Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
August 20, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
Miceli Infrastructure Consulting and Technology Transfer Group at
the NDT/NDE of Bridges Conference at the LaGuardia Marriott This Week
Featuring technologies
addressing fatigue, scour, bearing issues, adjacent construction monitoring,
impact damage, post tensioning tendons, and more, MIC will be in the Exhibit
Hall at booth #10. Technologies from various companies to be
demonstrated. Free Exhibit Hall passes available at info@miceliconsulting.com.
Show open Tuesday (August 21st) from 5-8pm and Wednesday (August 22nd)
from 11:30am to 3:30pm. Conference runs Tuesday to Friday and PDH's are
available.
MIC's president,
Marybeth Miceli, also presenting a paper on Effective Technology Transfer in
the Bridge Industry on Tuesday afternoon.
Don't miss this
valuable opportunity to see practical and affordable bridge testing and
monitoring solutions all in one place!
AVIATION
1)
Gulf States Seek Help with Air Traffic
Management
Link
to article in Aviation International News:
2)
British Airways Aims to Increase Ticket
Sales with Social Sharing App
Link
to article in Mobile Commerce Daily:
GPS / NAVIGATION
3)
October 4 Target for Launch of GPS 2F-3
Satellite
Link
to article on Spaceflight Now:
MARITIME
4)
Information or Intervention?
Responsibility
for Australia's vessel tracking systems is confused.
Link
to article in Port Strategy:
OTHER
5)
Police Scanner Traffic Can Get Personal
Some
information broadcast could be a boon to identity thieves.
Link
to article in The Daily News Journal:
6)
How Big Data Drives Intelligent
Transportation
Link
to blog on GreenBiz:
7)
Articles from Catalyst - August 2012
-
Smartphone Research Aims to Help
Visually Impaired Pedestrians
-
Robotic Roadway Message Painter
Could Improve Safety
-
CrashHelp Pilot Under Way in
Central Minnesota
-
Award-Winning Bike Center at
University of Minnesota Uses RFID
8)
Archive of T3 Webinar: The New National
ITS Architecture's V7 – What's New and How to Use It
Link
to archive:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
Media Campaign Against Drunk Driving
Imminent in Alabama
Link
to article in the Opelika-Auburn News:
RAILROADS
10)
Truck Firm in Amtrak Crash: Videos Can't
Be Trusted
Link
to article in the Reno Gazette-Journal:
TELEMATICS
11)
GM Redesigns OnStar Buttons in 2013
Vehicles
Link
to article in Automotive News:
12)
Insurance Telematics Could 'Flip the Underwriting
Model on Its Head'
Link
to article in Truck News:
TRANSIT
13)
New York City Transit Outreach Program
Prefers Face-to-Face Interactions with Customers
Link
to article in Transit Talent:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Decoding Traffic in a Jammed City
A
picture of New York congestion emerges from taxi data.
Link
to article in The Wall Street Journal:
15)
25 Million Euros Allocated for
'Intelligent' Roads in Flanders
Link
to article on Expatica:
16)
Will Robot Cars Get Stuck in Policy
Traffic?
Link
to blog on The Huffington Post:
17)
Beating Traffic with Trained Mammals
Link
to blog in Scientific American:
18)
Guidelines for Disseminating Road
Weather Advisory and Control Information
Link
to further information from US DOT:
19)
Integrating Clarus Data in Traffic
Signal System Operation: A Survivable Real-Time Weather-Responsive System
Link
to further information from US DOT:
VEHICLES
20)
Experts Hope to Shield Cars from
Computer Viruses
Link
to Reuters article:
News Releases
3)
New Report from MarketsandMarkets: ITS
Market – Trends, Adoption and Worldwide Forecasts (2012-2017)
Upcoming Events
Seminar: Zero Tolerance – Tackling Drink
and Drug Driving – September 25 – Birmingham, UK
Today in Transportation
History
1977
**35th anniversary** Voyage 2 was launched on a mission to explore
Jupiter, Saturn Uranus and Neptune, as well as the solar system beyond the
planets.
1985 – The National
Research Council issued their 'Airline Cabin Air Quality and Safety'
report. The report led to the
eventual banning of smoking on airlines worldwide.
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