) New York MTA Axes Station Agents; Promises New Intercoms
Link to article in amNew York:
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/mta-axes-station-agents-promises-new-intercoms-1.2148780
 
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
 
15) New Road Technology Hopes to Ease Minnesota Congestion
Link to story on WCCO-TV:
http://wcco.com/local/smart.lanes.minnesota.2.1832560.html
 
16) Broadcaster Traffic Consortium Senses Renewed Interest in Radio
Link to article in Radio World:
http://www.radioworld.com/article/104172
 
 
News Releases
1) Operation Lifesaver Films New Safety PSA with New Orleans Saints Kicker
2) Minnesota’s Smart Lanes Go Live
3) 2010 National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference Coming Soon in Huntington, West Virginia
4) AASHTO Honors State DOT Photographers for Their ‘Faces of Transportation’
5) Strategy Analytics: Connected Cars Emerge as Business Models Diverge
6) SuperGeo Develops Taipei Bus Information and Transit System by SuperWebGIS
 
 
Upcoming Events
2nd Middle East Parking Symposium – October 10-12 – Abu Dhabi
http://www.parking-me.com/
 
 
Today in Transportation History    
1910 **100th anniversary** Jan Hilgers became the first Dutch pilot to fly over Holland.
http://earlyaviators.com/ehilgers.htm
 
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