Transportation
Communications Newsletter
Monday, August 6, 2012 – ISSN
1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Facebook Post Sparks
Alaska Airlines Backlash
Link to story on KTVZ-TV:
2) Lessons Learned from Airport Safety Management Systems Pilot Studies
Link to report from the
Transportation Research Board:
CAMERAS
3) Machine Vision Moves into Traffic: Part I
Link to article in Vision Systems Design:
MARITIME
4) Smart Cranes Ease Load Positioning
Link to article in Vision Systems Design:
OTHER
5) GEWI Newsletter – July/August
2012
Link to newsletter:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6) Time Warp
Character Drives Up Online Colorado
DMV Renewals
Link to article in Government
Technology:
7) Massachusetts DOT Consolidating Phone Numbers to Save $422,000
Link to article on
Fenway-Kenmore Patch:
8) NHTSA Seeks PR Support
Link to article in PRWeek:
9) Los Angeles Officials Try Different Approach to
Discourage Driving for Carmageddon Sequel
Link to blog in the Los Angeles Times:
10) The Best Amateur Music Videos in Support of Active Transportation
Link to videos on DC
Streetsblog:
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) I-75 Warning Signs in Florida
a Year Off?
Link to article in The Gainesville Sun:
TELEMATICS
12) Chrysler and Sprint Offer Improved Connectivity
Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:
13) Telematics: Creative Destruction, or Just Destructive?
Link to article on
Insurance Networking News:
http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/telematics-deloitte-allstate-birchfield-packard-30807-1.html
14) Sagemcom: ‘Boosting the Telematics Market by Unlocking Barriers’
Link to interview on
Telematics Update:
15) Telematics – Can You Afford Not to Have It In Your Vehicles?
Link to column on FleetDirectory:
TRANSIT
16) Gauging the Real-World Value of Real-Time Bus Arrival Data
Link to interview in Transit Talent:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Early Warning System Being Explored for New Jersey’s Transportation System
Link to story on WKXW Radio:
VEHICLES
18) Ford to Begin Testing Driver-Assistance Technologies in Germany
Link to article in The Detroit News:
Bernie’s Notes
I invite you to
listen to a live interview I’ll be doing on Tuesday, August 7 on The Peggy
Smedley Show to discuss the intersection of technology and transportation.
You can listen
live by visiting The Peggy Smedley Show website,
or download archived episodes at www.peggysmedleyshow.com/archives
Upcoming Events
AutoConnections Conference – September 5-8
– Las Vegas
Today in Transportation History
1932 **80th
anniversary** The fourth (and current) Welland Ship Canal
opened. The canal connects Lakes Erie
and Ontario.
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Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net
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