Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Airports Add 21^st Century Twist to Customer Service

Link to article in Airport Improvement:

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00428

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Tolls Trip Rental Car Customers

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/mcgee/2012/11/07/rental-cars-electronic-toll-devices-fees/1686151/

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Waze Starts to Tap Into Location-Based Apps

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sns-rt-us-waze-advertisingbre8a61x9-20121107,0,7607666.story

MARITIME

4) US Navy Offers Mozambique Maritime Identification System

Link to article from the Mozambique News Agency:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201211070243.html

OTHER

5) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – November 2012

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2012/2012-Nov.pdf

6) Vision Zero International – January 2013

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/95778ceb#/95778ceb/1

TAXIS

7) Calgary's Taxi Industry to Re-examine Costs of GPS Upgrades

Link to article in the Calgary Herald:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Taxi+industry+examine+costs+upgrades/7508244/story.html

8) Bermuda Taxi Report Expected to Set Direction for GPS Systems

Link to article in The Royal Gazette:

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20121107/NEWS/711069883

TELEMATICS

9) Fleet Telematics: Changing Driver Behavior for the Better

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/fleet-telematics-changing-driver-behavior-better

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Role of Transportation Management Centers in Emergency Operations Guidebook

Link to publication from FHWA:

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=844

VEHICLES

11) Stereo Cameras Spot Pedestrians, Stop Your Car

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/stereo-cameras/ 

12) Volkswagen Launches Online Customer Publication

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

http://www.automotiveit.com/vw-launches-online-customer-publication/news/id-007169

News Releases

1) ITS America Releases New Report: Vehicle Electrification and the Smart Grid

Upcoming Events

Government Video Expo – November 27-29 – Washington, DC

http://gvexpo.com/

Today in Transportation History    

1907 **105^th anniversary** Jesús García saved the town of Nacozari, Mexico by driving a burning train filled with dynamite six kilometers out of town.  He was killed when the train exploded.

http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1234-did-you-know-the-hero-of-nacozari

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