Transportation Communications Newsletter: Friday, October 19, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, October 19, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

Visit GEWI at ITS World Congress in Vienna

If you are attending the ITS World Congress in Vienna, please visit us in person at GEWI stand P18 and claim a free gift as GEWI celebrates its 20^th year delivering world-class traffic information solutions. You can also see the latest developments in TIC, which are used for a variety of transportation-related projects and used by a wide-range of public and private sector organizations worldwide. New to be shown at ITS World Congress will be TIC’s ability to distribute information to connected graphical VMS signs. If you are unable to attend ITS World Congress this year, then visit GEWI at www.gewi.com to view GEWI’s products, to learn about GEWI history, to meet some of GEWI’s people and to quickly learn from some of GEWI's TIC product videos which powerfully demonstrate how in over 125 projects worldwide, TIC CONNECTS Systems – Vehicles – Travellers.

AVIATION

1) 'An Operational Puzzle:' Cockpit Voice Recorder Expert Works to Prevent Future Plane Crashes

Link to article in Government Executive:

http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/operational-puzzle-preventing-future-plane-crashes/58882

2) Wi-Fi Matters for Airports

Link to article in Airport World:

http://airport-world.com/publications/all-online-articles/item/1921-wi-fi-matters

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Taiwan Vice Minister Allays Concerns Over eTag Information Leak

Link to article in The China Post:

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2012/10/20/358306/Vice-minister.htm

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Florida Company Helps Customers Use GPS to Track Everything from Trucks to Teenagers

Link to article in the Naples Daily News:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/oct/19/north-naples-company-helps-customers-gps-argotrak/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) MBTA: Education Best Way to Keep People Away from Railroad Tracks

Link to article in The Haverhill Gazette:

http://www.hgazette.com/local/x1684127437/MBTA-Education-best-way-to-keep-people-away-from-railroad-tracks

Editorial: Education Not Enough on Railroad Safety

http://www.hgazette.com/local/x1684127421/Education-not-enough-on-railroad-safety

ROADWAYS

6) Are Smart Traffic Signals to Blame for Deadly Car Crashes in Shelby, Michigan?

Link to article on Shelby-Utica Patch:

http://shelby-utica.patch.com/articles/are-smart-traffic-signals-to-blame-for-deadly-car-crashes-in-shelby

TELEMATICS

7) Apps 'Could Help Millions' Save Money on Car Insurance

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/19991182

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

8) An Addictive Traffic Game Challenges You to Keep Up the Flow

Link to article on Co.Exist:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680748/an-addictive-traffic-game-challenges-you-to-keep-up-the-flow

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Highway Message Signs Good But Not Perfect

Link to column in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/174891591_Road_Warrior__Message_signs_good_but_not_perfect_eyes_on_the_road__not_the_signs.html

News Releases

1) Volkswagen Group of America Launches Technology Startup Accelerator at Plug and Play Tech Center

2) ERTICO Joins €1.5 Million 'iMobility Challenge' Consortium to Promote Safe, Smart and Clean Mobility

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Getting Ready for the Unexpected – Planning for Evacuations – October 25

http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=25326

Friday Bonus

You might want to remove this guy from your list of potential babysitters.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57531426-1/slow-down-dad-hot-rod-baby-carriage-can-reach-50-mph/

Today in Transportation History

1812 **200^th anniversary** The French army, under Napoleon I, began a retreat from Moscow.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleon-retreats-from-moscow

1917 **95^th anniversary** The US Army names new Dallas flying field 'Love Field.'

http://www.lovefieldmodernizationprogram.com/history

1987 **25^th anniversary** In Operation Nimble Archer, the US Navy attacked two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf following an Iranian missile attack on a US-flagged oil tanker.

http://www.seastory.us/hoel/nimble_archer.html

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