Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
April 5, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
San Francisco International Airport to
Ridesharing Apps: Stop!
Link
to article in the San Francisco Business
Times:
2)
Birmingham Airport CEO: Contractors Had
'Serious' Concerns Before Airport Sign Fell
Link
to story on WBRC-TV:
3)
Analysis: Mobile Apps in Middle East
Aviation
Link
to article in Aviation Business:
4)
How UK Airports Use Twitter to Better
Communicate with Travelers
Link
to article on Skift:
5)
Tablets and Live TV Transforming
Entertainment on Planes
Link
to story on CNN:
6)
Eyes of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe
Bay, Hawaii Always on Alert
Link
to article from DVIDS:
CARTOGRAPHY
7)
MapBox Uses Open Source Mapping, and
Other Free Sources, to Compete with Big Companies
Link
to article in The Economist:
GPS / NAVIGATION
8)
Thailand First Overseas Client of
China's 'GPS' System
Link
to article on ZDNet:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
9)
'Smart Corridor' Project to Ease San
Mateo County, California Traffic in Good Times and Bad
Link
to article on Belmont Patch:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
Iconic Texas DOT Anti-Littering Campaign
Makes Comeback
Link
to story on KSAT-TV:
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:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
Honk if You Love Apps that Protect Teen
Drivers
Link
to article in USA Today:
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:
14)
Travel Firms Told They Need to Keep Up
with Passengers' Technology Demands
Link
to article in Airport World:
TRANSIT
15)
Rome Public Transport Introduces Free
Wi-Fi
Link
to article in Telecompaper:
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:
Link
to article in Der Tagesspiegel:
17)
Transit Hackathon Planned for Baltimore
this Weekend
Link
to article on Baltimore Brew:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
18)
Tackling Terrible Traffic: How Cities
Try to Ease Commutes
Link
to story on NPR's Talk of the Nation:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
World's
worst traffic jams
Upcoming Events
AAAE Conference & Exposition – May 19-22 – Reno, Nevada
Today in Transportation
History
1958
**55th 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.
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