Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) What Do Airlines Really Know About Using Social Media in 2012?

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/10/02/news/what-do-airlines-really-know-about-using-social-media-in-2012

CARTOGRAPHY

2) The Forgotten Mapmaker: Nokia Has Better Maps Than Apple and Maybe Even Google

Link to article in The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-forgotten-mapmaker-nokia-has-better-maps-than-apple-and-maybe-even-google/263150/

OTHER

3) Intelligent Transport Plan for Qatar 'In Its Final Stages'

Link to article in Gulf Times:

http://goo.gl/J423U

4) Trimble Completes TWM Acquisition

Link to article in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=30293

5) Safe Highway Matters – Fall 2012

Link to newsletter:

http://www.safehighways.org/safe-highway-matters/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Michigan Governor: No Budget to Get Message Out on Bridge, Emergency Manager Proposals

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121002/POLITICS01/210020397/1022/politics/Snyder-No-budget-get-message-out-bridge-emergency-manager-proposals

RAILROADS

7) Amtrak's New Virtual Assistant Can Answer Your Questions Online … Sort of

Link to article on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2012/10/03/amtraks-new-virtual-assistant-can-answer-your-questions-online-sort-of

ROADWAYS

8) Computer Problems Close Melbourne Tunnels Causing Traffic Chaos

Link to story on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-03/tunnel-closures-cause-traffic-chaos/4292378

9) Scoring Coveted Brown Highway Signs Can Pay Off

Signs replace ineffectual GPS to guide tourists to North Carolina's Nantahala Gorge.

Link to article in the Smoky Mountain News:

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/8918-scoring-coveted-brown-highway-signs-can-pay-off

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Security Flaws Exposed at Washington, DC Airports via Online Posting

Link to article in Network World:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/100212-security-flaws-airport-262975.html

VEHICLES

11) Nissan Previews Self-Driving Car

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231978/Nissan_previews_self_driving_car

12) Presentations from the Connected Vehicle Safety Meeting in September Now Online

Link to presentations from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:

http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations.htm

News Releases

1) Presentations from 2012 National Rural ITS Conference Now Available Online

2) FCC Announces Winners of America's First 'Mobility Fund' Auction

3) Which Bus Wins Award in Evergreen Apps Challenge

Job Postings

 -  Director of Electronic Toll Collection – MTA Bridges and Tunnels – New York, New York

http://www.mta.info/bandt/employ/jobp999q_r992.html

Solicitation

 -  Call for Demos – IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference 2012

http://www.ieee-vnc.org/demos.html

Upcoming Events

Webcast: FAA Speaker Discusses Unified Communications – October 16

http://goo.gl/4Ed6R

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** Wally Schirra flew on Sigma 7, the fifth US manned space mission.

http://www.wallyschirra.com/mercury.htm

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