Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
October 24, 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 or at the TISA stand E40
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)
North Korea's Air Koryo Stumbles Into
Internet Age
Link
to article on NK News:
Link
to Air Koryo: http://www.airkoryo.com.kp
2)
In a Rare Departure, Airlines Trump
Other Companies in Customer Service via Facebook
Link
to article on Tnooz:
Further
information from Socialbakers: http://goo.gl/0CGfR
OTHER
3)
Study Touts Job Potential of 'Smart'
Infrastructure in New England
Link
to article in the Boston Herald:
4)
Daily News from ITS World Congress
Link
to newsletter from ITS International:
5)
Thinking Aloud Podcast From ITS World
Congress
Link
to podcast from Thinking Highways:
6)
US DOT ITS JPO Newsletter – October 2012
Link
to newsletter:
PARKING
7)
Governments Expand Mobile Payments to Everything
from Parking to Property Taxes
Link to article in Government Technology:
ROADWAYS
8)
Brigham Young University Researchers Say
Water Drops Can Diagnose Bridge Health
Link
to UPI article
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/PGpgl
9)
Campaign Signs, Designed Like Official
Highway Construction Signs, Attract Washington State DOT Attention
Link
to article in The Columbian:
TELEMATICS
10)
Q&A: Telematics, Toyota EVs and the
Connected Car
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
11)
New York MTA: On Lettered Lines, Let PA
System Be Your Countdown Clock
Link
to article on Transportation Nation
Link
to testimony before NYC Council Committee: http://goo.gl/uzWcx
12)
Montreal's Opus Card Can Be Reloaded
from Home Starting in 2013
Link to article in The Gazette:
13)
Fewer 'Ghost Buses' Haunt NextBus in DC
Link
to Greater Greater Washington blog:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
14)
Philippine Tollways to Offer Upgraded
Traffic Control Room, Online Real-Time Information for Holiday Travel
Link
to article in BusinessMirror:
15)
Code for America Unveils Macon, Georgia
Apps, Including 'Open Street Map' and Improved Transit Map
Link
to article in The Telegraph:
16)
Ceefax Service Ends After 38 Years on
BBC
Link
to story on BBC News:
VEHICLES
17)
How Germany is Getting Cars to Talk to
Each Other (and Traffic Lights)
Link
to article in Wired:
18)
Driver Assistance Firm Mobileye Sees
Years of Doubling Sales
Link
to Reuters article:
19)
Designing Interactive Entertainment for
the Car
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
12th National Light Rail Conference
– November 11-13 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Today in Transportation
History
1962
**50th anniversary** The US partial naval blockade against
Cuban-bound Soviet ships went into effect.
2007
**5th anniversary** Chang'e 1, the first Chinese lunar orbiter, was
launched from Xichang.
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