Transportation Communications Newsletter: Thursday, August 9, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 9, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

INRIX Analytics Webinar: Turning Traffic-Related Data into Information, August 16

Since 2008, the I-95 Corridor Coalition Project has mined crowd-sourced traffic data with advanced analytics techniques to turn billions of data points into powerful insights that help agencies take a smarter approach to how they build, manage and measure their road networks. Get a complete overview of the system performance measures and data visualizations that INRIX Analytics places at your fingertips. Register now for the August 16, 1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT webinar.

AVIATION

1) Language Spies Posing as Travelers Heading to Canadian Airports to Test Bilingualism

Link to Postmedia News article:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/08/language-spies-posing-as-travellers-heading-to-canadian-airports-to-test-bilingualism/

2) Ryanair Offers Free Flight Delay Texts

Link to article on Business Traveller:

http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/ryanair-offers-free-flight-delay-texts

3) Edinburgh Airport Covers Up Ad Showing Nude Picasso Painting

Link to article in the Daily Record:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/edinburgh-airport-cover-up-nude-1237762

BICYCLES

4) BikePlanner.Org – A New Community-Based Trip-Routing Tool

Link to Mobility Lab blog:

http://mobilitylab.org/2012/08/09/bikeplanner-org-a-new-community-based-trip-routing-tool/

5) Bicycle Wayfinding in Los Angeles

Link to LADOT Bike Blog:

http://ladotbikeblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/whats-up-with-wayfinding/

CAMERAS

6) Law Now Requires Amarillo, Texas Resident's Opinions on Red-Light Cameras

Link to article in the Amarillo Globe-News:

http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2012-08-07/law-now-requires-residents-opinions

MARITIME

7) COMSAR Finalizes Global Maritime Distress and Safety System Revision Plan

Link to article in IMO News:

http://issuu.com/imo-news/docs/imo-news-02-12-web?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222 (page 16)

OTHER

8) Dubai Traffic Police to Send Instant Violation Messages

Link to article on 7Days in Dubai:

http://www.7daysindubai.com/Dubai-Traffic-Police-send-instant-violation/story-16670625-detail/story.html

9) 10 Transportation Apps to Keep You Moving

Link to blog on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2012/08/09/transportation-apps/

RAILROADS

10) Congress' $20 Billion Tech Mandate: Make Trains Safer

Link to article in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/global-cio/interviews/congress-20-billion-tech-mandate-make-tr/240004933

TAXIS

11) New App Helps New Yorkers Summon Cab Drivers

Link to story on NY1:

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/transit/166527/new-app-helps-new-yorkers-summon-cab-drivers

TRANSIT

12) Commuters Lose Digital Edge in Penn Station, New York Platform Race

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/08/09/commuters-lose-digital-edge-in-penn-station-platform-race/

13) London Rethinks Its Iconic Underground Signage

Link to blog on This Big City:

http://thisbigcity.net/olympic-cities-london-rethinks-iconic-underground-signage

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Beware! Traffic Robo-Cops!

Link to series on KYW Radio:

- A Spy in Your Car

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/08/09/part-1-a-monitoring-device-in-your-car/

- Watching From … Everywhere

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/08/09/part-2-watching-from-everywhere/

- Red-Light Camera Controversy

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/08/09/part-3-redlight-camera-controversy/

- Is It Safety, or Revenue?

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/08/09/part-4-safety-or-revenue/

15) Speed Management on Freeways

Link to article in World Highways:

http://www.worldhighways.com/sections/eurofile/features/speed-management-on-freeways/

VEHICLES

16) Ford Says Software Fixes Too Late to Help J.D. Power Rank

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-08/ford-says-software-fixes-too-late-to-help-j-d-power-rank.html

17) Talking Cars Could Save Your Life

Link to column on MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/talking-cars-could-save-your-life-2012-08-09?siteid=yhoof2

18) Google's Self-Driving Cars Will Keep Humans at Wheel, for Now

Link to blog in New York:

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/08/googles-self-driving-cars-still-need-humans.html

News Releases

1) West Virginia State Fair Visitors Invited to Learn About Upcoming 511 Traveler Information System

2) New Website Makes Parking Easier in Seattle's Waterfront and Pioneer Square Neighborhoods

Job Postings

- Public Information and Marketing Specialist – Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority – Livermore, California

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=30444

- Public Transportation Coordinator – Georgia Department of Transportation – Atlanta, Georgia

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=30443

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Freight Considerations in Traffic Incident Management – August 15

http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=24748

Today in Transportation History

1912 **100^th anniversary** The US Senate passed a bill for the opening of the Panama Canal. The bill also included a number of other provisions pertaining to the canal.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00811FD3D5417738DDDA90994D0405B828DF1D3

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