Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) British Airways Message Error Warns Passengers of Crash
Link to article in The Telegraph:
2) Controller in Near Plane Crash Raises 'Professionalism' Concern
Link to Bloomberg article:
Link to news release from the National Transportation Safety Board:
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2012/120118.html
Link to NTSB report:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20110623X81619&ntsbno=OPS11IA673A&akey=1
3) A Guiding Voice Through the Skies
Link to article in the Tri-County Times:
CAMERAS
4) Some Yellow Lights Will Yield More Time for Missouri Drivers
Link to article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
5) Washington State Lawmakers to Take Up Issue of Seattle Police Department Dash-Cam Videos
Link to story on KOMO-TV:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-lawmakers-look-into--137541043.html
6) Burlington, North Carolina Puts Traffic Cams on City's Website
Link to article in the Times-News:
http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/city-51643-sites-traffic.html
Link to cameras: http://64.129.132.31/Default.aspx
GPS / NAVIGATION
7) LightSquared Says GPS Interference Testing was Rigged
Link to CNET article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-57361229-266/lightsquared-says-gps-interference-testing-was-rigged
Link to news release from LightSquared:
OTHER
8) YouTube Agrees to New Terms of Service for State Agencies
Link to article in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/technology/YouTube-Agrees-New-Terms-Service-State-Agencies.html
9) First Edition of COSMO Newsletter Published
Link to article from ERTICO:
http://www.ertico.com/first-cosmo-newsletter-published/
Link to newsletter:
http://www.cosmo-project.eu/assets/Uploads/Documents/Publications/COSMOnlDec11final2web.pdf
PEDESTRIANS
10) Pedestrian Safety: How Innovative Tech Could Save Your Life
Link to blog on Mashable Tech:
http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/pedestrian-traffic-safety/
RAILROADS
11) Senator Schumer Call for Stricter Federal Rules on Rail Accident Notification
Link to article in the Star-Gazette:
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20120117/NEWS01/201170376/Schumer-urges-railroad-crackdown
ROADWAYS
12) Utah Weather Forecasters Take to the Roads
Link to story on KSL-TV:
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=968&sid=18884088
TELEMATICS
13) Mercedes-Benz: Creating a Flexible and Adaptive Telematics Platform
Link to audio interview on Telematics Update:
http://uk.telematicsupdate.com/fc_tele_evupdatelz//lz.aspx?p1=0575795S677&CC=&p=1
TRANSIT
14) Transit App Plots Bus Routes in Windsor, Ontario
Link to article in The Windsor Star:
http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/Transit+plots+city+routes/6012201/story.html
15) What Features Do Your Transit Apps Offer?
Link to article in Metro:
http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2012/01/Web-Extra-What-transit-apps-do-you-offer-.aspx
16) Insight Into How the Chicago Transit Authority Built Train Trackers by Text
Link to interview on Grid Chicago:
http://gridchicago.com/2012/insight-into-how-cta-built-train-tracker-by-text-an-interview/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Traffic Cameras and Message Boards Introduced to Reading, Pennsylvania Area
Link to article in the Reading Eagle:
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=359799
VEHICLES
18) Gen Y Consumers Favor Hybrids, Connected Vehicles, Survey Shows
Link to Bloomberg article:
19) Ford CEO: More Tech Means Less Driver Distraction
Link to interview in InformationWeek:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/232500012
20) Articles on Digital Radio Update
- ARD, German Broadcasters to Use DAB+ for Traffic Info
http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/ard_german_broadcasters_dab_traffic_info_0109/
- German DAB+ Facilities to Improve In-Car Reception
http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/german_dab_facilities_improve_in-car_reception_0109/
- HD Radio Grabbing More Space in Vehicles
http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/hd_radio/hd_radio_grabbing_more_space_vehicles_0112
News Releases
1) Automotive Human Machine Interface Solutions Poised to Tap Synergies Between
Driver and Car, Projects Frost & Sullivan
2) MTA New York City Transit and PowerTrunk Pilot TETRA LMR Network
3) Rail Safety Group Says Headphone Study Underscores Need for Caution near Train Tracks, Offers Tips
4) Pike Research Launches Smart Cities Advisory Service
6) Virginia DMV Customers Shun Paper Notices for E-reminders
Upcoming Events
ITE 2012 Technical Conference and Exhibit – March 4-7 – Pasadena, California
http://www.ite.org/conference/default.asp
Today in Transportation History
1912 **100th anniversary** The steamer Wistow Hall was wrecked in a gale off the UK coast killing 54 people.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10E17FF3C5813738DDDA00994D9405B828DF1D3
1977 **40th anniversary** In Granville, Australia a commuter train derailed and collapsed an overhead bridge. Eighty-three passengers were killed.
http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/granvill.htm
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