Monday, March 4, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, March 4, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Watchdog: Air-Traffic Errors a 'Major Safety Concern'

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/03/04/watchdog-air-traffic-errors-a-major-safety-concern/1962157/

2) European Commission's Single Sky, Traffic Rights Goals Still Elusive

Link to article in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-air-transport-perspective/2013-03-04/european-commissions-single-sky-traffic-rights-goals-still-elusive

3) Technology Helps Alaska Airlines to Fly Above Industry's Troubles

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/business/alaska-airlines-flying-above-an-industrys-troubles.html

4) If Airline Passengers Had Google Glass…

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2013/02/28/if-airline-passengers-had-google-glass/

5) United Arab Emirates Aviation Authority Debuts AMAN

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/03/uae-aviation-authority-debuts-aman/

6) FAA Safety Briefing – March/April 2013

Link to magazine:

http://www.faa.gov/news/safety_briefing/

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) China's BeiDou Navigation System to Get Full Global Coverage by 2020

Link to PTI article:

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-03-03/news/37410321_1_china-satellite-navigation-office-navigation-system-bds

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

8) Japan Model Sought for Smooth Traffic in Hyderabad

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/japan-model-sought-for-smooth-traffic/article4469655.ece

9) ERTICO's iMobility Network Newsletter

Link to newsletter:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f15b6ba26fe7837737124a612&id=eac0491c4a&e=db383a35b9

PARKING

10) Smartphone Apps Put Parking Spots at Your Fingertips

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/03/mobile-parking-application/1946323/

TELEMATICS

11) Lessons from Running GM's OnStar

Link to article from the Harvard Business School:

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7185.html

TRANSIT

12) Savona, Italy to Start Mobile Public Transport Ticket Service

Link to article in Telecompaper:

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/savona-to-start-mobile-public-transport-ticket-service--928652

13) MBTA Plans Wi-Fi Upgrade, Expansion to Stations, Boats

Link to article in the Boston Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass_roundup/2013/03/mbta-commuter-rail-boat-wifi.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Latest Technology Gives North Carolina Motorists a Chance to Escape Traffic

Link to article in the StarNews:

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20130303/ARTICLES/130309919/1177?p=all

15) Delhi Cops Eye Gizmos to Fix Traffic

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Cops-eye-gizmos-to-fix-traffic/articleshow/18770953.cms

VEHICLES

16) Dealer Power Failure Could Stop Connected Cars

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2013/03/03/Telematics-and-infotainment-systems-cannot-be-sold-without-power-or-live-connections.aspx

17) Tweddle Enabling a New Vehicle Relationship Paradigm

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2013/03/03/Tweddle-is-rendering-the-owners-manual-obsolete-as-it-enables-access-to-vehicle-information-on-multiple-platforms.aspx

News Releases

1) Smart Transportation Becoming the Focal Point for Smart City Projects Worldwide

2) Traffic Safety Community Calls on Congress to Fully Fund Highway Safety Grant Programs

3) Commercial Telematics Subscriptions for the Bus and Coach Segment to Nearly Triple to 0.61 Million by 2018

4) Automotive IC Market Forecast to Increase 52% by 2016, Averaging 11% Annual Growth

Upcoming Events

US DOT ITS JPO Webinar: Dynamic Mobility Applications Program Update – March 6

http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/webinar_dcm_dma.htm

Today in Transportation History    

1918 **95^th anniversary** The USS Cyclopes departed from Barbados, never to be seen again.  All 306 people aboard were lost.

http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/u_s_s__cyclops.html

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