Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
August 9, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Language Spies Posing as Travelers
Heading to Canadian Airports to Test Bilingualism
Link
to Postmedia News article:
2)
Ryanair Offers Free Flight Delay Texts
Link
to article on Business Traveller:
3)
Edinburgh Airport Covers Up Ad Showing
Nude Picasso Painting
Link
to article in the Daily Record:
BICYCLES
4)
BikePlanner.Org – A New Community-Based
Trip-Routing Tool
Link
to Mobility Lab blog:
5)
Bicycle Wayfinding in Los Angeles
Link
to LADOT Bike Blog:
CAMERAS
6)
Law Now Requires Amarillo, Texas
Resident's Opinions on Red-Light Cameras
Link
to article in the Amarillo Globe-News:
MARITIME
7)
COMSAR Finalizes Global Maritime
Distress and Safety System Revision Plan
Link
to article in IMO News:
OTHER
8)
Dubai Traffic Police to Send Instant
Violation Messages
Link
to article on 7Days in Dubai:
9)
10 Transportation Apps to Keep You
Moving
Link
to blog on Mashable:
RAILROADS
10)
Congress' $20 Billion Tech Mandate: Make
Trains Safer
Link
to article in InformationWeek:
TAXIS
11)
New App Helps New Yorkers Summon Cab
Drivers
Link
to story on NY1:
TRANSIT
12)
Commuters Lose Digital Edge in Penn
Station, New York Platform Race
Link
to article in The Wall Street Journal:
13)
London Rethinks Its Iconic Underground
Signage
Link
to blog on This Big City:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Beware! Traffic Robo-Cops!
Link
to series on KYW Radio:
-
A Spy in Your Car
-
Watching From … Everywhere
-
Red-Light Camera Controversy
-
Is It Safety, or Revenue?
15)
Speed Management on Freeways
Link
to article in World Highways:
VEHICLES
16)
Ford Says Software Fixes Too Late to
Help J.D. Power Rank
Link
to Bloomberg article:
17)
Talking Cars Could Save Your Life
Link
to column on MarketWatch:
18)
Google's Self-Driving Cars Will Keep
Humans at Wheel, for Now
Link
to blog in New York:
News Releases
1)
West Virginia State Fair Visitors Invited to
Learn About Upcoming 511 Traveler Information System
Job Postings
- Public Information and Marketing Specialist – Livermore Amador Valley
Transit Authority – Livermore, California
- Public Transportation Coordinator – Georgia Department of
Transportation – Atlanta, Georgia
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Freight Considerations in Traffic
Incident Management – August 15
Today in Transportation
History
1912
**100th 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.
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