Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, November 20, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA to Airbus: Install Rudder Warning After Fatal Crash

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2012/11/19/airbus-rudder/1707421/

2) South Africa Airports Offer Numerous Advertising Opportunities

Link to article on TheMediaOnline:

http://themediaonline.co.za/2012/11/its-a-question-of/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Bill Proposes Posting Exact Toll Amounts in E-ZPass Lanes on New Jersey Highways

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/bill_proposes_posting_exact_to.html

OTHER

4) Reinventing the Transportation User Experience: Can Apple Point the Way?

Link to article in CTS Catalyst:

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/catalyst/2012/november/apple/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Web Cards Help Track Progress of Arizona Transportation Projects

Link to article in MAGAZine:

http://www.azmag.gov/Documents/MAGazine-November-2012-web.pdf (page 5)

RAILROADS

6) Amtrak's New App: Does It Actually Make Travel Easier?

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/11/amtrak-app-does-it-actually-make-travel-easier/3947/

ROADWAYS

7) Intelligent Lane Control Signals Help Direct Driver Behavior

Link to article in CTS Catalyst:

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/catalyst/2012/november/signals/

TRANSIT

8) Why Are Mass Transit Mobile Sites Such a Pain in the Seat?

Link to blog on ReadWrite:

http://readwrite.com/2012/11/16/why-are-mass-transit-mobile-sites-so-horrible

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Illinois Tollway to Deliver Traffic Info Via Twitter

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-illinois-tollway-traffic-twitter,0,2628852.story

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

News Releases

1) Kenneth Leonard Selected as New Director of US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office

2) Houston Airport System Embraces Technology to Share Wait Times for Security Checkpoints

3) ICAO, Flight Safety Foundation Formalize Information-Sharing Agreement

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Solicitation

 -  Call for Papers – 13^th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications

http://www.itst2013.org/call-for-papers

Upcoming Events

8^th Annual Texas Transportation Forum – February 17-19 – Austin, Texas

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/ttf/

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** The US naval blockade of Cuba ended.

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq90-5d.htm

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