Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

AVIATION

1) Study: Private Airport Towers as Safe, Cheaper than Government Towers

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/20/travel/air-traffic-control-towers/index.html

Link to report: http://www.oig.dot.gov/node/5989

2) Aviation Chiefs Launch UK-Wide Public Awareness Campaign on Importance of Flights

Link to article on TravelMole:

http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2004026&c=setreg&region=2

Link to further information from The Aviation Foundation: http://www.greatbritishflyingtest.co.uk/

3) Beyond the Recipes and Cats, How Airlines and Airports Can Also Use Pinterest

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/11/21/how-to/beyond-the-recipes-and-cats-how-airlines-and-airports-can-also-use-pinterest

4) Ghost Planes Clouding the Skies

Could air traffic control be the next generation of attacks from hackers?

Link to story on KNTV-TV:

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Ghost-Planes-Clouding-the-Skies-179679721.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Russia's Glonass to Partner to Deliver GPS-Like Services in India

Link to article in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/russias-nis-glonass-to-partner-bsnl-mtnl-to-deliver-gps-like-services-in-india/articleshow/17312025.cms

OTHER

6) Washington State DOT 'Passport' System to Keep Trucks Rolling When I-5 Floods

Link to article from The Chronicle:

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019727105_truckpassports21.html

7) NTSB Follows TSA Lead, Drops BlackBerry

Link to article in USA Today:

http://usatoday.com/story/travel/2012/11/20/ntsb-iphone-blackberry/1717945/

8) European Commission Asks Bulgaria, Cyprus and Portugal to Adopt National Measures on ITS

Link to Focus News Agency article:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n292881

9) Network of National ITS Associations Meets in Dublin

Link to article from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/network-of-national-its-associations-meetings-in-dublin/

10) Gulf Traffic Daily News

Link to newsletters:

http://goo.gl/wVXYN (Day 1)

http://goo.gl/LaFys (Day 2)

http://goo.gl/CFwLj (Day 3)

11) ITS Midwest Newsletter – October 2012

Link to newsletter:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8xx8tvj4601xjy/ITS%20Midwest%20Newsletter_issue_Vol6_Issue_3_Printing.pdf

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

12) Hawaiian Publisher Arrested While Videotaping Traffic Stops

Link to article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/180301261.html

13) Transportation Communication: Giving Thanks

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/transportation-communication-giving-thanks/

ROADWAYS

14) Transport Scotland to Review Use of Signs on A9 in Bid to Cut Accident Toll

Link to article in The Courier:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Perthshire/article/26030/transport-scotland-to-review-use-of-signs-on-a9.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Battle of the Blogs: TSA vs. Syndicated Columnist

Link to article in Politico:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/84095.html

16) Documentary Spotlights Tribal Traffic-Safety Successes

Link to blog in The Daily Herald:

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121121/BLOG41/121129995#Documentary-spotlights-tribal-traffic-successes

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

17) New Hampshire Road Assistance Program Gets Sponsor, Could Expand

Link to article in the New Hampshire Union Leader:

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121121/NEWS07/121129863

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/R1kba

18) Questions Surface About Columbus, Ohio Traffic Enforcement Team's Take-Home Vehicle Use

Link to story on WBNS-TV:

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/11/20/columbus-watchdog-questions-about-take-home-cars.html

TRANSIT

19) Smartphone Ticketing Rolls Out for Train Riders

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.itworld.com/it-management/318596/smartphone-ticketing-rolls-out-train-riders

20) Neijiang, China to Install Electronic Bus Stop Signs

Link to article in China Daily:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-11/21/content_15948435.htm

News Releases

1) Road Usage Charge Pilot Gets Under Way in Oregon

2) First HeERO International Conference: Croatia Ready for Implementation of eCall Service

3) Gemalto and Standard Bank in South Africa Combine Payment and Transport into One App

4) Frias Transportation Infrastructure Unveils Cloud-Based Taxi Meter

5) Missouri DOT Adds Subscription Text Alerts

6) Operation Lifesaver Sponsoring Teams at Teen Distracted Driving Summit

7) FCC to Hold Post-Superstorm Sandy Field Hearings to Examine New Challenges to Resiliency of US Communications Networks During Natural Disasters and Other Times of Crisis

8) Aviation Industry to Governments: 'Help Us Build the Air Traffic Management System of Tomorrow'

Upcoming Events

16^th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems – October 6-9 – The Hague

http://www.ieee-itsc13.org/

Today in Transportation History    

1912 **100^th anniversary** The Japanese battleship Hiei, was launched.  It fought in both World War I and World War II and was the first Japanese battleship sunk in the Second World War.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/hiei2.htm

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