Monday, January 16, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, January 16, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Wi-Fi Use in the Air is Slow to Take Off

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/story/2012-01-16/Wi-Fi-use-in-the-air-is-slow-to-take-off/52601856/1

2) Kansas City International Airport is an Exception to Cellphone Lot Trend at Airports

Link to article in The Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/12/3369845/kci-is-an-exception-to-cell-phone.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) US Government Agency Concludes LightSquared Can't Work with GPS

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223447/Federal_body_concludes_LightSquared_can_t_work_with_GPS

TELEMATICS

4) 'Big Brother' Takes the Wheel

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32b5aae2-2bea-11e1-b194-00144feabdc0.html (free registration required)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

5) Sofia, Bulgaria to Introduce Intelligent Traffic Management System at 20 Busy Crossroads

Link to Focus News Agency article:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n268846

6) UK Radio Supplier Trafficlink Becomes Inrix

Link to article on Radio Today:

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/01/radio-supplier-trafficlink-becomes-inrix/

7) Waste of Money: New Hampshire Highway Signs State Obvious

Link to editorial in the New Hampshire Union Leader:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120116/OPINION01/701169999

VEHICLES

8) The Future of Car Tech: Efficiency, Automation and Sharing

Link to article in The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/the-future-of-car-tech-efficiency-automation-and-sharing/251357/

News Releases

1) Global Passenger Survey to Shed Light on the Most Effective Ways to Communicate with Travelers

Upcoming Events

Georgia Logistics Summit – February 8 – Atlanta

http://summit.georgialogistics.org/

Today in Transportation History

1962 **50^th anniversary** A US Air Force B-47E bomber crashed on Wright Peak in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. All four people aboard were killed.

http://www.adirondack-park.net/history/b47.wright.html

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