Transportation Communications Newsletter: Monday, March 25, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, March 25, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) NTSB Scolds Boeing Over 787 Comments
Link to Bloomberg article:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130322/BIZ/130329937/1005

2) Boy Dies After Being Hit by Flight Information Display Board at Alabama Airport
Link to AP article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2nd-airport-panel-removed-fatality-ala-18798864#.UVAil1toT2x

3) FAA May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/disruptions-f-a-a-may-loosen-curbs-on-fliers-use-of-electronics/

BICYCLES

4) Feasibility of Using GPS to Track Bicycle Lane Positioning

Link to report from the ITS Institute:

http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/pdfdownload.pl?id=2268

CARTOGRAPHY

5) Apple Acquires Mapping Apps Startup WiFiSlam

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237866/Apple_acquires_mapping_apps_startup_WiFiSlam

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) Planners Will Use Intelligent Transport to Make Indian Cities More Livable

Link to article in The Indian Express:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Planners-will-use-IT-to-make-cities-more-livable/1092813

7) Toronto Experiment Lets Traffic Lights Learn to Reduce Gridlock

Link to article in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/unlocking-the-gridlock/article10255098/

MARITIME

8) Send a Clear Message: Report Accidents, Incidents and Injuries Immediately

Link to column in MarineNews:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/immediately-accidents352777.aspx

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Bill Aims to Lift Curtain on Maine Transportation Projects
Link to story on The Maine Public Broadcasting Network:
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/27017/Default.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) West Virginia Lawmakers Seek to Ban Google Glass on the Road

Link to column on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57575954-71/dont-glass-and-drive-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-google-glass-on-the-road/

TRANSIT

11) Louisiana's Capital Area Transit System CEO Says Bus-Tracking System Will Be Fixed
Link to AP article:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Transit-CEO-says-system-problems-will-be-fixed-4378811.php

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) West Africans Turn to Technology to Tame the Traffic Beast

Link to AFP article:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-west-africans-technology-traffic-beast.html

VEHICLES

13) Your Car May Be Invading Your Privacy

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/

14) Ford Apologizes for Ads Showing Bound, Gagged Women

Link to article from The Detroit Bureau:

http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2013/03/ford-apologizes-for-ads-showing-bound-gagged-women/

15) Cars Could Be Next Victim of Cyber Attacks