Newsletter Communications Transportation
Monday,
April 1, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Airports Suing FAA Over Planned Control
Tower Shutdowns
Link
to AP article:
2)
Airlines Rejected by Top Court on Price
Advertising Rules
Link
to Bloomberg article:
3)
Pennsylvania Officials Ask US Airways to
Keep Flight Center
Link
to AP article:
4)
New Search-and-Rescue Program Should
Make Alaska Aviation Safer
Link
to article on Alaska Dispatch:
5)
NTSB's Aircraft Taxi-Assist Camera
Recommendation Rejected by FAA
Link
to article in Aviation Week:
6)
Who Landed Fliers with Gadget Ban?
Link
to article in Politico:
7)
Southern California Airports Consider
Technology for Passengers to Print Luggage Tags
Link
to article in the Daily Breeze:
CARTOGRAPHY
8)
California's New GeoPortal Touts
'Socially-Derived Maps'
Link
to article in Government Technology:
MARITIME
9)
Massive Jellyfish is Really an Aquatic
Spy Robot
Link
to article in Wired:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/Y6UMT
OTHER
10) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – April
2013
Link to newsletter:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
11)
Port of Oakland Spent Thousands on Phony
Websites Aimed at Political Rivals
Link
to story on KTVU-TV:
12)
Flight Attendants Take 'No Knives on
Planes' Campaign to Passengers
Link
to story on KING-TV:
SAFETY / SECURITY
13)
Facebook Alerts Allow Drink-Drivers to
Slip the Net
Link
to article in The Maitland Mercury:
http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/story/1399755/facebook-alerts-allow-drink-drivers-to-slip-the-net/
14)
DC Metro to Triple Its Number of
Surveillance Cameras
Link
to article in The Examiner:
TAXIS
15)
Controversial Cab, Ride-Share Apps
Reshape the Face of Transportation
Link
to article on TechHive:
TRANSIT
16)
MARTA Launches App to Report Crimes
Link
to story on WSB-TV:
17)
Minnesota Transit Information Offered in
200 Languages
Link
to article in the Star Tribune:
18)
Lobby Group Calls for e-Tag to Replace Myki
Link to article in the Brisbane Times:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
$38 Million System to Ease Columbus,
Ohio's Tie-Ups
Link
to article in The Columbus Dispatch:
20)
Expanded Traffic-Cam System in Monroe
County, Pennsylvania Will Cost PennDOT $4.3 Million
Link
to article in the Pocono Record:
21)
Impacts of Technology Advancements on
Transportation Management Center Operations
Link
to FHWA report:
VEHICLES
22)
With Boost from Kansas City, Race to
Build Driverless Cars is in Full Throttle
Link
to article in The Kansas City Star:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
The Greater Philadelphia Pedestrian & Bicycle Summit – April 30 –
Philadelphia
Today in Transportation
History
1913
**100th anniversary** The first moving assembly line began at the
Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan.
It produced flywheel magnetos.
1963 **50th
anniversary** The Bi-State Development Agency took over operation of public
transit in the St. Louis area.
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