Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
February 19, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
SESAR Live SWIM Demonstration in Madrid
Link
to information from presentations:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Smartphone Game Supports Bike Advocacy
Link
to article in The Transit Wire:
3)
New Signs Help Visitors Get Around
Galveston, Texas
Link
to story on KUHF Radio:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4)
Tokens Being Displaced by Electronics at
Detroit Windsor Tunnel
Link
to article on TOLLROADSnews:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5)
Navigating with Devices that Know
Landmarks
Link
to article in The New York Times:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
Plans to Make Chennai's Transport Smarter
Link
to article in The New Indian Express:
7)
The 'Internet of Mobility' – Building
Better ITS Services in Europe
Link
to commentary from ERTICO:
http://www.ertico.com/the-internet-of-mobility-building-better-its-services-in-europe/
http://www.ertico.com/the-internet-of-mobility-building-better-its-services-in-europe/
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Using Transportation Data to Predict
Pandemics
Link
to article in Infection Control Today:
SPACE
9)
NASA Lost Communications with the
International Space Station
Link
to article on Nextgov:
TELEMATICS
10)
70% of Insurers Planning, Piloting or
Implementing Telematics
Link
to article on Insurance Networking News:
11)
Q&A: Telematics in India – The Road
to Profitability
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12)
Group Challenges Use of Quebec Highway
Safety Code to Break Up Protests
Link
to CBC News story:
TRANSIT
13)
A 'Little Disappointment' That Santa
Monica's Big Blue Bus is Behind the Times with Technology
Link
to article on Santa Monica Patch:
VEHICLES
14)
Self-Driving Google Car a Big Hit at
Texas Transportation Forum
Link
to article in the Star-Telegram:
15)
British Researchers on the Road to an
Affordable Self-Driving Car
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
International Aviation Snow Symposium – April 20-24 – Buffalo, New York
Today in Transportation
History
1978
**35th anniversary** Egyptian and Cypriot forces fought a gun battle
at the Larnaca airport. The
Egyptians planned to force the release of hostages aboard a Cypriot Airlines
DC8. Fifteen Egyptian commandos
were killed.
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