Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
May 17, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
The White House, Xerox, Ford,
Verizon, Other Technology Leaders to Hold Key Discussion on Moving Innovation
in Transportation Forward at ITS America’s Annual Meeting
ITS America has announced that on Monday, May 21 it will hold a key
discussion event concerning intelligent transportation and its role in helping
to solve America’s infrastructure crisis with national leaders including Ursula
Burns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox; Chris Vein, Deputy White
House Chief Technology Officer; Robert Brown, Ford Motor Company’s Vice
President of Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering; and Martin
Hall, Verizon’s Vice President of Telematics. This is just one of numerous
sessions examining ways to bring innovation to the nation’s transportation
system that will take place during ITS
America's Annual Meeting & Exposition being held from May 21-23,
2012 at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor,
MD, just outside Washington D.C. You can register online here to
join us. View the Final
Program & Exhibitor Directory and find out more about the
exciting programs and exhibits at http://www.itsa.org/annualmeeting
AVIATION
1)
Denmark Implements Upgrade to Air
Traffic Management System
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
2)
'Piggybackers' Steal Trips Through Tolls
Link to article in The News Journal:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
3)
New 'Better Streets' Website Helps San
Francisco Residents Untangle Bureaucracy
Link
to Streetsblog San Francisco:
Link
to SF Better Streets: http://www.sfbetterstreets.org/
SAFETY / SECURITY
4)
Millions Spent on Dormant Port of Tampa
Security System
Link
to story on WTVT-TV:
TRANSIT
5)
BART Wi-Fi Still Lags After Three Years
Link
to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
6)
App Provides Full San Francisco Muni
Updates
Link
to article in The Examiner:
VEHICLES
7)
Ford Sticks with Facebook, Takes Twitter
Shot at GM
Link
to article in USA Today:
8)
New Driver's Ed: Tutors to Decode
High-Tech Dashboards
Link
to column in The Wall Street Journal:
9)
Toyota Just Turned the Nintendo DS Into
a Navigational System
Link
to article on Kotaku:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
ITE Annual Meeting & Exhibit 2012 –
August 12-15 – Atlanta
Today in Transportation
History
1987
**25th anniversary** The USS Stark
was hit by two Exocet missiles fired by an Iraqi fighter jet. The explosions and fire killed 37
sailors.
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