Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
November 14, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Orders
Airlines to Install Automated Flight Information Reporting System in Aircraft
Link
to article in This Day:
2)
Military Aircraft ID Enters New Era
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
3)
Londoners Set to Tweet Their Thoughts on
Airport Capacity
Link
to article in Airport World:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Japan Readies Nav System to Augment GPS
Link
to article in EE Times:
5)
GPS Makers Look to In-Car Navigation for
Respite
Link
to article on ZDNet:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6)
Board Member Blasts New York State
Thruway Authority for Secrecy Over Toll Hike
Link
to article in The Buffalo News:
RAILROADS
7)
Norfolk Southern Seeks to Improve
Railroad Safety by Cultivating a New Safety Culture
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
ROADWAYS
8)
Variable Speed Limits to Be Introduced
in Scotland
Link
to article in The Scotsman:
9)
IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Technology to
Reduce Traffic Jams on the Road
Link
to article on Mashable:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/B02Lh
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
NTSB Urges Safety Technologies Be Made
Standard
Link
to AP article:
Link
to news release: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2012/121114.html
11)
Arizona Agencies Collaborate to Reduce
Dust Storm Crashes
Link
to Cronkite News Service article:
12)
Australia National Transport Commission:
Technology Could Cut Road Toll by 25%
Link
to article on Transport & Logistics News:
TAXIS
13)
Uber Faces Another Legal Challenge, This
Time at Home in San Francisco
Link
to article on CNET:
TELEMATICS
14)
OnStar Prepares for Mexican Business in
Course of 2013
Link
to article in automotiveIT International:
TRANSIT
15)
Real-Time and Route Planning Information
Now Available to Cape Town Transit Users
Link
to Independent Newspapers article:
VEHICLES
16)
Do We Need Cyber Cops for Cars?
Link
to article on Nextgov:
17)
Aftermarket Mirror Gets Smartphone-Like
Screen
Link
to article on CEoutlook:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Urban Traffic Management and Control Conference and Exhibition –
December 11-12 – Reading, UK
Today in Transportation
History
1912
**100th anniversary** Tung-Yen Lin, a structural engineer and
pioneer in the standardization of prestressed concrete, was born in Fuzhou,
China.
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