Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
June 4, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
TCN Fund Drive
Welcome to the delayed TCN fund drive! I write that tongue-in-cheek since few people enjoy being
asked for money. I try to minimize
the fundraising by doing it only two months out of the year and I appreciate
the support I receive from all readers of the TCN. Just by being a subscriber you are showing your support for
my daily news efforts.
I also ask for monetary contributions because there are expenses in
putting together the TCN. If you
would like to contribute you'll find information below on how you can do
so. Other ways you can support the
TCN include purchasing ad space and using my transportation voiceover
services. I'll provide additional
information in the days ahead.
Thank you!
AVIATION
1)
Travelers Split on Using Florida
Governor's Voice as Tampa Airport Greeting
Link
to article in The Tampa Tribune:
CAMERAS
2)
Mass Transit Cameras Spot Bad Guys, No
Human Judgment Required
Link
to article in Fast Company:
OTHER
3)
i-Mobility
Newsletter – June 2012
Link
to newsletter:
RAILROADS
4)
Colorado Company Helps Keep Trains on
Track
DataTraks
develops software that listens to passing trains to detect defects.
Link
to article in the Reporter-Herald:
ROADWAYS
5)
Massachusetts Transportation Officials
Prepare to Relax Billboard Rules
Link
to article in The Patriot Ledger:
SAFETY / SECURITY
6)
Senate Proposal Could Gut Research Into
GPS-Aided Crash Avoidance
Link
to article in Inside GNSS:
7)
Smartphones, Car Navigation Systems May
Aid Evacuations When Next Big One Strikes: Tokyo Officials
Link
to article in The Japan Times:
8)
Officer's Death Boosted Work on
Wrong-Way Crashes in San Antonio, Texas
Link
to article in the San Antonio
Express-News:
9)
Social Media as a Tool in Flow of Storm
Information
Link
to article in The Florida Times-Union:
TRANSIT
10)
Digital Bus Billboard Plan Put on Hold
in California
Revenue
and technical concerns are raised.
Link
to article in the Santa Monica Daily
Press:
11)
Tokyo Subway Straps Beam Ads to Your
Smartphone
Link
to article on Japan Trends:
12)
Sofia, Bulgaria Launches Free Wireless
Net on Public Transportation Buses
Link
to Sofia News Agency article:
13)
Bangalore Transit Agency Mapping Its
Stops, So You Know When to Start
Link
to article in Daily News & Analysis:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
West Virginia to Launch Traffic Alert
System
Link
to article in the Charleston Daily Mail:
15)
Texas DOT Expanding Construction
Traveler Information System on I-35
Link
to article in The Reporter:
16)
Costa Rica's 'Smart' Traffic Signals
Underachieving
Link
to article on Inside Costa Rica:
17)
Yandex Giving Istanbul Traffic Info on
LED Boards
Russian
search engine company placing traffic speeds on 12 sign boards.
Link
to article on Hurriyet Daily News:
18)
Transport Plan for Hyderabad Area to
Have IT Voice
Link
to article in the Deccan Chronicle:
VEHICLES
19)
California's Taking the Lead on
Self-Driving Cars
Link
to article in The Sacramento Bee:
News Releases
TCN Donations
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Bernie Wagenblast
1 Aberdeen CT
Cranford, NJ USA 07016-2911
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Upcoming Events
Webinar:
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Network – June 7
Today in Transportation
History
1862
**150th anniversary** Confederate troops abandoned Fort Pillow in
Tennessee. The fort guarded the
Mississippi River and its fall allowed Union forces to capture Memphis.
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