Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
October 15, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Learning from Atlanta
A
look at the user-friendly design of Hartsfield-Jackson's new international
terminal.
Link
to article in Airport World:
2)
The iPad Kiosk: Landing at an Airport
Near You
Link
to article in CIO:
3)
Singapore Changi Airport Launches
High-Definition App for Apple iPad
Link
to article in Airport World:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/QKXta
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4)
South African Political Party Seeks Access to Gauteng ETC Contract
Link to article in The Citizen:
5)
Thank the Cold War for E-ZPass Technology
Link to column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
Rockwell Collins to Develop US Navy
Technology to Track GPS Jamming Signals
Link
to article in The Gazette:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/rLVAQ
MARITIME
7)
The Weather Channel Debuts 'Coast Guard
Florida'
Link
to article in the Sun Sentinel:
8)
Hong Kong Maritime Tragedy Revives Old
Questions About State Media
Link
to editorial in The China Post:
OTHER
9)
Articles from September Issue of Texas
Transportation Researcher
-
Highway Signs and the TTI/TxDOT
Relationship
-
New Approaches to Traditional
Research: Collecting and Analyzing Travel Data for TxDOT
-
Providing Positive Protection for
Work Zones
RAILROADS
10)
Take an Audio Tour of New York's Grand
Central Terminal
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
ROADWAYS
11)
North Carolina DOT to Install Advanced
Warning System on I-277
Link
to story on WSOC-TV:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/gryZM
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12)
Analysis Modeling, and Simulation for
Traffic Incident Management Applications
Link
to report from FHWA:
TRANSIT
13)
US Judge Explains Decision to Force DC
Transit System to Display Anti-Jihad Ads
Link
to AP article:
Link
to opinion from the US District Court for the District of Columbia: http://goo.gl/SyK3p
14)
Experts Say Pittsburgh Transit Has
Potential to Be 'Smart' Transportation System
Link
to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
15)
Dubai Transport Officials Planning to
Roll Out Mobile Payments
Link
to article on 7Days in Dubai:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/ujk3M
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16)
Kansas DOT's WICHway Recognized for
Outstanding Achievement
Link
to story on KSNW-TV:
17)
Audit Shows Kuala Lumpur Traffic Info
System 'Unsatisfactory', Lacked Cost-Benefit Study
Link
to article on The Malaysian Insider:
News Releases
Solicitation
-
Comments Sought – Field Test of
Application No. 7 Report of the Results (Emergency Brake Lights Warning) –
ACECR at Sharif University of Technology
Upcoming Events
2012 Committee for a Smart New
Jersey Symposium – November 8 – Piscataway, New Jersey
http://shouts.at/Eld
Today in Transportation
History
1962
**50th anniversary** A US U2 flight over Cuba took the first
pictures of Soviet missile sites on the island.
1997
**15th anniversary** ThrustSSC set a new land speed record in the
Black Rock Desert in Nevada. The
jet-powered vehicle reached 763 mph (1,228 km/h).
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