Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, November 11, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) EU, US Pen New Passenger Data Deal to Ease Privacy Fears
Link to AFP article:
2) Making the Skies Over Europe Safer, Cleaner and Cheaper to Manage
Link to BBC News story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15572806
3) US DOT Policing the Airlines and Travel Agents on Twitter
Link to article in Travel Weekly:
http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/DOT-policing-airlines-on-Twitter/
4) Tampa Airport's New CEO Beats Marketing Drum
Link to article in The Tampa Tribune:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) GPS Companies Clash with LightSquared, Each Other at Public Meeting
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111110_8518.php
OTHER
6) Suburu Removes Radio Ad After Canadian Trucking Alliance Request
Link to article in Today's Trucking:
http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=27486
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) Massachusetts State Police Keep Data from Lt. Governor's Car Crash Under Wraps
Link to article in the Boston Herald:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1111staties_keep_crash_info_under_wraps
8) Graphic Accident Video Part of New Florida DOT Safety Campaign
Link to article in the St. Petersburg Times:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1201188.ece
9) Times-Picayune Sues New Orleans to Get Names of Traffic-Camera Violators
Link to article in The Times-Picayune:
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/times-picayune_sues_new_orlean.html
10) Kansas DOT Releases KanDrive/511 Winter Driving PSA
Link to video:
RAILROADS
11) Railroads Attempt to Get a Better Handle on Positive Train Control Implementation
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Social Media for Emergency Managers Can't Start When the Emergency Does
Link to article on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111110_4195.php
TELEMATICS
13) No Role for Smartphones in Europe's eCall
Link to article in automotiveIT:
14) Telematics and the Cloud: Four Keys to In-Car Offerings
Link to article on Telematics Update:
http://social.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/telematics-and-cloud-4-keys-car-offerings
15) Building a New Telematics Ecosystem
Link to article on Telematics Update:
http://social.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/building-new-telematics-ecosystem
TRANSIT
16) WMATA.com: The Evolving History of DC's Metro Website
Link to blog on TBD:
VEHICLES
17) Texas DMV Rejects Confederate Plate
Link to story on KJTV-TV:
News Releases
1) Public Transport ITS Market in Europe Expected to Reach € 1.3 Billion by 2015
2) California DMV Launches New Web Page to Honor Veterans and Active Military
3) Ford's Cloud-Connected Car, the Evos Concept, to Make North American Debut at 2012 International CES
Upcoming Events
Automotive News World Congress – January 10-12 – Detroit
http://www.autonews.com/Assets/html/12_an_congress/
Friday Bonus
Today is Veterans Day in the US and Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in other parts of the world. To salute those who have served, here's a link to a poem written during World War I, In Flanders Fields, by Canadian Army Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm
Today in Transportation History
1911 **100th anniversary** The German Imperial Navy battleship SMS Kaiserin was launched in Kiel.
http://www.sms-navy.com/bb/SMS_Kaiserin-launch_11Nov1911.jpg
November 12, 1936 **75th anniversary** The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened.
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