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 20th
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:
2)
Wi-Fi Matters for Airports
Link
to article in Airport World:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3)
Taiwan Vice Minister Allays Concerns Over eTag
Information Leak
Link to article in The China Post:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Florida Company Helps Customers Use GPS
to Track Everything from Trucks to Teenagers
Link
to article in the Naples Daily News:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
MBTA: Education Best Way to Keep People
Away from Railroad Tracks
Link
to article in The Haverhill Gazette:
Editorial: 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:
TELEMATICS
7)
Apps 'Could Help Millions' Save Money on
Car Insurance
Link
to BBC News story:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
8)
An Addictive Traffic Game Challenges You
to Keep Up the Flow
Link
to article on Co.Exist:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9)
Highway Message Signs Good But Not
Perfect
Link
to column in The Record:
News Releases
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
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
**200th anniversary** The French army, under Napoleon I, began a
retreat from Moscow.
1917
**95th anniversary** The US Army names new Dallas flying field 'Love
Field.'
1987
**25th 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.
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