Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, April 19, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) EU Parliament Endorses New Air Traveler Data Accord with US
Link to Bloomberg article:
2) Articles from AeroSafety World – April 2012
- Experts Explore More Dependable Ways to Locate Flight Recorders (page 26)
- Voluntary Use of ADS-B Transmitters on Airport Ground Vehicles Will Cut Risks (page 34)
- Pilots Need Specific Guidelines for Deciding How Much to Rely on Automation (page 40)
http://flightsafety.org/asw/apr12/asw_apr12.pdf
OTHER
3) Galway, Ireland Investigating if Taxi Computer System Can Affect Lights at Pedestrian Crossings
Link to article in The Irish Times:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0419/1224314925757.html
PARKING
4) Streetline Wants to be Your Parking Savior
Link to article on Co.Exist:
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679673/streetline-wants-to-be-your-parking-savior
TRANSIT
5) Pittsburgh Area Public Transit to Display Alcohol Ads
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
6) New York City Prize for Subway App that Works While Underground
Link to blog on Transportation Nation:
http://transportationnation.org/2012/04/18/nyc-prize-for-subway-app-that-works-while-underground/
Link to further information on Embark NYC: http://goo.gl/bbDxI
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
7) Gwinnett County, Georgia Hopes Traffic Cameras Will Help Ease Congestion
Link to story on WSB-TV:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/gwinnett-hopes-traffic-cameras-will-help-ease-cong/nMcbC/
8) Top Five Ways High-Tech Can Help Curb Crappy Highway Congestion
Link to blog in Network World:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/80338
VEHICLES
9) Next-Gen Ford Sync Could Include Netflix, Hulu
Link to article in PC Magazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403132,00.asp
10) Automakers: Your High-Tech Dashboards are Frustrating (and Possibly Dangerous)
Link to commentary on Mashable:
http://mashable.com/2012/04/18/iphone-in-car/
News Releases
1) Bytemobile Builds Out the T-Series Adaptive Traffic Management System
2) Bombardier Unveils New Signaling Solution for Cost Effective Regional Rail Traffic Management
3) San Diego International Airport Launches New Interactive Map
4) OnStar Releases Usage Statistics
5) Survey from Gocompare.com Says Over Half of UK Drivers Expect to Switch to Telematics-Based Policy
6) Victoria's First Dedicated Traffic Analysis Research Center Opens
7) DC Metro Release First Video on New Rush+ Service
Upcoming Events
5th Polish ITS Congress – May 22-23 – Warsaw
http://www.pkits.pl/index_eng.php
Today in Transportation History
1877 **135th anniversary** Ole Evinrude was born in Norway. Evinrude invented the first practical outboard motor.
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/evinrude.html
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