Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
March 11, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Airports Lag Their Customers on Mobile
Tech Route
Link
to article in Investor's Business Daily:
2)
Airlines Work to Improve Speed and
Availability of In-Flight Wi-Fi
Link
to article in Travel Weekly:
GPS / NAVIGATION
3)
China's Sat-Nav System to Have Civilian
Uses
Link
to IANS article:
4)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration Offering GPS Training for Truckers to Avoid Bridges
Link
to Bloomberg article:
5)
Google Knows the Way, Right? When Map
App Philosophies Collide
Link
to column in The Seattle Times:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
Smart Moves Newsletter from Florida DOT
District Four
Link
to newsletter:
MARITIME
7)
Ferry Operator CalMac Investigating
Options for Wi-Fi on Ships
Link
to story on STV:
OTHER
8)
Why the Brands of Some of Today's
Weather and Traffic Personalities Are No Accident
Link
to article in Forbes:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
Rhode Island Senate Group Recommends DMV Wait Times
Be Put Online
Link to AP article:
ROADWAYS
10)
UK Speeding Convictions Could Be
Overturned Due to Font Problem
Link
to BBC News story:
11)
Automated Roadway Pavement Marker
Placement System
Link
to video from US DOT:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
Kentucky Texting-While-Driving Ban
Nearly Unenforceable, Police Say
Link
to article in The Courier-Journal:
TELEMATICS
13)
Packaged Telematics Suit Tough
Automotive Apps
Link
to article in EE Times-Asia:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
14)
Researchers Helping to Reduce New
Zealand Traffic Jam Disruptions
Link
to article from Fuseworks Media:
TRANSIT
15)
Rocky Start for Louisiana Transit
System's GPS Updates
Link
to article in The Advocate:
16)
Transit Agencies to Test Automated
Railway Inspection System
Link
to article in the Boston Business Journal:
17)
Citizens Can Report Reckless Bangalore
Bus Drivers By Uploading Pictures
Link
to article in the Deccan Herald:
18)
New York MTA Threw Away Up to $250,000
Worth of Subway Maps Because of Outdated Fare Info
Link
to article in the New York Post:
19)
Mind the Gap Tube Announcement to Return
After Widow's Plea
Link
to BBC News story:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
A Sign of Things to Come:
Hertfordshire's Traffic Control Center
Link
to article in The Comet:
21)
'Smart' Traffic Project Nearly Done in
Washington County, Pennsylvania
Link
to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
22)
iHeartRadio Introduces Local News,
Traffic and Weather 'Add-Ins'
Link
to article on All Access:
23)
Survey Shows Customers Want Enhanced
Passenger Information and Better Signage at Los Angeles' Union Station
Link
to blog on The Source:
VEHICLES
24)
UK's RAC Launches Device That Warns
Motorists Before Car Breaks Down
Link
to article in the Daily Mail:
25)
Is Carhacking a Serious Threat? Some
Analysts Think So
Link
to article on Nextgov:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Workshop: Adding Social Media to Your Toolbox – March 27 – Salt Lake
City, Utah
Today in Transportation
History
1888
**125th anniversary** The Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the US
east coast.
1913
**100th anniversary** Edmond Perreyon set a new aircraft altitude
record of 6,000 meters.
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