Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
December 18, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Gets OK for
Electronic Gambling Games
Link
to article in the Star Tribune:
2)
United is Latest Airline to Block
Rewards Website
Link
to article in The New York Times:
3)
GPS Modeling System Gives Storm Data
Forecasts for Flights
Link
to UPI article:
4)
Articles from AeroSafety World –
December 2012
-
Attention on Deck – Pilots Grapple
with Sensory Overload
-
European Nations Falling Behind on
Schedule for Single European Sky
FREIGHT
5)
International Shipping: Moving at the
Speed of Technology
Link
to column in Inbound Logistics:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
ERTICO eMagazine – December 2012
Link
to magazine:
MARITIME
7)
Dynamic Positioning – A Vital Technology
for Modern Ship Handling
Link
to blog in Maritime Professional:
OTHER
8)
How Social Media Moves New York – Part
2: Recommended Social Media Policy for Transportation Providers
Link
to report from the NYU Rudin Center:
RAILROADS
9)
Positive Train Control a Tall Order for
Short Line Railroads
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
Florida Testing Warning Signs, Pavement
Markers at Railroad Crossing
Link
to article in the Sun Sentinel:
11) The Problems with Disaster Messaging (And
How to Improve It)
Link
to article in Emergency Management:
TRANSIT
12)
Articles from Mass Transit – December
2012/January 2013
-
York Regional Transit Implements
Google Live Transit Updates (page 34)
-
Smarter Security with IP Camera
Systems (page 35)
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Ontario Ministry of Transportation Pays
$3 Million for Five Electronic Message Signs
Link
to article in The Hamilton Spectator:
VEHICLES
14)
University of Virginia Researchers
Testing Virtual Driving Simulator at DMV
Link
to story on WVIR-TV:
15)
Preview of Automotive Side of CES 2013
Link
to story on Transportation Radio:
16)
TEDTalk with Robin Chase, Founder of
Zipcar and Buzzcar
Link
to video from TEDtalks:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
North American International Auto Show – January 14-27 – Detroit
Today in Transportation
History
1912
**100th anniversary** Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was born in
Washington, DC. He was the commander
of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first African-American general in the US Air
Force. He also headed the federal
sky marshal program and was an assistant secretary at US DOT.
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