Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Air Carriers New Early Warning Policy Gives Passengers Chance to Book Options
Link to AP article:

2) The Airport of the Future
Link to article in Airport World:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Just Wave and Go with Electronic Tolls at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
Link to article in The Windsor Star:

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) New York MTA Filmmaker Documents Sandy's Disastrous Effects
Link to article on Indiewire:

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Study Launched to Determine Effects of Wildlife Warning Reflectors on Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Wyoming
Link to article on County 10:

6) TSA Wants a Firm to Supply it Twice a Week with Complete Airline Flight Data
Link to article in Government Security News:

TRANSIT

7) Nashville Buses May Go High-Tech with Real-Time Data, GPS
Link to article in The Tennessean:

VEHICLES

8) Communications Help Trucking Weather the Storm
Link to article in Fleet Owner:

9) Honda ITS Lets Cars/Motorcycles Communicate
Link to article on Motorcycle USA:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
First HeERO International Conference – November 15 – Zagreb, Croatia


Today in Transportation History    
1962 **50th anniversary** The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge over the St. Marys River between Canada and the US officially opened to traffic.

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Can Wireless Connectivity Streamline Airport Congestion?
Link to article on TMCnet:

2) Virtual Worlds for Remote Tower Operation
Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

CAMERAS

3) Alaska DOT&PF Trying to Get Thane Avalanche Cameras Installed for Winter
Link to article in the Juneau Empire:

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) US Navy Seeks Protections and Alternatives to GPS for Precise Ship and Weapons Time-Keeping
Link to article in Military & Aerospace Electronics:

OTHER

5) Volpe News
Link to newsletter:

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Technology Helps Overcome Hurricane Sandy
Link to Talking Transportation blog:

ROADWAYS

7) Faulty Switch, Not Hackers, Led to Melbourne Traffic Chaos
Link to AAP article:

TELEMATICS

8) Report on Day Two of Telematics Munich 2012
Link to article on Telematics Update:

9) Ford CEO Says 'More Fixes to Come' on MyFord Touch
Link to Reuters article:

TRANSIT

10) Privacy International Warns of Public Transit Card Hazards
Link to IDG News Service article:

11) Transit Meets a Hurricane
Link to article on Storify:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Radars for Traffic Collection Data Being Installed at Strategic Locations in Gibraltar
Link to article in Vox:

VEHICLES

13) Yes, Driverless Cars Know the Way to San Jose
Link to article in The New York Times:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference 2012 – November 14-16 – Seoul


Today in Transportation History    
1972 **40th anniversary** Two Illinois Central Gulf commuter trains crashed in Chicago's worst train accident.  Forty-five people died.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Monday, October 29, 2012



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, October 29, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) NASA Applies Deep-Diving Text Analytics to Airline Safety
Link to article in GCN:

BICYCLES

2) DC to Add Ads to Capital Bikeshare Stations
Link to article in The Examiner:

OTHER

3) Internet, Phone Companies Brace for Hurricane Sandy
Link to article on Nextgov:

RAILROADS

4) Baltimore's Penn Station to Get Spiffier with Video Board, Welcome Sign
Link to article in the Baltimore Business Journal:

ROADWAYS

5) Traffic Lights Dumped for Stop Signs in Kansas City Has Many Seeing Red
Link to article in The Kansas City Star:

6) A Glow-in-the-Dark 'Smart Highway' is Coming to the Netherlands
Link to article in Business Insider:

7) Mobile App May Help Drivers Outsmart Traffic Signals
Link to article in Government Technology:

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Chicago Transit Authority Credits Drop in Robberies to Video Surveillance
Link to story on WLS-TV:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/PPdgt

TAXIS

9) Taxi Apps Face Bumpy Road
Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

10) New Taxi App Fixing Some Issues Before Chicago Rollout
Link to column in the Chicago Tribune:

TELEMATICS

11) Telematics Munich 2012: Day One
Link to article on Telematics Update:

TOURISM

12) New Visitor Center Plans in Port Huron, Michigan Include Electronic Kiosk
Link to article in the Times Herald:

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) University of Illinois Students Use Homecoming Game to Analyze, Improve Event Traffic
Link to article in The News-Gazette:

14) Nokia Brings More Employees to Downtown Chicago to Join Mapping Division
Link to article on Medill Reports - Chicago:

TRANSIT

15) In an Entrenched Car Culture, Painting a Bolder Face on Mass Transit
Link to article in The New York Times:

16) Chennai's Metropolitan Transport Corporation to Revive Announcement System for Upcoming Bus Stops
Link to article in The Times of India:

17) New York MTA Bus Time Coming to the Bronx
Link to article in the Daily News:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Graphics-Based Traffic Alerts on Six Major Singapore Roads
Link to article in The Strait Times:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
Telematics for Fleet Management USA – November 13-14 – Atlanta


Today in Transportation History    
1962 **50th anniversary** East Anglian Flying Services was renamed Channel Airways.

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