Monday, January 14, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, January 14, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Better Flight Management Helps Delhi Airport Tackle Fog Trouble This Season

Link to Press Trust of India article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Better-flight-management-helps-IGI-tackle-fog-trouble-this-season/articleshow/18012150.cms

BICYCLES

2) New York City DOT to Install Neighborhood Maps for Pedestrians, Bicyclists

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dot-install-neighborhood-maps-pedestrians-bicyclists-article-1.1239262

FREIGHT

3) Toward a National Freight Data Architecture: Texas Transportation Institute Researches the First Steps

Link to article in Texas Transportation Researcher:

http://tti.tamu.edu/2012/12/01/toward-a-national-freight-data-architecture/

MARITIME

4) Maritime Experts Ask Industry to Be More Aggressive with Technology

Link to MediaNews Group article:

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_22365445/maritime-experts-ask-industry-be-more-aggressive-technology

5) Danish Port’s Search of Mobile Phones Illegal, Fired Employees Say

Link to article in The Copenhagen Post:

http://cphpost.dk/news/national/ports-search-mobile-phone-illegal-fired-employees-say

OTHER

6) TransportationCamp Returns to DC

Link to article on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2013/01/14/transportationcamp-returns-to-dc

RAILROADS

7) Union Pacific Opens Information Technology Center in Austin, Texas

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/union_pacific/article/Union-Pacific-opens-information-technology-center-in-Austin--34778

8) Why Amtrak’s New Wi-Fi Upgrade Won’t Fix Amtrak’s Terrible Wi-Fi

Link to blog on The Atlantic Wire:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2013/01/why-new-amtraks-wi-fi-upgrade-wont-fix-amtraks-terrible-wi-fi/60887/

ROADWAYS

9) Tulsan Who Invented Changeable Signs Dies

Link to article in the Tulsa World:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/ourlives/article.aspx?subjectid=58&articleid=20130113_11_A15_CUTLIN469066&allcom=1

TAXIS

10) Uber Taxi Service Goes to Washington, DC

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-32969_3-57563884-300/uber-taxi-service-goes-to-washington-d.c/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) He’s the Familiar Voice on Brisbane Radio and TV, Updating Traffic Conditions

Link to article in the Herald Sun:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/hes-the-familiar-voice-on-brisbane-radio-and-tv-updating-brisbane-on-traffic-conditions/story-e6frf7jo-1226553135690

VEHICLES

12) Drivers with Hands Full Get a Backup: The Car

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/science/drivers-with-hands-full-get-a-backup-the-car.html

13) How Driverless Cars Will Improve the Future of Driving

Link to blog on SmartPlanet:

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/how-driverless-cars-will-improve-the-future-of-driving/10022

14) Which Apps Will Captivate Automakers?

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/driveon/2013/01/11/ces-ford-general-motors/1826095/

News Releases

1) ITS America Releases New Market Data Study

2) NATS Unveils New US Website

3) TÜV Rheinland and Southwest Research Institute to Lead Creation of Certification Standards for Automated Driving

4) As HeERO Expands, Pan-European eCall Moves to Next Step

5) Spanish Road Association and the Inter-American Development Bank to Receive IRF International Award on Road Safety

Upcoming Events

Rail-Tech Europe 2013 – March 19-21 – Amersfoort, the Netherlands

http://railtech-europe.com/

Today in Transportation History    

1963 **50^th anniversary** The famous Flying Scotsman locomotive made its last run.

http://www.savistamagazine.com/article/history-of-the-flying-scotsman

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