letter ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁discussion ▁group ▁on ▁Make List . com ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁and ▁evol ved ▁into ▁its ▁current ▁news letter ▁format ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁years . ▁ ▁The ▁news letter ▁features ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁news ▁items ▁and ▁information ▁related ▁to ▁all ▁aspects ▁of ▁communic ations ▁in ▁the ▁transport ation ▁field . ▁ ▁Fre quent ▁topics ▁include ▁intellig ent ▁transport ation ▁systems , ▁te lem at ics ▁and ▁travel er ▁information ▁systems . ▁The ▁news letter ▁uses ▁a ▁head line ▁and ▁link ▁format ▁which ▁allows ▁readers ▁to ▁sk im ▁the ▁stories ▁and ▁click ▁on ▁only ▁those ▁which ▁are ▁of ▁interest . ▁ ▁The ▁news letter ' s ▁founder ▁and ▁editor ▁is ▁Bern ie ▁W agen blast ▁who ▁has ▁worked ▁in ▁various ▁aspects ▁of ▁transport ation ▁communic ations ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁ ▁This ▁includes ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁radio ▁traffic ▁rep orter ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁manager ▁of ▁a ▁public ▁sector ▁transport ation ▁operations ▁center ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁voice over ▁artist ▁for ▁various ▁transport ation ▁projects ▁including ▁Air Tra in ▁New ark , ▁Air Tra in ▁J F K ▁and ▁the ▁Trib or ough ▁Bridge ▁and ▁T unnel ▁Author ity ' s ▁E - Z Pass ▁service ▁center . ▁ ▁The ▁news letter ▁ranks ▁as ▁the ▁top ▁Y ahoo ▁Group ▁in ▁the ▁transport ation ▁category , ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁subscri bers . ▁ ▁Total ▁subscri bers ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁were ▁over ▁ 7 ,