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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