Monday, December 31, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, December 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Happy New Year 2013!

AVIATION

1) Airport Chatter Brings Airport Info to iPhone, Socializes Travel

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/28/flying-home-airport-chatter-brings-airport-info-to-iphone-socializes-travel/

2) The Real Hazards of E-Devices on Planes

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/f-a-a-rules-make-electronic-devices-on-planes-dangerous/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Gothenburg, Sweden to Introduce Congestion Pricing

Link to AFP article:

http://phys.org/news/2012-12-sweden-gothenburg-tolls-traffic.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Tennessee Sees Value in Fatalities Tally on Highway Signs Though Deaths Up

Link to article in The Tennessean:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121231/NEWS0201/312310018/TN-sees-value-fatalities-tally-highway-signs-though-deaths-up

TRANSIT

5) Popular DC Metro NextBus App Dies Amid Tech Companies' Spat

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://washingtonexaminer.com/popular-metro-nextbus-app-dies-amid-tech-companies-spat/article/2517085

6) Tired of Secrecy, Grapevine, Texas Says Not So Fast to Regional Commuter Rail

Link to article in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/12/29/4512013/mayor-city-council-throw-roadblock.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Massachusetts DOT Announces Phone App for I-93 Corridor
Link to article in The Eagle-Tribune:
http://www.eagletribune.com/haverhill/x730421510/MassDOT-announces-phone-app-for-I-93-corridor

News Releases

1) Air Traffic Management Systems Market to Reach $8 Billion by 2020, Zpryme Airline Insights Reports

2) New Hampshire DOT Collaborates with Trafficland to Bring Highway Cameras to the Public

Solicitation

 -  Call for Abstracts – National Rural ITS Conference

http://nritsconference.org/agenda.html

Upcoming Events

Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition – April 24-26 – Ekurhuleni, South Africa

http://www.globalairportcities.com/page.cfm/link=17

Today in Transportation History    

1972 **40^th anniversary** Baseball player Roberto Clemente, and four others, died when the plane he was on crashed shortly after taking off from San Juan International Airport.  Clemente was en route to delivering relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0818.html

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