Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
January 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Next in Spectrum Wars: Broadband for
Airplanes
Link
to article in Politico:
2)
American Airlines Goes on Tour to Sell
Its New Look
Link
to article in the Chicago Business
Journal:
3)
Study: American Ranks as Chattiest US
Airline
Link
to story on CNBC:
BICYCLES
4)
Traffic Sensors Give Columbus, Ohio
Bicyclists Green Lights
Link
to article in The Columbus Dispatch:
CAMERAS
5)
In Slovenia, Traffic Cameras Become a
Flash Point
Link
to article in USA Today:
MARITIME
6)
California's Port of Hueneme Pushes
Ahead with Marketing Strategy
Link
to article in the Ventura County Star:
OTHER
7)
Business and Social Media: The Good and
the Ugly
Traveler
compares how WMATA and Amtrak responded to his tweets.
Link
to blog on Tech.pinions:
RAILROADS
8)
Federal Railroad Administration Extends
Comment Period for Proposed PTC Rulemaking
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
SAFETY / SECURITY
9)
TSA Forms Industry 'Engagement' Group
Link
to article in Washington Technology:
10)
Families of Crash Victims Urge Texas
Lawmakers to Ban Texting While Driving
Link
to article in the Austin
American-Statesman:
11)
Thwarting Cargo Theft While Boosting
Efficiency Through Technology
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
12)
Smartphone App Steers Drivers Toward
Safety
Link
to article from the Association of University Technology Managers:
TAXIS
13)
Some Las Vegas Taxi Companies Push Back
on Tracking
Link
to article in the Las Vegas
Review-Journal:
TELEMATICS
14)
Electric Vehicle Telematics Bring the
Cloud to the Car
Link
to article on PluginCars:
TRANSIT
15)
SEPTA's Trains All Wrapped Up, Ready to
Roll
Link
to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
16)
Boston T Conductors Turn to iPhones for
Updates
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
17)
New York MTA Picks Finalists for Second
Avenue Subway Line Video
Link
to article in the New York Post:
18)
Crowdfixing: Improving Transit with
Social Media
Link
to Switchboard blog from the National Resources Defense Council:
VEHICLES
19)
Honda Puts Siri in Three 2013 Models
Link
to article in Automotive News:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/pDLw2
20)
Network RTK for Intelligent Vehicles
Link
to article in GPS World:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Smart Parking Symposium – March 18-19 – Berkeley, California
Today in Transportation
History
1948
**65th anniversary** Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio.
1993 **20th
anniversary** Los Angeles Metro's Red Line opened.
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