Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 11, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FAA Budget, Down Overall, Boosts NextGen
Funding 7%
Link
to article in Aviation Week:
2)
Texting and Flying: The Rules for Pilots
Link
to story on CNN:
3)
Gaelic Signs and a Bilingual Logo Could
Be Introduced at Scottish Airports
Link
to story on STV:
4)
Aireon Patiently Awaits FAA Backing for
Navigation Service
Link
to article on Space News:
CAMERAS
5)
Arizona Governor Signs Bill to Curb
Traffic Cameras
Link
to article from Capitol Media Services:
6)
Laurel, Maryland Police Deploy
Speed-Camera Decoys
Link
to story on WRC-TV:
GPS / NAVIGATION
7)
From DARPA, a Navigation Device that
Fits on a Penny and Works When GPS Doesn't
Link
to article in Popular Science:
8)
From Hand-Cranked Maps to the Cloud:
Charting the History of In-Car Navigation
Link
to article in Wired:
MARITIME
9)
Japan Considers Regional Maritime
Surveillance Satellite Constellation
Link
to article on Space News:
OTHER
10)
Port of Seattle Rolls Out RFID Clean
Trucks Program
Link
to article in The Journal of Commerce:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/Frq1B
PARKING
11)
Technology, Friend or Foe?
Link
to article in Parking Today:
PEDESTRIANS
12)
Countdown Signals Safer for Pedestrians,
But Risky for Impatient Drivers
Link
to article in the Toronto Star:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
13)
New Jersey Transit: We're Being More
Transparent About Sandy Recovery
Link
to article on Transportation Nation:
SAFETY / SECURITY
14)
New Pennsylvania Law Not Yet Putting a
Dent in Texting While Driving
Link
to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
15)
New I-10 Signs in California Aim to
Safeguard Workers
Link
to article in The Desert Sun:
16)
Save Our Lives eMagazine – No. 10
Link
to publication:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
17)
Thailand Launches Voice Recognition App
for Traffic Data
Link
to article in FutureGov:
TRANSIT
18)
MBTA Launches Transit Map Design Contest
Link
to story on WHDH-TV:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
AmidRay Technologies Launches
Community-Based Traffic Mobile App
Link
to article on Kerala IT News:
20)
Online Course on Weather Responsive
Traffic Management
Link
to further information from FHWA:
21)
Road Weather Management Certificate
Link
to further information from FHWA:
VEHICLES
22)
Self-Driving Cars Aren't Too Far Off
Link
to Medill News Service article:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
National Electronic Tolling Committee Industry Forum – May 22-23 – South
Brisbane
Today in Transportation
History
1898
**115th anniversary** US President William McKinley asked Congress for
authority to send troops to Cuba.
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