Friday, April 6, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, April 6, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Happy Easter and Zissen Pesach!

AVIATION

1) Senator Charles Schumer Pushes for Rule Requiring Airlines to Include Carry On Fees in Price Quotes

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/220185-schumer-pushes-for-rule-requiring-airlines-to-include-carry-on-fees-in-price-quotes

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/voBlf

MARITIME

2) Delivering Infrastructure Investments with Project Portfolio Management

Link to recorded webinar from Oracle:

http://goo.gl/x3HND

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

3) Transportation's Messaging Problem

Link to commentary in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/blogs/fedwatch/transportations-messaging-problem.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Smile and Say Hello, Senator Harry Reid Tells TSA Workers

Link to article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid-to-tsa-smile-146181975.html

5) Too Drunk to Drive, But Still Wanna Get Your Car Home? There's an App for That

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/06/too-drunk-to-drive-but-still-wanna-get-your-car-home-theres-an-app-for-that/

TRANSIT

6) Evolution of ITS for Mobility Management and Coordination Serving California's Rural Frontier

Link to report from the Federal Transit Administration:

http://goo.gl/bYpd5

VEHICLES

7) GM Sees Self-Driving Cars Sooner, Not Later

Link to article in Fortune:

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/06/gm

8) TRW Says Touch-Pad Sensor Reads Letters, Reduces Distraction

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120406/OEM06/120409883/1493

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/s4xXR

9) Cue the Touch Screen: Telematics Get Pride of Place in Refreshed Cadillac SRX

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/cue-the-touch-screen-telematics-get-pride-of-place-in-refreshed-cadillac-srx/

News Releases

1) TRANSCAER Names National Award Recipients

2) Beat the Traffic 2.0 for iOS with New, Personalized Routes Hits the Streets

Solicitation

- Request for Proposal – GPS Probe-Based Traffic Data Vendor Services in the San Francisco Bay Area – SAIC

http://www.saic.com/TrafficDataVendorRFP/

Upcoming Events

Webcast: Introduction to Vision in Intelligent Transportation Systems – April 17

http://video.webcasts.com/events/pmny001/viewer/index.jsp?eventid=42052

Friday Bonus

Honda's latest anti-theft device uses persuasion to deter thieves.

http://youtu.be/UpSh-uG703A

Today in Transportation History

1652 **360^th anniversary** Dutch explorer Jan van Riebeeck established a supply base at the Cape of Good Hope. The site became Cape Town.

http://www.capetown.at/heritage/history/voc_first.htm

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