Thursday, November 22, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, November 22, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

---

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

AVIATION

1) FAA's Online Flight Delay Tracker Takes a Dive

Link to article in Politico:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84144.html

2) East China Air Traffic Management Bureau to Study Computerized Flight Management System

Link to article on Eastday:

http://english.eastday.com/e/121122/u1a7011799.html

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Google Rolls Out Indoor Maps to Desktops

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/uk/google-rolls-out-indoor-maps-to-desktops-7000007786/

OTHER

4) Could Twitter Help Urban Planners Improve Transport Networks?

Link to article in The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/nov/22/using-twitter-mapping-urban-planning-transport-networks

5) CBC Traffic Reporter Wins Road Safety Award

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/11/22/nl-haire-road-safety-award-1122.html

ROADWAYS

6) West Virginia DOT to Install 511 Signs Along Highways

Link to story on WTAP-TV:      

http://www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/The-411-On-511-180253351.html

TRANSIT

7) Apple's Maps Mess and BMW Give Boost to Transit App Embark

Link to article on GigaOM:
http://gigaom.com/2012/11/21/apples-maps-mess-and-bmw-give-boost-to-transit-app-embark/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Virginia DOT Operations Center Helps Keep Holiday Traffic Moving

Link to story on WVIR-TV:

http://www.nbc29.com/story/20161167/vdot-operations-center-helps-keep-holiday-traffic-moving

9) Grant Will Fund 511 Transportation Hotline in San Luis Obispo, California

Link to article in The Tribune:

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/11/22/2304102/grant-will-fund-511-transportation.html

10) Missouri DOT Looks to Help Black Friday Traffic

Link to story on KMOV-TV:

http://www.kmov.com/news/local/MoDOT-looks-to-help-Black-Friday-traffic-180405151.html

VEHICLES

11) New Computer System Allows Georgia Drivers to Check DMV Wait Times Online

Link to story on WJBF-TV:

http://www2.wjbf.com/news/2012/nov/21/new-computer-system-allows-georgia-drivers-check-d-ar-5020612/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/jb0rR

News Releases

1) SESAR JU and Singapore Sign Memorandum of Cooperation

2) Maricopa County, Arizona DOT to Upgrade Olive Avenue to ITS Corridor

3) HungaroControl Joins European Project to Develop Environmentally-Friendly Air Navigation Tools and Techniques

4) ITS Researcher from Swinburne University of Technology Awarded Victoria Fellowship

Upcoming Events

Achieving the Goals of the White Paper on Transport: How Civil Society Can Help with Delivery – December 7 – Brussels

http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-achieving-the-goals

Today in Transportation History    

1977 **35^th anniversary** Air France and British Airways began Concorde service between Europe and New York City.

http://www.flightlevel350.com/Concorde_aircraft_facts.html

======================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. 

To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications  

Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.     

© 2012 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net