Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


CARTOGRAPHY

1) Google Maps Monoculture is Over – Socially Integrated and Beautiful Maps Coming to Travel
Link to blog on Tnooz:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) E-ZPass Group Makes Major Moves for National Interoperability
Link to article on TOLLROADSnews:

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Europcar Fined for Tracking Rental Customers

OTHER

4) EU Wants 'Intelligent' Transport Systems
Link to article on EurActiv:

ROADWAYS

5) Prostitutes in Auckland Destroy Street Signs Using Them as Dancing Poles
Link to article on Auckland Now:

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Online Presentation Helps Truckers Recognize, Manage Fatigue
Link to article in Commercial Carrier Journal:

7) How Tech Protects the World's Busiest Border Crossing
Link to blog on CNET News:

TELEMATICS

8) Honda Readies an App Offensive for HondaLink, Its Telematics System
Link to article in The New York Times:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/mvImr

9) Closing the Vehicle Connectivity Expectation Gap
Link to presentation video from Telematics Update:

10) Machine-to-Machine Telematics: Ready to Grow, Part I
Link to article on Telematics Update:

TRANSIT

11) Advertising Allowed on Front of New York's MetroCards
Link to article in the Daily News:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/zaKKa

12) What New York City Can Learn from Los Angeles About the Transit Biz
PR and public outreach two areas in which LA excels.
Link to blog on Capital:

VEHICLES

13) Automotive Fiber: Automobiles Make the 'MOST' Use of Plastic Optical Fiber
Link to article in Laser Focus World:

14) Audi Virtual London Showroom is First of Many Worldwide
Link to article in automotiveIT International:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/4HAp7


News Releases


**Correction**
There was an incorrect link in one of yesterday's articles.  Here's the correct link:
How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data
Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/07/how-new-iphone-will-expose-cities-lagging-open-data/2598/


Solicitation
 -  Call for Tenders – Information Campaign to Increase Public Awareness on Passenger Rights in All Modes of Transport – European Commission


Upcoming Events
Webinar: MADIS Data Sharing and Road Weather Connected Vehicle ConOps – July 26
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/weather/ (look under 'Upcoming Events')


Today in Transportation History    
1962 **50th anniversary** Eugene Houdry, who discovered a method for cracking low-grade crude oil into high-test gasoline, died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

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