Monday, September 10, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, September 10, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

Bernie's Notes

Hopefully, the TCN is something you look forward to each day, but I'm sure there are steps I can take to make the newsletter even more useful.  The newsletter currently has over 7,600 subscribers but that's just a fraction of the people involved in transportation communications.  If there were one thing I could add to the TCN to make it a must read for those involved in transportation communications, what would that be?  Please send me your suggestions at bernie@bwcommunications.net.  Thanks!


AVIATION

1) Survey: Fliers Switching to Tablets from Laptops
Link to article in USA Today:

2) Perth Airport's New Technology Aims to Win Over Passengers
Link to article on WAtoday:

BICYCLES

3) Boise Bicycle Bloggers Share the 'Spoke'-en Word
Link to article in the Idaho Statesman:

CARTOGRAPHY

4) How Google Builds Its Maps – And What It Means for the Future of Everything
Link to article in The Atlantic:

MARITIME

5) IT Helps Passengers, Crew Navigate Gigantic Cruise Ship
Link to IDG News Service article:

OTHER

6) Self-Service Kiosks Set to Help Tennessee Drivers
Link to article in The Commercial Appeal:

7) GetMeToMyFlight Aims for Multimodal Transport Search
Link to article on Tnooz:

TELEMATICS

8) GM Halts US Sale of Several 2013 Models to Fix OnStar Software Issues
Link to Reuters article:

TRANSIT

9) Muni App Seeks to Improve Fleet, Crews
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Transportation Management Center to Open in British Columbia
Link to story on CKWX Radio:

VEHICLES

11) Mercedes Defeats Patent Challenge Over Drowsiness Detection
Link to Bloomberg article:

12) Google's Self-Driving Cars May Cost More Than a Ferrari
Link to article on Business Insider:

13) New Tech Incubator Focuses on Car-Based Apps
Link to article on ReadWriteWeb:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
SAE 2012 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress – October 2-3 – Rosemont, Illinois


Today in Transportation History    
1932 **80th anniversary** The Eighth Avenue Line, the first portion of the IND subway system in New York City, opened between Chambers and 207th streets.

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