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» Operation Lifesaver Inc.  - A nationwide, non-profit public information program dedicated to reducing collisions, injuries and fatalities at highway-rail crossings and on railroad rights-of-way.
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» Center for Neighborhood Technology - "Founded in 1978, CNT develops creative strategies for making cities and their surrounding areas work for everyone, environmentally and economically". Transport and sustainable development.
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» Centre for Independent Transport (CILT) - A research and resource unit concerned with socially and environmentally sustainable urban transport. Includes their work, publications, a magazine, links and contact information.
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» Innovative Finance Clearinghouse - Clearinghouse provides finance information about surface-transportation techniques, programs and practices, and events and trends in the industry.
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» National Lift Share Day - Raising awareness of car sharing as a viable form of transport. Includes maps and information on car sharing, traffic and public transportation.
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» TransAct - Collection of information and resources about making communities more livable and helping the environment through innovative transportation projects and initiatives.
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» TransOptions - A non-profit transportation group servicing Northern New Jersey. Includes commuter options, information, partner companies and special projects.
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» Transportation Research Board - Promotes innovation and progress in transportation through research. The Board fulfills this mission through the work of some 200 standing technical committees and task forces that address all modes and aspects of transportation.
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» TRIS Online - Transportation Research Information Services Online, a database produced and maintained by the USDOT Bureau of Transportation and the Transportation Research Board at the National Academy of Sciences.
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» Urban Mobility Study - An annual statistical report on the extent and performance of the roadway systems in 68 U.S. cities, with data from several decades.
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» WALK Austin - Organizes citizen support for increased use and safety of pedestrian facilities.
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» Wendell Cox Consultancy and The Public Purpose - Works to facilitate the ideal of government as the servant of the people by identifying and implementing strategies to achieve public purposes at a cost that is no higher than necessary. Emphasis is on transportation issues.
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- Bicycles and airplanes
This past week, I had an "interesting" experience with Continental
airlines at EWR.
I was flying Air Canada (who provide no packaging for bikes) and had
called a few airlines. Both United and Copntinental cliamed they could
sell me a bike box despite not travelling with them. (telephone
reservations).
- B787 to be shown at Farnborough
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[link]
ZA003 is to make the trip to Farnborough for 2 days.
Interesting enough, this is one of the test flights scheduled before
entering service for ANA. This should be a B787-8, correct?
- Re: Google buys ITAsoftware
Possibly, but it's hard to see why they would want to. Orbitz was
ITA's launch customer and still pays them a lot of money.
Also, the online agencies have abandoned most booking fees, so the
price is the same as the airline itself, and in some cases the
agencies provide useful added value like SMS alerts when the flight
- Re: Google buys ITAsoftware
The on-line travel agencies have not quite put the brick and mortar
travel agencies to death.
Could Google nearly put the online travel agencies (Expedia,
Travelocity, Orbitz etc) to death by giving people a comprehensive
search engine for flights/fares and point the people directly to the
airline web site for bookings ?
- Re: Google buys ITAsoftware
Nice; Google's a lot better at software, and a lot more likely to remain
an "unbiased agent", than existing flight search sites (which almost
universally suck big time).
-Miles
- Google buys ITAsoftware
[link]
700 million bucks ! Not finalised yet, but Google generally gets what
it wants.
I wonder if this will be a game changer for on-lie reservations. Googke
usualy doesn't buy something unless it has some grandiose plans t do
something "big" with the inbestmet.
If you do a search for flights on Google/ITA, will Google then charge
- Re: Assembly Problems Halt 787 Flight Tests
This is what Boeing's response was on June 24th:
EVERETT, Wash., June 24, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE:BA] recently identified a
workmanship issue with the 787’s horizontal stabilizers. Some airplanes
have issues with improperly installed shims and the torque of associated
fasteners. This finding requires inspection of all airplanes and rework
- Assembly Problems Halt 787 Flight Tests
Boeing has stopped flight testing on the 787's due to finding improperly
installed parts in the tail. "This is not a design issue or a flight test
finding. It is a workmanship issue," says Scott Fancher of Boeing at a
Friday news conference. It is also not expected to cause any new delays in
the program because "wiggle room" was built into the last delays.
- Re: Berlin Airshow orders
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So far from what I see, no. According to Flightglobal, Boeing
has amassed a whole 4 firm orders: a VIP B747-8i, a BBJ, and 2 B767s.
Nothing else reported.. yet.
BL.
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Brad Littlejohn | Email: tyke...@sbcglobal.net
Unix Systems Administrator, | tyke...@ozemail.com.au
- Re: Berlin Airshow orders
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:06:58 -0400, JF Mezei
Whether it is really 400 or not depends upon both the revenue and the
costs of producing the A380. I am not sure even EADS really knows what
it costs to build an A380.
What we do know is that EK isn't paying anywhere near the list price
for A380's. There are periodic notices in the Wall Street Journal for
- Some A380 update information
From an Airbus presentation done at the Singapore 2010 airshow
In service since 2.5 years since entry in service.
Singapore Airline has 10 aircraft. Largest 380 fleet, and they now have
more 380s than they have 747-400s.
25 380s in service at that time.
Airlines have said that entry into service has been very smooth for all
- Re: Berlin Airshow orders
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There is no -ER variant. This is just the normal A321, with the
sharklets made by Aviation Partners Boeing. FIN is the 'launch
customer' for this retrofit, like ANZ is the 'launch customer' for the
A320 with this option. This order did come at a price: FIN dropped
- Re: Berlin Airshow orders
BTW, As of December 2009:
A380 ORDERS
Air France 12
Air Austral 2
British Airways 12
China Southern 5
Emirates 58
Etihad 10
ILFC 10
Kingdom Holding Company 1
Kingfisher Airlines 5
Korean Airlines 10
Lufthansa 15
Malaysia Airlines 6
Qantas Airways 20
Qatar Airways 5
Singapore Airlines 19
Thai Airways 6
- Berlin Airshow orders
Stumbled onto this:
Emirates has placed an order for 32 (yes, thirty two) A380s. This
should keep the A380 production line going for another 4 years.
Finnair plavred order for 5 A321ER aircrafts. (since when did the 321
have an ER variant ?). This is to replace some 757s. This variant will
have "shaklet" wingtips that cust fuel consumption by 4% (or so claims
- Re: First 787 announcement: Continental plans Houston-Auckland nonstop.
[link] (the great circle map site from karl swartz) has
a "special" about this flight. It appears that ETPOS 180 would require a
substantial detour. With 240minutes ETPOS, it would then make a nearly
direct flight to AKL with only 17nm deviation.
How quickly the 787 will be able to get 240-ETOPS certification is the