Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) United Airlines Says Hardware Issue Caused Computer Outage
Link to AP article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united-says-hardware-issue-caused-180906981.html

2) Solving Commercial Aviation's $27 Billion 'Weather Problem'
Link to blog in The Hill:
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/technology/246101-solving-commercial-aviations-27-billion-weather-problem 

CAMERAS

3) DC Traffic Cameras to Monitor Problem Intersections
Cameras will also issue tickets for blocking intersections and rolling through stop signs.
Link to article in The Examiner:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/d.c.-to-use-traffic-cameras-to-monitor-problem-intersections/article/2506262 

4) Copper Thieves Knock Georgia DOT Cameras Offline

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/traffic/copper-thieves-knock-gdot-cameras-offline/nRMjZ/

5) More Traffic Cameras Throughout England to Catch Drivers

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19410077

RAILROADS

6) New Signaling System Will Cut Cost of British Railways by £250 Million

Link to article on Rail.co:

http://www.rail.co/2012/08/29/new-signalling-system-will-cut-cost-of-railways-by-250m/

ROADWAYS

7) Threatened Iconic Seward Highway Sign in Alaska Gets 'Stay of Execution' from FHWA

Link to article on Alaska Dispatch:

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/diamond-jims-sign-along-seward-highway-gets-stay-execution

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) North and South Carolina Troopers Stage Joint Checkpoint on Border

Link to story on WSPA-TV:

http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/aug/29/ncsc-troopers-stage-joint-checkpoint-border-ar-4437979/

TRANSIT

9) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Shows Off $66 Million PATH Command Center
Link to article in The Record:
http://www.northjersey.com/news/Port_Authority_shows_off_66M_command_center.html

10) Metra Defends Response After Crane Collapse

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-tl-metra-contingency-20120829,0,6308855.story

11) Chapel Hill, North Carolina to Review Policy After Ads Were Pulled from Buses

Link to article in The News & Observer:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/08/29/2299152/chapel-hill-to-review-policy-after.html

12) Almost All Public Transport in Ireland to Be Equipped with Free Wi-Fi by 2013: Minister
Link to article on Silicon Republic:
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/28962-almost-all-public-transport/

13) Customer Service Ranks High on MBTA Curriculum

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/08/28/mbta-other-state-transportation-workers-learns-basics-customer-service/L1z0sIF5BykIeQUTDZKEON/story.html

14) Long Island Rail Road Mobile Ticketing Plans Moving Forward

Link to article from Newsday:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10771180/ny-lirr-mobile-ticketing-plans-moving-forward

15) Utah Transit Authority Embraces Social Media

Link to article in the Daily Herald:

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/uta-embraces-social-media/article_a568c873-5ea5-5121-bc4c-79b2021080d2.html

16) More People Will Only Ride DC-Area Buses if Information Gets Better

Link to blog on Greater Greater Washington:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15978/more-people-will-only-ride-buses-if-information-gets-better/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Wisconsin Transportation Agreement Hopes to Speed Response to Crashes, Reduce Congestion

Link to article in The Capital Times:

http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/transportation-agreement-hopes-to-speed-response-to-crashes-reduce-congestion/article_6672e10a-f12f-11e1-b734-0019bb2963f4.html

VEHICLES

18) GOP Platform Opposes Monitoring of Motorists

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120828/AUTO01/208280451/1121/auto0104/GOP-platform-opposes-monitoring-of-motorists

19) Autonomous Vehicles May Soon Drive California Roads

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/technology/Autonomous-Vehicles-May-Soon-Drive-California-Roads.html

20) Next Wave in Car Audio is Not Hardware
Link to article on CEoutlook:
http://www.ceoutlook.com/2012/08/29/next-tech-wave-in-car-audio-is-not-hardware/ 

News Releases

1) TomTom Previews Navigation Application for Android

2) Nebraska DMV Offers Online System for Handicap Parking Permit Requests

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Apps to Bridge the Gap Between Automotive and Consumer Electronics – September 6

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/264496510

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** An American U-2 reconnaissance flight confirmed the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba for the first time.

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/4.jpg

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