Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
January 21, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Smoothing the Airport Wait
At
LaGuardia Airport, Delta use iPads to fill the wait time.
Link
to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/business/at-la-guardia-delta-uses-ipads-to-fill-the-wait-time.html
2)
Naples, Florida Airport Misses a Chance
to Bond with Public
Link
to editorial in the Naples Daily News:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
3)
ERTICO eMagazine – January 2013
Link
to magazine:
MARITIME
4)
Communications and Single Point
Failures: What's Your Back-Up Plan?
Link
to article in Marine News:
PARKING
5)
Bad Parking Job? Text the Driver Through
the License Plate
Link
to article on CNET:
RAILROADS
6)
Concerns Raised Over Warning System for
Amtrak Acela Trains in Mansfield, Massachusetts
Link
to story on WBZ-TV:
ROADWAYS
7)
Understanding the Contributions of Operations, Technology, and Design to
Meeting Highway Capacity Needs
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Voice-Operated Texting While Driving: As
Unsafe as It Ever Was
Link
to blog on The Atlantic Cities:
TRANSIT
9)
Bill Seeks to Block Maryland Transit
Administration from Recording Passengers' Conversations
Link
to article in The Baltimore Sun:
10)
Port Authority of Allegheny County to
Launch New Service for Arrival Information
Link
to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/8eJ5Z
11)
New York MTA Turns Off Blue Lights on
Buses to Avoid 'Confusing' Drivers
Link
to article on Transportation Nation:
12)
An App That Uses Frustrated Riders'
Phones to Tell You the Bus Will Be Late
Link
to article in Fast Company:
13)
Articles from Mass Transit
-
Deciphering Google's Offerings in
Today's Fast-Paced Environment
-
Smarter Security
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
University of Maryland Lab Helps Keep
Inauguration Traffic on Track
Link
to article on Ellicott City Patch:
VEHICLES
15)
Top Car Tech from CES and the Detroit
Auto Show
Link
to video on CNET on Cars:
16)
The Beast: President Barack Obama's
High-Tech Super-Limo
Link
to article on The Car Connection:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals 2013 Conference – March 19-21 – New
Orleans
Today in Transportation
History
1968
**45th anniversary** A US Air Force B-52 bomber carrying four
hydrogen bombs crashed at Thule Air Base in Greenland.
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