Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
April 29, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
Using Technology to Improve Transportation
Customer Service and All Electronic Tolling and Beyond - May 7 -
Boston
Under
investment has put pressure on transportation providers to improve service.
Fiscal pressures have limited the resources available to make those
improvements. Technology offers the opportunity to leverage smaller investments
by improving customer service, enhancing operating efficiencies, and increasing
revenue. This conference will explore the potential of new technologies to make
transportation work more efficiently, faster, and safer.
Speakers
will include Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Rich Davey, Kirk
Steudle, Director of the Michigan Department of Transportation and Pat Jones,
Executive Director of IBTTA.
The
conference is cosponsored by the Center for Strategic Studies
(Northeastern University D'Amore-Kim School of Business, Professor Joseph M.
Giglio, Ph.D.), and the Rappaport Center for Greater Boston, Harvard
Kennedy School, Steve Pollack, Executive Director. Click here for more information.
BICYCLES
1)
Posters of Angry Eyes Actually Scare Off
Bike Thieves
Link
to article on The Atlantic Cities:
CAMERAS
2)
Stop Sign, Crosswalk Cameras Coming to
DC this Summer
Link
to article in The Examiner:
CARTOGRAPHY
3)
The New Cartographers: Making Mountains
Out of Hills
Link
to article in The Guardian:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation to
Introduce Intelligent Traffic Management Center
Link
to article in The Hindu:
OTHER
5)
Traxo Weather Alert System Tries to
Bring Some Sunshine to Snowy Travel Days
Link
to article on Tnooz:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6)
Zipper Merge Still Tough Sell for
Minnesota Drivers, MnDOT
Link
to article in the Star Tribune:
SAFETY / SECURITY
7)
Transport Canada Proposes a Security
Level Warning System and New Training at Airports
Link
to Postmedia News article:
8)
Study Reveals Which Car-Crash Avoidance
Technology Can Be a Proven Lifesaver
Link
to article in Consumer Reports:
9)
Tech Device Stalls Distracted Driving
Link
to article in the Connecticut Post:
TRANSIT
10)
SEPTA Increases Cameras to Decrease
Fraud
Link
to article in Mass Transit:
11)
Miami-Dade Transit Installs Info
Monitors for Metrorail Commuters
Link
to article in The Miami Herald:
12)
Bus Info Signs Set for Wellington's
Busiest Route
Link
to article in The Dominion Post:
13)
New App Links Music to OC Transpo Route
Link
to CBC News story:
14)
Vancouver Bus Driver Tries to Improve
Commute One 'Hi' at a Time
Link
to article in the Vancouver Sun:
15)
DC Metro Fare Signs Confuse the Riders
Who Need Help Most
Link
to Greater Greater Washington blog:
16)
Sound Transit Adopts OneBusAway, While
WhichBus Goes 'Public'
Link
to Capitol Hill Seattle Blog:
17)
Using Pictograms to Make Transit Easier
to Navigate for Customers with Communication Barriers
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
18)
Denver Agencies Must Share Traffic Data
to Curb Traffic Collisions, Experts Say
Link
to article in The Denver Post:
19)
Mississippi Has No Fog-Warning System,
But is Building Center to Monitor Traffic, Weather
Link
to article in the Sun Herald:
20)
Technology: Global Mobile Alert
Link
to article in Beverly Hills Magazine:
VEHICLES
21)
Automakers Tuning Out Traditional In-Car
Radios
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
22)
No One Has Figured Out Changes in Car
Dashboards
Link
to column in Radio World:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
DRIVE C2X Demonstration – June 13-14 – Gothenburg, Sweden
Today in Transportation
History
1882
The Electromote was demonstrated to the public for the first time by its
inventor Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens.
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