Transportation Communications Newsletter Friday, March 5, 2010 – ISSN 1529-1057 AVIATION 1) Controller Complacency Could Jeopardize Air Safety Link to AP article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ip5lwH3tRk5ubCGN0_trEt9VTsvgD9E85VIO3 2) Free Airport Wi-Fi on the Rise, but It Still Isn’t Common Link to article in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=81918.blog 3) Keys to Successful Use of a Geographic Information System for an Airport Link to article in Airport Magazine: 4) Fly Girls: TV Series Follows Flight Attendants at Home and in the Air Link to article in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-04-fly-girls-virgin-america-cw_N.htm CARTOGRAPHY 5) Do You Draw Good Maps? A professor has been examining hand-drawn maps for three decades. Send him yours. Link to article in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2246106/ 6) Does Google Street View See a Future in Europe? Link to CNET News article: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10464351-93.html OTHER 7) Smartphones Have Changed the Way We Travel Link to article in USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-05-airphones05_CV_N.htm Link to article in Federal Computer Week: http://fcw.com/articles/2010/03/08/feature-geospatial-and-sensor-integration.aspx PEDESTRIANS 9) Legible London Can better signs help pedestrians understand London? Link to article in Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2246105/ RAILROADS 10) Conference Identifies High-Speed Rail’s Success Factors Communicating its benefits seen as key. Link to article in The Ledger: http://www.theledger.com/article/20100304/NEWS/3045084/0/REPORTER ROADWAYS 11) Using GPS to Tag Potholes Link to story and audio report on NPR’s All Things Considered: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124371598 (audio available after 7 pm New York time) SAFETY / SECURITY 12) Kyleigh’s Law Requiring Decals for New Jersey’s Teen Drivers is Upheld by Judge Link to article in The Star-Ledger: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/kyleighs_law_requiring_decals.html TELEMATICS 13) How Do You Figure Out if One Vehicle is Greener Than Another? Telematics Link to blog on ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/green/?p=10494 TRANSIT 14) Toronto Transit Commission Learning from Philly’s Transit Revival Improvements in areas such as communications and courtesy have helped SEPTA. Link to article in the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc/article/775339–ttc-learning-from-philly-s-transit-revival 15) Finding a Way Around the New York City Subways or Not Link to blog on 2nd Ave. Sagas: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2010/03/05/finding-a-way-around-the-subways-or-not/ 16) The Art of ‘Seduction’ in Public Transportation Link to blog on A Smarter Planet: VEHICLES 17) BMW and RadioTime Unveil First In-Car Web Radio, for the Mini Link to article in Wired: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/03/bmw-and-radiotime-unveil-first-in-car-web-radio-for-the-mini/ News Releases 1) X Prize Foundation to Partner with Morey to Get Real-Time Car Data on the Web **CORRECTION** In yesterday’s edition, story #4 should have read: ERTICO’s iMobility Newsletter Online Link to newsletter: http://tools.emailgarage.com/Pub/1n5_DgAAAAA~/ViewEmail.ashx Upcoming Events 2010 Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference – April 25-29 – Phoenix, Arizona Friday Bonus Here’s an on-the-job danger they don’t teach you about at the police academy. Today in Transportation History 1850 **160th anniversary** The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits opened. http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000009 ====================================================================== The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit: http://groups.google.com/group/tcnl/subscribe If you have any difficulties please contact me at i95berniew@aol.com. TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications Questions, comments about the TCN? Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at i95berniew@aol.com. © 2010 Bernie Wagenblast www.bwcommunications.net
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