Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
August 13, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Pilot Texting May Have Been Partial
Cause of Fatal Crash of Small Plane in British Columbia
Link
to Canadian Press article:
BICYCLES
2)
On the Bike: GPS, Strava Allow for New
Type of Friendly Competition
Link
to column in The Coloradoan:
MARITIME
3)
Maltese Company Runs Vessel Traffic
Management Training to Avoid Accidents at Sea
Link
to article in The Times of Malta:
OTHER
4)
Egyptian Ministries to Launch
Intelligent Transportation System Collaboratively
Link
to article in the Daily News Egypt:
5)
Google Acquires Frommer's, Pushes
Further Into Travel Info
Link
to CNET News article:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/I2wn7
6)
High-Tech Signs on Beaches Could Give
Advance Warning of Nearby Sharks
Link
to article on News.com.au:
PARKING
7)
Parking Tool of the Day: The Digital
Driveway Network
Link
to blog on The Atlantic Cities:
ROADWAYS
8)
Despite Federal and Massachusetts
Agencies' Efforts, a Road by Any Other Name is Still Route 128
Link
to article on Wicked Local:
SAFETY / SECURITY
9)
Florida Highway Patrol Rebuts Criticism
in Handing of Deadly Highway Crash that Killed 11
Link
to AP article:
TELEMATICS
10)
Allstate: 'Ushering In a New Era of Auto
Insurance'
Link
to interview on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
11)
Rugged Mobile Computers Make Big Impact
in Public Transportation
Link
to article in Field Technologies:
12)
OpenTripPlanner Redefines Public Transit
Navigation
Link
to blog on SmartPlanet:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Mississippi DOT Cleared to Open 511 Line
Link
to AP article:
14)
West Virginia DOT Shows Off 511 Traveler
Information System
Link
to article in The State Journal:
VEHICLES
15) Harman
Lands GM Contract for Infotainment Systems
Link to
audio report on MarketWatch:
News Releases
Solicitation
- Request for Proposals –
Integrating Mobility Strategies for a Sustainable Multi-Modal Transportation
Network – New York State Department of Transportation and New York State Energy
Research and Development Authority
Upcoming Events
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13-14 – Detroit
Today in Transportation
History
1912
**100th anniversary** The Radio Act of 1912 was approved. The act, among other items, required
seagoing vessels to be able to send distress signal of 'SOS' and to monitor for
distress signals around-the-clock.
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