Thursday, December 27, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, December 27, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Expands WAAS, ADS-B Services

Link to article on AVweb:

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/FAAExpandsWAASADSBServices_207907-1.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Chinese Satellite Navigation System to Compete with GPS

Link to story on Deutsche Welle:

http://www.dw.de/chinese-satellite-navigation-system-to-compete-with-gps/a-16480529

TRANSIT

3) Transit App Moovit Takes a Page from Waze's Crowdsourcing Playbook

Link to article on GigaOM:

http://gigaom.com/mobile/transit-app-moovit-takes-a-page-from-wazes-crowdsourcing-playbook/

VEHICLES

4) Ford Experiments with In-Car Sensors to Predict Driver Behavior, Cut Stress

Link to article on Inside Line:

http://www.insideline.com/ford/fusion/2013/ford-experiments-with-in-car-sensors-to-predict-driver-behavior-cut-stress.html

5) New ChargePoint Mobile App Shows Every US Charging Station

Link to article on Green Car Reports:

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1081356_new-chargepoint-mobile-app-shows-every-u-s-charging-station

6) How Does a Cop Ticket a Driverless Car?

Link to commentary in New Scientist:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628966.400-how-does-a-traffic-cop-ticket-a-driverless-car.html

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Transportation Finance and Mileage-Based User Fee Symposium – April 14-16 – Philadelphia

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/EventDetail3.cfm?ItemNumber=6300&RDtoken=22941&userID=

Today in Transportation History    

1927 **85^th anniversary** The first naval vessel designed and built to be an aircraft carrier, the Hōshō, was commissioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy. 

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-h/hosho2.htm

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