Friday, December 23, 2011

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 23, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

AVIATION

1) Airplane Internet Provider Gogo Files for $100 Million IPO

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/12/23/airplane-internet-provider-gogo-files-for-100-million-ipo

BICYCLES

2) City of Los Angeles Releases Interactive Bike Lane Map

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/la-bike-map.html

Link to site: http://bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Kochi Likely to Become First City in India with GPS-Enable Transport System

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2741106.ece

OTHER

4) NORAD's Santa Trackers Pull Out High-Tech Stops

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/story/2011-12-22/santa-tracking-norad/52166662/1

5) Content Marketing … We Are the Media

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/content-marketing-we-are-the-media/

6) Resources for Transportation Communications Pros

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

https://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/resources-for-transportation-communications-pros/

7) Documents from the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office Added to National Transportation Library

Link to documents:

http://goo.gl/5KEfC

PARKING

8) Parking Today – December 2011

Issue focused on parking technology.

Link to magazine:

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1uqwb/DecParkingToday/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parkingtoday.com%2Fissues.php

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Seattle Working on New Wireless Public Safety Network

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/wireless/Seattle-New-Wireless-Public-Safety-Network.html

VEHICLES

10) Volkswagen Turns Off BlackBerry Email After Work Hours

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16314901

11) BMW Adds Integrated Yelp App to Nav Systems

Link to article in Motor Trend:

http://wot.motortrend.com/bmw-adds-integrated-yelp-app-to-nav-systems-150059.html

12) The Complexity of Automotive M2M Connectivity

Link to article in Wireless Design & Development:

http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1112&RELTYPE=BLG2&PRODCODE=000000&PRODLETT=ZL

News Releases

1) TSA Announces Launch of TSA Cares Toll-Free Helpline for Travelers with Disabilities and Medical Needs

2) US DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics Announces Data Visualization Student Challenge Winners

3) Raytheon to Provide Improved Surveillance Capability for National Airspace System

4) Independent Lab Tests Verify High-Precision GPS Devices Can Coexist with LightSquared

5) Magneti Marelli: First Open-Source Platform for the 'Connected Car'

6) Arriva's Trapeze Mobile Ticketing Solution Wins Innovation Award at UK Bus Awards

Upcoming Events

37^th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference – March 8-9 – Washington, DC

http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2012/

Friday Bonus

These transportation photos might enhance your holiday mood.

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/have_yourself_a_merry_transit_2.html

Today in Transportation History

1961 **50^th anniversary** A train car filled with Christmas travelers plunged from the Fiumarella viaduct in Italy killing 71 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiumarella_rail_disaster

1986 **25^th anniversary** Voyager landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, becoming the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop without refueling. The plane was piloted by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19880548000

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