Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


Attend IBTTA Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees and Transportation Finance Summit, April 29-May 1, 2012 in Jersey City, New Jersey

This conference combines the best features of IBTTA's Transportation Finance Summit with the depth of content from the Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees organized by the Texas Department of Transportation Institute and the University of Minnesota in 2009-2011. Sessions will explore the latest studies and pilot programs in mileage-based user fees and the diverse range of financing tools available to toll agencies, state DOTs and local governments. Conference Partners: Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Texas Transportation Institute and TRB. Co-Sponsors: I-95 Corridor Coalition, Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance and the Reason Foundation. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel and travel reservations, and register today! www.ibtta.org/jerseycity

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Visual-Based Navigation Could Replace Satellite GPS

Link to article on PSFK:

http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/visual-based-navigation-gps.html

Link to news release from the Queensland University of Technology:

http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/goNewsPage?newsEventID=38736

OTHER

2) Transport for London's Sponsorship Deals Under Fire

Link to article in Marketing:

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1117994/Barclays-Emirates-TfL-sponsorship-deals-fire/

Link to report from the London Assembly:

http://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/London%20Assembly%20Report%20TfL%20Sponsorship%20Policy%20170212.pdf

3) Interview with Doris Bures, Austrian Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology on ITS World Congress 2012

Link to article from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/vienna-s-calling-interview-with-doris-bures-austrian-minister-for-transport-innovation-and-technology/

PARKING

4) QuickPay Makes Your Smartphone a Parking Attendant

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/02/quickpay-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-parking-attendant/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Podcasting: Transportation's Forgotten 'New' Media

Link to Talking Transportation:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/podcasting-transportations-forgotten-new-media/

ROADWAYS

6) New EU-Regulation Road Signs a Mystery to Turkish Drivers

Link to article in Today's Zaman:

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-272058-new-eu-regulation-road-signs-a-mystery-to-turkish-drivers.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Study Finds Toronto Traffic Countdown Signals Not Helping Reduce Car-Pedestrian Collisions

Link to article in the Ottawa Citizen:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Traffic+countdown+signal+helping+study+finds/6182598/story.html

Link to article in Injury Prevention:

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2012/02/09/injuryprev-2011-040173.full

8) Groups Say US Senate Bill Amendment Blocking Requirement for More Reflective Road Signs Not Very Bright

Link to blog in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/news/the-roundabout/33062-groups-say-toomey-amendment-not-very-bright

Link to letter from organizations:

http://images.politico.com/global/2012/02/oppose_anti-retro_amendment.pdf

9) Canadian Maritime Provinces Scrap Emergency Radio System

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/02/20/nb-maritime-emergency-radio-scrapped.html

TAXIS

10) Considering a Successor for the TVs in New York City Taxicabs

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/nyregion/panel-to-consider-computer-option-for-taxis.html

TELEMATICS

11) System Upgrade Causes Problems for GM's OnStar

Link to story on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/02/21/system-upgrade-causes-problems-for-gms-onstar/

TRANSIT

12) Google Transit: How (and Why) the Search Giant is Remapping Public Transportation

Link to article on Xconomy:

http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2012/02/21/google-transit-a-search-giant-remaps-public-transportation/?single_page=true

13) A Few Thoughts on New York City Subway Countdown Clocks and Headways

Link to Second Ave. Sagas blog:

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/02/21/a-few-thoughts-on-countdown-clocks-and-subway-headways/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Urban Traffic Management Center to be Rolled Out in Galway, Ireland

Link to article in the Galway Independent:

http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/1203/2012-8/Urban-Traffic-Management-Centre-roll-out

15) A HopStop, a Skip, and a Jump

The transit website and mobile app continues to move forward.

Link to article in The New York Enterprise Report:

http://www.nyreport.com/node/82623

16) Florida DOT Adds 12 New Twitter Feeds to Warn You on Traffic Troubles

Link to story on WKMG-TV:

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/-12-new-Twitter-feeds-will-warn-you-on-traffic-troubles/-/1637132/8815548/-/wufapa/-/index.html

VEHICLES

17) Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Can Prevent Crashes

Link to article in Consumer Reports:

http://www.consumerreports.org/content/cro/en/consumer-reports-magazine/April-2012/vehicle-to-vehicle-communication.html

18) Driverless Cars are Sneaking Up on You

Link to article on CNNMoney:

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/21/autos/driverless_cars/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote

19) Smart-In-Car Trial Begins – Expected to Improve Traffic Flow and Safety

Link to article from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/smart-in-car-trial-car-data-real-time-accessible-to-improve-traffic-flow-and-increase-traffic-safety/

20) Connected Cars: The Future of Communication or a Plague of Distraction?

Link to blog in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1817653/connected-cars-the-future-of-communication-or-a-plague-of-distraction

News Releases

1) Maritime Experts Call for Better Coordinated Counter-Piracy Messaging

2) ITS Michigan Launches New, Redesigned Website

3) First Great Western Adding Free Wi-Fi to 23 Rail Stations

4) Atlanta's WSB-TV Launches Local iPhone Traffic App

5) Delta Air Lines Offers Wi-Fi Service on All Shuttle Flights

Upcoming Events

Freight in the Southeast, 2012 – March 14-16 – Norfolk, Virginia

http://www.ittsresearch.org/ITTS_2012_conference.html

Today in Transportation History

1912 **100th anniversary** Workers broke through a mountain tunnel for the future Jungfraubahn in Switzerland, sixteen years after work began.

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/11/10120400-jungfrau-railway-marks-100-year-anniversary

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