Friday, April 5, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, April 5, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) San Francisco International Airport to Ridesharing Apps: Stop!

Link to article in the San Francisco Business Times:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/04/san-francisco-international-airport.html

2) Birmingham Airport CEO: Contractors Had 'Serious' Concerns Before Airport Sign Fell

Link to story on WBRC-TV:

http://www.myfoxal.com/story/21885063/airport-ceo-contractors-had-serious-concerns-before-airport-sign-fell

3) Analysis: Mobile Apps in Middle East Aviation

Link to article in Aviation Business:

http://www.arabiansupplychain.com/article-8602-analysis-mobile-apps-in-middle-east-aviation/#.UV6u2atoT2w

4) How UK Airports Use Twitter to Better Communicate with Travelers

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2013/04/04/skiftsocial-what-are-flyers-talking-to-airports-about-on-twitter/

5) Tablets and Live TV Transforming Entertainment on Planes

Link to story on CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/02/travel/business-traveller-ife/

6) Eyes of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii Always on Alert

Link to article from DVIDS:

http://www.dvidshub.net/news/104721/eyes-marine-corps-air-station-kaneohe-bay-always-alert#.UV9AoatoT2x

CARTOGRAPHY

7) MapBox Uses Open Source Mapping, and Other Free Sources, to Compete with Big Companies

Link to article in The Economist:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/04/map-data

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) Thailand First Overseas Client of China's 'GPS' System

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/th/thailand-first-overseas-client-of-chinas-gps-system-7000013584/

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

9) 'Smart Corridor' Project to Ease San Mateo County, California Traffic in Good Times and Bad

Link to article on Belmont Patch:

http://belmont-ca.patch.com/articles/what-is-a-smart-corridor-project-anyway

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Iconic Texas DOT Anti-Littering Campaign Makes Comeback

Link to story on KSAT-TV:

http://www.ksat.com/news/Iconic-anti-littering-campaign-makes-comeback/-/478452/19626624/-/dyav4wz/-/index.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/LS6dt

ROADWAYS

11) YouTube Video Prompts New York State DOT Action

Link to article in the Press-Republican:

http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x1916524429/YouTube-video-prompts-DOT-action

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Honk if You Love Apps that Protect Teen Drivers

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/04/apps-that-protect-teen-drivers/2050659/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/KtoRM

TOURISM

13) Google Sells Frommer's Guides Back to Arthur Frommer

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/dispatches/2013/04/04/google-sells-frommers-travel-guides-arthur-frommer/2052579/

14) Travel Firms Told They Need to Keep Up with Passengers' Technology Demands

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/home/general-news/item/2516-travel-firms-told-they-need-to-keep-up-with-passengers-technology-demands

TRANSIT

15) Rome Public Transport Introduces Free Wi-Fi

Link to article in Telecompaper:

http://www.telecompaper.com/news/rome-public-transport-introduces-free-wi-fi--935524

Link to article in Il Messaggero:

http://www.ilmessaggero.it/roma/cronaca/atac_wi_fi_accesso_gratuito/notizie/262704.shtml (in Italian)

16) Police and Cameras Make Public Transport Safer in Berlin

Link to article on The Local:

http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130405-48943.html#.UV6x3KtoT2w

Link to article in Der Tagesspiegel:

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/alle-u-bahnen-mit-kameras-ueberwacht-weniger-gewalt-im-nahverkehr-/8021462.html (in German)

17) Transit Hackathon Planned for Baltimore this Weekend

Link to article on Baltimore Brew:

http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2013/04/05/hack-us-some-better-transit-folks/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Tackling Terrible Traffic: How Cities Try to Ease Commutes

Link to story on NPR's Talk of the Nation:

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176252072/tackling-terrible-traffic-how-cities-try-to-ease-commutes

News Releases

1) FAA Extends Tower Closure Date

2) NHTSA Survey Finds 600,000 Drivers Using Cellphones or Manipulating Electronic Devices While Driving at Any Given Daylight Moment

3) GEWI Newsletter Features New TIC Features and ITS America – March-April 2013

4) New Jersey DOT to Coordinate Signals on Route 22 in Somerset and Union Counties

Friday Bonus

World's worst traffic jams

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/01/the_world_s_worst_traffic_jams

Upcoming Events

AAAE Conference & Exposition – May 19-22 – Reno, Nevada

http://events.aaae.org/sites/130501/

Today in Transportation History    

1958 **55^th anniversary** The twin peaks of Ripple Rock in the shipping channel of British Columbia's Seymour Narrows, were blown up in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/science-technology/applied-science/general-12/bcs-deadly-ripple-rock-blown-up.html

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