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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