Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
July 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
Less than six weeks to
go for IBTTA’s 80th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando,
held September 9-13, 2012! This year’s annual meeting will be the year’s
largest gathering of industry professionals providing top-notch content, and
attendees will have the opportunity to participate in exciting special events
and tours. Hosted by Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, the Miami-Dade Expressway
Authority (MDX), the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and the
Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, you will learn about tolling
solutions and experiences from across the globe. Join IBTTA in Orlando and
network with toll industry professionals and hear experts discuss transportation
policies, contemporary issues and innovative solutions to worldwide mobility
challenges.
Register by August 24,
2012 to receive the early bird registration discount. And be sure to book
your hotel by August 14, 2012 to receive the IBTTA negotiated rate. To get
all the meeting details and to register, visit www.ibtta.org/orlando.
OTHER
1)
ACLU Wants to Know How License Plate
Data is Used
Link
to AP article:
2)
Def Con: How to Hack All the Transport
Networks of a Country
Link
to blog in Computerworld:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
3)
Minnesota DOT Aims to Educate Motorists
on Aggressive Driving
Link
to story on KARE-TV:
ROADWAYS
4)
For Los Angeles Area Colleges, Some
Freeway Publicity
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
SAFETY / SECURITY
5)
Pact Signed to Improve Safety on Qatar
Roads
Link
to article in the Gulf Times:
6)
Distractions Come Naturally to Teenage
Drivers
Link
to story on Vermont Public Radio:
7)
Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials
Shipments
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
TELEMATICS
8)
Telematics, Usage-Based Insurance and
Driver Education
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
9)
Planned New York City Subway Disruptions
Now Part of Google Maps
Link
to article on Transportation Nation:
10)
How Technology Transforms Public Transit
Link
to article in State Tech:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11)
Some Drivers Say Virginia 511 is Still
Lacking
Link
to story on WVEC-TV:
Upcoming Events
Telematics Asia – September 3-5 – Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
Today in Transportation
History
1992
**20th anniversary** Two airliner crashes killed a total of 221
people.
A
Thai Airways International flight en route to Nepal crashed north of Kathmandu
killing all 113 people on board. A
China General Aviation crashed shortly after takeoff in Nanjing. Of the 126 people aboard, 108 died.
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