Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 26, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FAA Chief Outlines NextGen Test Program
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
CAMERAS
2)
Traffic Camera Company Sues Mississippi
Over Law Prohibiting Enforcement Cams
Link
to article in The Clarion-Ledger:
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20120426/NEWS/120426028/Traffic-camera-company-sues-Mississippi
OTHER
3)
States Aim to Launch More Mobile Apps
Link
to article in Government Technology:
4)
News from ERTICO
-
Instant Mobility Stakeholder
Workshop
-
Instant Mobility Multimodal
Services Acceptability Study Delivers Its Preliminary Results
-
InfoMobility Projects and 'Smart
Cities' Workshop Held in Turin
5)
Mesmerizing Visualization Maps Every
Surface Transportation Route on Earth
Link
to article on Mashable:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6)
One DOT's Approach to Road Delays –
Animating Summer Construction
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
7)
National Work Zone Awareness Week
Examples
of public information and outreach.
Link
to further information from US DOT:
ROADWAYS
8)
Florida Criminal Probe of Tree Poisoning
Spotlights Billboard Industry Drive to Keep Signs in View
Link
to article on FairWarning:
9)
Knitting Guy Given 10 Days to Remove
Stop Sign Flowers
Link
to article in San Diego CityBeat:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
Equipment Maker Caught Installing
Backdoor Account in Control System Code
Link
to blog in Wired:
Link
to statement from RuggedCom: http://goo.gl/UIULo
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11)
Decoding the Mysteries of Bay Area
Traffic
Link
to story on KALW Radio:
12)
More Electronic Traffic Signs Planned
for Halifax Region
Link
to article in Metro:
VEHICLES
13)
NHTSA Considers Rules on Car-to-Car
Networking
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
14)
American Trucking Associations Rallies
Support for Electronic On-Board Recorders
Link
to article in Truck News:
15)
Bad Labels Force Another Recall of
Nissan Titan, Armada
Link
to article in USA Today:
16)
Honda Pioneers Technology Aimed at
Preventing Traffic Jams
Link
to article on Motor Authority:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/aPNN7
17)
UK Automotive Testing Facility is the
Most Advanced in the World
Link
to article on Torque News:
18)
Chevy Volt OnStar 4G LTE Research
Vehicle is Networked to the Gills
Link
to blog on AOL Autos:
WEATHER
19)
Use of Social Media During Weather
Events
Link
to transcript and recording of NTOC webcast:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
T3
Webinar: Beyond Scheduling: Transit Scheduling and Operations IT - Lessons
Learned – May 31
Today in Transportation
History
1937
**75th anniversary** The Spanish city of Guernica was bombed by
German and Italian planes during the Spanish Civil War.
1962
**50th anniversary** The automobile brand, Packard, was eliminated
at a stockholders meeting of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation.
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