Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Orlando Airport Translators Help Foreign Passengers Sort Things Out

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-01-01/business/os-airport-foreign-ambassadors-20121231_1_ambassadors-airport-translators-oia

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

2) Civic Bodies in India Asked to Start ITS Projects

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Civic-bodies-to-start-intelligent-transport-project/articleshow/17850157.cms

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

3) Illinois DOT Safety Website Overview

Link to video:

http://youtu.be/BTxmRyzAYI8

4) Streetfilms University: How We Make Effective Films

Link to video:

https://vimeo.com/55192387

ROADWAYS

5) New China Traffic Rule Deems Yellow the New Red, Confusing and Angering Drivers

Link to AP article:

http://goo.gl/bceUT

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Cameras and Vests Help Cut Irish Pedestrian Deaths to Record Low

Link to article in the Irish Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/cameras-and-vests-help-cut-deaths-to-record-low-3340258.html

7) Indian Transport Officials Launch Education Effort for Road Safety Week

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/ap-transport-staff-fan-out-to-stop-road-rage/article4265150.ece

8) Cameras to Help Monitor Breath of Washington State DUI Offenders

Link to article in the Yakima Herald-Republic:

http://www.yakimaherald.com/search/686903-8/ignition-interlocks-for-dui-offenders-now-require-cameras

TELEMATICS

9) TNT Express and Fleet Telematics

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/tnt-express-and-fleet-telematics

TRANSIT

10) Free Wi-Fi Service to Shut Down on Coaster Trains

Link to article in U-T San Diego:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/01/free-wi-fi-service-to-shut-down-on-coaster-trains/#

11) Friends, Fans and Followers: How Transit Agencies Use Social Media

Link to video of National Transit Institute webinar:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/video/10847661/friends-fans-and-followers-how-transit-agencies-use-social-media

12) Charlie Pellett: The Voice of the New York City Subway

Link to video:

https://vimeo.com/51655496

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Best Practices in the Use of Hybrid Static-Dynamic Signs

Link to report from the Lehman Center for Transportation Research:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/research-center/Completed_Proj/Summary_TE/FDOT-BDK80-977-15-rpt.pdf

VEHICLES

14) Google Deals with Hyundai, Kia Move Connected Car Market Forward

Link to article in eWeek:

http://www.eweek.com/mobile/google-deals-with-hyundai-kia-move-connected-car-market-forward.html/

Link to Kia news release: http://goo.gl/9k6AB

Link to Hyundai news release: http://goo.gl/nVR1c

News Releases

1) Tennessee DOT to Run Fatality Messages on Weekly Basis

2) California DOT Streamlines Process to Accept Electronic Bids from Job Contractors

Upcoming Events

Communicating Under Stress: Managing Disasters, Dilemmas and Misperceptions for Ports – February 21-22 – San Pedro, California

http://www.aapa-ports.org/Programs/seminarschedule.cfm?itemnumber=18599

Today in Transportation History    

1818 **195^th anniversary** The Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 

http://www.ice.org.uk/

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