Monday, August 27, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 27, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

CARTOGRAPHY

1) Are Our Transit Maps Tricking Us?

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/08/are-our-transit-maps-tricking-us/3072/

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Chinese Government to Require GPS in Long-Haul Buses and Vehicles Transporting Dangerous Goods

Link to article in the China Daily:

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/28/content_15710493.htm

OTHER

3) Articles from TRB’s Ignition – Summer/Fall 2012

 -  Want to Reduce Expensive Paratransit Trips? There’s an App for That (page 4)

 -  Beeps, Bells and Vroom-Vrooms: Audio Cues to Help Truck Drivers Stay Alert (page 7)

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/ignition/ignition_19.pdf

ROADWAYS

4) Massachusetts Highway Signs Perplex, and Vex, Some Motorists

Link to column in The Boston Globe:

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/08/26/bgcom-starts/Fq17Gc09yHJ2bk00zX8dHM/story.html

TRANSIT

5) Sydney Rail Staff Get Speech Training to Make Announcements Easier to Understand

Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-rail-staff-get-speech-training-20120827-24v1x.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) Automated Traffic Management Eyed in Manila

Link to article in the Manila Standard Today:

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/08/27/automated-traffic-management-eyed/

7) Zimbabwe Broadcaster and Courier Company Partner for Nation’s First Commercial Traffic Reports

Link to article in The Herald:

http://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50777:star-fm-swift-to-air-traffic-reports&catid=38:local-news&Itemid=131

8) App Provides Orlando Traffic Audio Updates

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/blog/os-orlando-traffic-app-tele-traffic-20120827,0,3395198.post

VEHICLES

9) Maverick Transportation Centralizes Data to Make Real-Time Decisions

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9230554/Best_of_BI_Maverick_Transportation_centralizes_data_to_make_real_time_decisions?taxonomyId=11

10) Los Angeles Unified School District Fleet Ad Program to Bring in $4 Million Over Five Years

Link to article in Government Fleet:

http://www.government-fleet.com/News/Story/2012/08/LAUSD-Fleet-Advertising-Program-to-Bring-in-4M-Over-Five-Years.aspx

News Releases

1) Dedicated Short-Range Communications for Safer Railway Crossings Being Trialed in Melbourne

2) California’s Inland Empire 511 Upgrades Phone Service

3) Scientists Investigate Using Artificial Intelligence for Next-Generation Traffic Control

4) Trimble to Acquire Trucking Industry Enterprise Software Firm TMW Systems, Expanding Transportation and Logistics Reach

5) Operation Lifesaver Unveils Interactive Challenge to Help School Bus Drivers Cross Tracks Safely

6) US Department of Homeland Security Unveils New ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ Campaign Sports Public Service Announcement

7) US Department of Homeland Security, MBTA to Begin Series of Tests for Rapid Biological Response Sensors

8) FAA Announces Plans for Industry Working Group to Study Portable Electronics Usage

9) Accurate Mobile Indoor Positioning Industry Alliance, Called In-Location, to Promote Deployment of Location-Based Indoor Services and Solutions

Upcoming Events

11^th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control – September 9-12 - Seoul

http://avec12.ksae.org/

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** - Mariner 2 was launched on a mission to Venus.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?MCode=Mariner_02

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