Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
June 6, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
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BICYCLES
1)
App Lets Bicyclists Share Info with
Planners in Oregon
Link
to story on KVAL-TV:
CAMERAS
2)
Indian Transport Department to Install
700 Cameras on National Highway in Kerala
Link
to article in The Times of India:
CARTOGRAPHY
3)
Google Flexes Its Mapping Muscle
Link
to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
Link
to further information from Google: http://goo.gl/hqptz
OTHER
4)
As Wireless Spectrum is Squeezed,
Sharing is Seen as Solution
Link
to article in The New York Times:
5)
Technology Shapes Fleets' Mobile Use
Link
to article in Light & Medium Truck:
6)
Articles from Public Roads – May/June 2012
-
Learning from Japan's Earthquake
and Tsunami with Tips for US Transportation Agencies
-
Michigan Study Sheds Light on
Strategies to Curtail Wrong-Way Crashes
-
Institutional Arrangements to
Improve Performance of Multistate Freight Corridors
RAILROADS
7)
Russian Railways Look to Improve Image
Free
Internet one planned improvement.
Link
to article in The Moscow Times:
8)
Israel Railways Planning to Add Wireless
Internet
Link
to article in Haaretz:
SAFETY / SECURITY
9)
Utah DOT Engineer Develops 'Safety
T-Shirt' for Construction Workers
Link
to story on KSL-TV:
TELEMATICS
10)
Use of Facebook, Twitter in Vehicles a
Low Priority for Consumers, Researcher Says
Link
to article in the Detroit Free Press:
TRANSIT
11)
Open-Loop Transit on the Rise
Link to article on ContactlessNews:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12)
Want to Avoid I-75, I-24 Traffic Jams?
Tennessee Governor Says App on the Way
Link
to article in the Chattanooga Times Free
Press:
VEHICLES
13)
Verizon Joins Automakers in Promoting
Internet-Connected Cars
Link
to Bloomberg article:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/9jE9y
14)
Three Key Questions Facing 'Connected
Vehicle' Leaders
Link
to article in the Detroit Free Press:
15)
Volkswagen Exec Explains Company's New
Infotainment Architecture
Link
to article in automotiveIT International:
News Releases
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Today in Transportation
History
1892
**120th anniversary** The Chicago 'L' began revenue operations.
1932
**80th anniversary** The first national gasoline tax was signed into
law by President Herbert Hoover.
The rate was one cent per gallon.
1942
**70th anniversary** In the Battle of Midway, US bombers sunk the
Japanese cruiser Mikuma. A Japanese sub sunk the USS Hammann and torpedoed the aircraft
carrier Yorktown.
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