Monday, April 2, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, April 2, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) British Airways Customer Failures

Three part blog looks at some communications issues for the airline.

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://goo.gl/kZnle (part 1)

http://goo.gl/6YTE1 (part 2)

http://goo.gl/xPxWv (part 3)

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Google Now Using ReCAPTCHA to Decode Street View Addresses

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/29/google-now-using-recaptcha-to-decode-street-view-addresses/

PEDESTRIANS

3) April Fool's Day Joke Raises Awareness of Distracted Walking in Philadelphia

Link to story on WCAU-TV:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/April-Fools-Day-Joke-Raises-Awareness-on-Distracted-Walking--145512585.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Phoenix Launching Bike Safety Comic Books

Link to article in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2012/03/28/20120328phoenix-launching-bike-safety-comic.html

TELEMATICS

5) Connecting the Telematics Dots

Link to commentary in Aftermarket Business:

http://aftermarketbusiness.search-autoparts.com/aftermarketbusiness/Distribution/Connecting-the-telematics-dots/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/765491

TRANSIT

6) DC Metro Gag Order at Odds with Law

Link to article in The Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/1/metro-gag-order-at-odds-with-law/

7) QR Codes to Give You Metro-North Train Info on Your Smartphone

Link to article in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120401/NEWS02/304010056/QR-codes-give-you-train-info-your-smart-phone

8) Hollywood, Florida Balks at Sidewalk Chalk Transit Campaign

Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-04-01/news/fl-hollywood-balks-transit-promo-20120329_1_mass-transit-chalk-sidewalk

9) Chicago Transit Authority Officials Quietly Working to Rebrand Bus and Rail Agency

Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/traffic/ct-met-getting-around-0402-20120402,0,3785793.column

News Releases

1) Garmin Enters In-Car Infotainment Market with Factory-Installed Suzuki System

2) New Global Database on Bus Rapid Transit Launched

3) A Connected Car Does Not Mean a Distractive Car Anymore

4) Egis Projects-sanef Consortium Signs Second Major Open Road Tolling Operations Contract in Canada

5) Maritime Distress and Safety System Overhaul Proposed

Upcoming Events

Meeting and Webinar: Intelligent Network Flow Optimization ConOps Workshop – April 27 – Detroit

http://www.itsa.org/index.php?option=com_forme&fid=17&Itemid=99999

Today in Transportation History

1962 **50^th anniversary** The first panda crossing officially opened in London. The new style pedestrian crossing used triangular markings and flashing lights.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2840000/2840919.stm

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