Transportation

Self-repairing aircraft may revolutionize aviation safety
A new technique which mimics healing processes found in nature could enable damaged aircraft to mend themselves automatically — even during a flight
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New process will make titanium less expensive
New non-melt approach to producing titanium offers many advantages over traditional melt processing; the result will be a dramatically reduced price for titanium, allowing a wide-spread use of the material in armoring vehicles against IEDs and armor-piercing rounds
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New Aussie border controls to keep bad guys out
New system deployed at Australia’s points of entry Australia collates information from sic different intelligent systems onto one screen
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Developing biofuel for commercial aircraft
The airline industry seeks to develop non-food biofuel which will offer aircraft cheaper fuel without affecting global food supplies
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Texas group sues to stop border fence
Environmentalists and immigration rights advocates have been in the forefront of the fight against the U.S.-Mexico border fence project; now, a coalition of business owners and small towns along the border has joined the battle
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A push for ID cards to be used in Australia’s domestic travel
Nine people inadvertently bypassed X-ray checks in the Qantas terminal at Brisbane’s domestic airport, causing its evacuation and flight delays; some argue that Aussie airports should adopt a passenger ID system similar to the U.S. Registered Traveler scheme
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DHS awards $844 million to secure U.S. critical infrastructure
DHS awards millions to bolster security fo rail, truck, and bus transportation; department says awards are strictly risk-based
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Experts to address IED threat
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have proven deadly against ground transportation in Iraq and other theaters; experts believe the day is not far when terrorists would use them against rail and ground transportation in Europe and the United States
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Conservation group sue border fence project over threatened jaguars
Jaguars have been on the federal endangered species list since 1997; conservation group sues the Bush administration over the U.S.-Mexico fence project, saying project will jeopardize endangered animal
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Federal agents do security check at Providence train station
TSA conducts random spot security operations in train stations around the country
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San Francisco aggressively to promote use of electric vehicles
The City on the Bay to help build charging infrastructure throughout the city and the suburbs to make use of electrical vehicles viable
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CBP accepting applications for Global Entry Pilot Program
DHS launches Global Entry Pilot Program, building on CBP trusted traveler programs such as NEXUS and SENTRI, both designed to expedite the entry process from low-risk international travelers into the United States
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Australia to invest in land transportation
The government of Kevin Rudd says that lack of investment in transportation over the past decade has pushed up the costs of doing business and contributed to inflation and interest rates pressures in the economy; the 2008-9 budget creates a new Building Australia Fund with a $20 billion budget to improve Australia’s infrastructure
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Italian minister wants to bring back border checks
The new conservative governing coalition in Italy wants to re-impose border checks in order to stem illegal immigration into the country; measure would violate the strictures of passport-free Schengen zone agreement
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China bolsters public transportation security efforts
In the run up to the Summer Olympic Games, China bolsters public transportation safety; beginning in June, explosives and flammable materials will not be allowed on public transportation; passengers will be subjected to metal detection searches
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