Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
August 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
1)
EU-Wide Interoperable Electronic Toll
Service Still Far Off
Link
to article in Europolitics:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
2)
Innovative Use of Social Media by Kenya
Red Cross to Promote Road Safety
Link
to article in the Global Road Safety
Partnership Newsletter:
TRANSIT
3)
A Toolkit for Reporting Rural and Specialized Transit Data--Making Transit
Count
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
4)
Real-Time Traffic Updates Launched for
Drivers on Scotland's A9
Link
to BBC News story:
Link
to news release from Transport Scotland: http://goo.gl/wVNSp
5)
Traffic Management – Road versus Rail
Link
to article in The Rail Engineer:
VEHICLES
6)
Connected Cars: The Future of Driving
Unveiled
Link
to story on Bloomberg TV:
News Releases
Solicitation
- Request for Quotes - Intelligent Vehicle System Automated Voice
Annunciator – City of Commerce, California
- Request for Proposals - Short- and Long-Range Transit Development Plan
– Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Upcoming Events
2012 National Safety Rest Area Conference –
September 17-20 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Friday Bonus
It's
not everyday that you see a bridge passing through a lock.
Today in Transportation
History
1987
**25th anniversary** A Thai Airways crashed on its landing approach
to Phuket International Airport, killing all 83 people aboard.
September 1, 1962 **50th
anniversary** The Port of New York Authority became the owner of the Hudson
& Manhattan Railroad and renamed it PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson).
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