Friday, November 16, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, November 16, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Gatwick Airport to Hold Live Twitter Q&A for Disabled Passengers

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news-articles/item/2088-gatwick-airport-to-hold-live-twitter-qa-for-disabled-passengers

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/Zq1iQ

2) International Civil Aviation Organization Oversees Real-Time Flight Plan Transition

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2012/11/icao-oversees-realtime-flight-plan-transition/

3) SeatID Helps You Avoid the Crying Baby and the Smelly Hippie on Flights

Link to article on The Next Web:

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/11/13/seatid-helps-you-avoid-the-crying-baby-and-the-smelly-hippy-on-flights/

CAMERAS

4) Seattle: Who's Tracking Your License Plate – and Why

Link to story on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Whos-tracking-your-license-plate---and-why-179598541.html

RAILROADS

5) Association of American Railroads: Industry Committed to PTC Implementation, Despite Challenges

Link to article in Railway Track & Structures:

http://www.rtands.com/index.php/safety-training/aar-railroads-committed-to-ptc-implementation-despite-challenges.html

6) Electronic Device Distraction: A Message to Railroaders from FRA Administrator Joe Szabo

Link to video from the Federal Railroad Administration:

http://youtu.be/tW3p53Tbklc

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Young Drivers Still Texting, Surfing the Web

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/15/young-drivers-still-texting-surfing-the-web/1707711/

8) SOL eMagazine No. 9

Articles on road safety efforts in Central Europe.

Link to SOL eMagazine:

http://www.sol-project.eu/index.php?id=2586&ID1=2586

TRANSIT

9) Sri Lanka Color Codes Public Transport Vehicles

Link to article on ColomboPage:

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12B/Nov16_1353046626CH.php

10) Hack Day Resulting in Transit-Screen Excitement

Link to blog from Mobility Lab:

http://mobilitylab.org/2012/11/14/hack-day-resulting-in-transit-screen-excitement/

11) More Angelenos Riding Buses, Boarding Trains Thanks to Smartphone Technology

Link to blog on LAist:

http://laist.com/2012/11/15/more_angelenos_riding_buses_boardin.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Conference Calls for Intelligent Transport Systems in Fiji

Link to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation story:

http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/6082/intelligent-transport-systems 

News Releases

1) EU: Safer Vehicles Through International Harmonization

2) Siim Kallas: Road Transport – Europe's Challenge to Be Clean, Competitive and Sustainable

3) Delaware DOT Introduces New Travel Information App in Time for Thanksgiving Holiday Travel

Friday Bonus

Art work in the form of bridges.

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/slideshow/2012/10/22/8-amazing-bridges-from-around-world/#slide=1

Job Postings

 -  Assistant General Manager – First Transit – Peoria, Illinois

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=26603

 -  Principal Transportation Planner – Capitol Region Council of Governments – Hartford, Connecticut

http://www.transittalent.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=33228

Upcoming Events

2012 Committee for a Smart New Jersey Symposium – December 14 – Piscataway, New Jersey (Rescheduled Date)

http://shouts.at/FOn

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** The Detroit trolleybus system ended service.

http://www.trolleybuses.net/det/det.htm

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