Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 25, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
Consortium for ITS Training and Education (CITE) is now accepting
registrations for two of its online blended (instructor-led) courses:
Weather Responsive Traffic
Management (WRTM) * New – May 3-June 23, 2013
This course provides
information and guidance to transportation system managers and operators to
help them effectively manage traffic flow and operations during adverse weather
conditions.
Improving Highway Safety
with ITS – May 10-June 29, 2013
This course aims to
increase awareness of the benefits to be gained through the deployment of ITS
for highway safety applications. The course is designed to assist
professionals in both the highway safety and ITS communities.
All course materials
are on-line but students have access to course instructors through three
pre-scheduled conference calls. Cost is $250 each, $400 for
both. FREE for U.S. local,
state, regional, metropolitan, and Federal government agencies! - Use sponsor
code PCB when you register.
Questions, please contact Denise Twisdale (mztwiz@umd.edu)
or Kathy Frankle (kfrankle@umd.edu).
AVIATION
1)
EU Vote Rejects Move to Share Air
Passenger Data
Link
to article in Computerworld:
2)
Airlines Bringing Wi-Fi to the Sky
Link
to article in The Globe and Mail:
3)
Airport Terminal Light and Sound Ambience
Link
to article in Airport World:
BICYCLES
4)
Real-Time Bike Counter Coming to San
Francisco
Link
to article in Government Technology:
CAMERAS
5)
Los Angeles Councilmember: LAPD Should
Have Access to Traffic Cameras in Wake of Boston Bombings
Link
to AP article:
6)
Denver Police Increasingly Rely on Video
Surveillance to Solve Crime
Link
to article in The Denver Post:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
7)
E-ZPass IAG-TDM Specs Now Open Source, Available
for Download
Link to article on TOLLROADSnews:
GPS / NAVIGATION
8)
US Army Seeks New Technology to Replace
GPS
Link
to AFP article:
9)
North Korea's GPS Jamming Prompts South
Korea to Endorse Nationwide eLoran System
Link
to article on Inside GNSS:
OTHER
10)
Why the CEO of Inrix isn't Looking to
Maximize the Traffic Data Provider's IPO Valuation
Link
to interview on Quartz:
ROADWAYS
11)
Digital Billboards Grab Spotlight in
Boston Bombings
Link
to article on MSN News:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
Israel Airport Security 'Allowed to Read
Tourists' Email'
Link
to Reuters article:
13)
Red Tape Means Red Light for Texting and
Driving Laws in Oklahoma
Link
to story on KOTV-TV:
14)
Abu Dhabi School Buses Get High-Tech
Makeover in Bid to Protect Children
Link
to article on 7Days in Dubai:
SPACE
15)
Why NASA is Firing Cellphones Into Space
Link
to article in the National Journal:
TRANSIT
16)
Mapping the Information Screens at Los
Angeles Metro's 7th Street/Metro Center Station
Link
to blog:
VEHICLES
17)
How the Auto Industry Plans to Stay
'Connected' to Its Customers
Link
to article in Automation World:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
ITS Canada Annual Conference and General Meeting – May 26-29 – Toronto,
Ontario
Today in Transportation
History
1938
**75th anniversary** The US Supreme Court made a landmark decision
in Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
concerning diversity jurisdiction for US federal courts. The case arose when Harry Tompkins was
injured by a passing train in Hughestown, Pennsylvania.
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