Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 24, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Flight Ban on Electronic Devices Eased
in India
Link
to Press Trust of India article:
2)
How Airlines and Airports Will Use Tech
to Boost Retail
Link
to article on Skift:
3)
Articles from Future Travel Experience
-
How Airports and Airlines Are
Innovating to Help Passengers Relax and Stay Productive
-
Iberia and airberlin Develop
Smartwatch Boarding Passes
-
easyJet Using Mobile Push
Notifications to Keep Passenger Informed
4)
Note to Airlines: Start Talking to Your
Customers
Link
to blog in Forbes:
5)
Interim Report of a Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation System
Enterprise Architecture, Software, Safety and Human Factors
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6)
Thousand Islands Bridge Authority Gets
Data About Toll Booth Upgrades, E-ZPass Inclusion
Link
to article in the Watertown Daily Times:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
7)
High-Tech Road Safety Network Moving
Ahead in Florida
Link
to article in the Pensacola News Journal:
MARITIME
8)
Global Shipping Exposed to Cyber Threats
Link
to article on MarineLink:
9)
An Electronic Captain at the Helm
Link
to article on Txchnologist:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
Oregon DOT Backs Down from Plan to Limit
Disclosure of Oil Train Shipments
Link
to article in The Oregonian:
Link
to editorial
11)
Ottawa Politicians Complain About Lack
of Light-Rail Construction Details
Link
to article in Metro:
RAILROADS
12)
Acoustic Sensing: The Future for Rail
Monitoring?
Link
to article in The Rail Engineer:
SAFETY / SECURITY
13)
Highway Conference to Promote Safety on
Roadways
Link
to article in The Tennessean:
TELEMATICS
14)
Telematics and the Future of European
Electronic Toll Services
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
15)
Boston T Debuts Revamped Map, Real-Time
Tracking Info
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
Link
to news release
16)
Milwaukee County Transit Tests Real-Time
Bus Route Technology
Link
to article in the Journal Sentinel:
Link
to MCTS Real-Time
17)
New GPS System Will Allow Riders to
Track Buses in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Link
to article in Steamboat Today:
18)
OC Transit Slogan Doesn't Sit Well with
Some Riders
Link
to article in the Ottawa Sun:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
Real-Time Info Signs to Ease Greater
Toronto Area's Traffic Congestion
Link
to CBC News story:
News Releases
Job Posting
-
Statewide Freeway Operations
Engineer – Virginia DOT – Richmond, Virginia
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Local Solutions
to Pay for Your Transportation Projects – Infrastructure Funding &
Financing – May 13
Today in Transportation
History
1834
**180th anniversary** The Long Island Rail Road was chartered by the
State of New York.
1874
**140th anniversary** Architect John R. Pope, who designed Broad
Street Station in Richmond, Virginia, was born in New York.
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