Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
July 24, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Family Booted Off Southwest Airlines
After Dad Tweeted About 'Rude' Gate Agent
Link
to story on ABC's Good Morning America:
2)
Articles from Future Travel Experience
-
Turkish Airlines Uses iBeacons to
offer Free Access to Digital Sky Library
-
Copenhagen Airport Asks Travelers
to Help Define the Airport of the Future
-
Qantas Launches Interactive
Digital Experience in Australian Airport Lounges
-
Improving Airport Security and
Immigration Pain Points with a Risk-Based Approach, Automation and More Choice
CARTOGRAPHY
3)
Q&A: Nokia Here Targets iOS and
Android, Expanding Its Role as the 'Location Cloud'
Link
to article on GeekWire:
4)
Paper Maps Have Kept Their Usefulness,
Fans Say
Link
to article in the Hartford Courant:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
GM CEO to Keynote Detroit Forum on
'Smart' Cars
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
OTHER
6)
New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Florida
Pizza Restaurants Spar Over Logo
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
7)
Congressman Bill Shuster: Technology
Plays Key Role in Transportation
Link
to commentary in The Washington Times:
PARKING
8)
New Site, App Posts Parking Garage Rates
in Portland, Oregon
Link
to story on KOIN-TV:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
Michigan Transportation Officials Delay
I-94 Modernization Project to Seek Extensive Public Input
Link
to article on MLive:
10)
Los Angeles Gets Snarky About Obama
Traffic Delays: #ThanksObama
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
11)
US Transportation Secretary Joins Push
to Prevent 'Hot Car' Deaths
Link
to article in The Hill:
ROADWAYS
12)
Better Traffic-Light Timing Will Get You
There Faster
Link
to article in Smithsonian:
SAFETY / SECURITY
13)
US Terror Watchlist Can Include Dead,
Acquitted Suspects
Link
to article in The Hill:
14)
To Snag Hit-and-Run Drivers, California
Officials Want to Tap Technology
Link
to McClatchy News Service article:
15)
Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not
Reducing Crashes, Hard to Enforce
Link
to article on IowaWatch.org:
16)
California Highway Patrol Removes
Motorcycle Lane-Splitting Safety Guidelines
Link
to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
17)
Safety Changes Made in Newfoundland
Following Highway Worker's Death
Link
to article in The Gulf News:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
18)
Flywheel App Launches Advance Taxi
Booking to San Francisco Airport
Link
to article in The Examiner:
TRANSIT
19)
Hampton Roads Transit Agencies Turning
to Apps that Provide Real-Time Bus Schedule Information
Link
to article in the Daily Press:
20) New York City Subway
Riders Group Proposes New Signage for Service Changes
Link to article in amNew York:
21) Idea for Smarter Transit Fares Wins George
Mason Competition
Link
to article Mobility Lab:
22)
Voiceover Veteran to be Voice of
Tucson's Sun Link Streetcar
Link
to article in the Arizona Daily Star:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
23)
Does Toronto's New Transportation
Operations Center Have Power to Fix Gridlock?
Link
to article in the National Post:
24)
How Accurate Are Portland, Oregon's New
'Travel Time' Highway Signs?
Link
to column in The Oregonian:
VEHICLES
25)
Industry Wants Green Light for Smart
Cars
Link
to article in The Hill:
26)
GM Rolling Out 2015 Vehicles with
Wireless Hotspots
Link
to article in the Detroit Free Press:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
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Today in Transportation
History
1904
**110th anniversary** James Rhyne Killian, Jr., who played a key
role in the establishment of NASA and was the 10th president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina.
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