Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
August 15, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Could the New Air Traffic Control System
Be Hacked?
Link
to story on NPR's All Things Considered:
2)
Report: Flight Ops Role Overlooked in
NextGen
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
3)
Pilots Love Apple iPads, Flight-Planning
Apps Like ForeFlight, and Air-Streaming In-Flight Entertainment
Link
to blog on Tnooz:
4)
United Airlines' Recent Fails Cannot be
Fixed by Social Media
Link
to blog on ZDNet:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5)
Uber Boston Promises to Fight
Cease-and-Desist Order
Link
to article on CNET News:
6)
When GPS Leads to SOS
Link
to commentary in The New York Times:
OTHER
7)
Test Procedure Generator: A New Tool for
the Standards Development and Deployment Communities
Link
to further information from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
It's Time for Trucking Industry to Walk
the Walk with Public Image
Link
to commentary in Commercial Carrier
Journal:
Link
to referenced news report on WTSP-TV:
9)
Video Rising: News Consumers, Mobile
Devices Make Video Critical Storytelling Tool
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
RAILROADS
10)
FRA Recommends Congress Extend Positive
Train Control Deadline
Link
to article in The Journal of Commerce:
TRANSIT
11)
Countdown Clock System Being Installed
at Some Boston T Stops
Link
to story on WBZ-TV:
12)
Moscow Metro to Relax Secrecy for
Foreign Investors
Link
to RIA Novosti article:
13)
'Savage' Ads on San Francisco Muni
Stir Debate
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Virginia DOT's Chester Nerve Center
Upgraded, Expanded
Link
to article in the Chesterfield Observer:
15)
Colorado DOT Upgrades Electronic Signs Around
State
Link
to article in the Summit Daily News:
16)
Salem, New Hampshire Selectmen See New
ITS Program in Action
Link
to article on Salem Patch:
VEHICLES
17)
'Black Box' Standards Coming for Cars
Link
to article in The Hill:
18)
Who Needs a License? Self-Driving Cars
Coming Our Way
Link
to Reuters article:
Study: Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars
News Releases
Solicitation
- Request for Proposals –
ITS ePrimer Module Authors – US DOT, ITE, ITS America
Upcoming Events
2012 National Rural ITS Conference and Gulf
Region ITS Annual Meeting – September 16-19 – Biloxi, Mississippi
Today in Transportation
History
1962
**50th anniversary**
The
Red Sails aerobatic team of the Royal Australian Air Force collided during a
maneuver killing four pilots and two passengers.
Vostok
3, piloted by cosmonaut Andriyan G. Nikolayev, landed after completing 64
orbits.
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