Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Airlines Lose Fewer Bags as Technology Tackles Transfers
Link to Bloomberg article:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/90r4j

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

2) Preview of ITS America Annual Meeting
Link to story on Transportation Radio:

3) Thinking Aloud Podcast Looks at ITS in the Middle East
Link to podcast:

MARITIME

4) US Navy Could Use Blimps to Track Drug Submarines
Link to article on Transportation Nation

OTHER

5) The Noisy Clatter of Traveling
Link to article in The New York Times:

6) Intelligent Mobility – Could Data Be the Key?
Link to blog in The Engineer:

7) Polis Newsletter – Spring 2013
Link to newsletter:

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) DC Kicks Off Traffic Safety Campaign with Interesting Ads
Link to blog on DCist:

RAILROADS

9) Metra Argues for Delay of 'Fail-Safe' Rail System
Link to article from the Chicago Tribune:

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Protecting Missourians' Right to Die in Traffic Accidents
Newspaper is critical of legislators for not banning texting-while-driving.
Link to editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

TAXIS

11) GPS-Enabled Taxi Dispatch System Launched in Philippines
Link to article in the Philippine Daily Inquirer:

TELEMATICS

12) Telematics: Attracting Investors to Support Growth
Link to article on Telematics Update:

TRANSIT

13) Ontario's GO Transit Launches Free Wi-Fi at Some Stations
Link to article in the Toronto Star:

14) Real-Time Arrival Tech Planned for California's Sonoma County Transit
Link to article in the North Bay Business Journal:

15) New York City Subway Kiosks Will Guide Riders (in Between Ads)
Link to article in The New York Times:

16) Why Google Transit Will Never Be Enough for Small to Medium-Sized Systems
Link to blog on Human Transit:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) 511 Traffic Information System for Texas' Central Expressway Corridor in the Works
Link to story on KXAS-TV:

18) Designing for Transportation Management and Operations: A Primer
Link to report from FHWA:

VEHICLES

19) RAIN Summit Panel Examines the Steep Challenges the 'Connected Dashboard' Brings
Link to article in the Radio And Internet Newsletter:

20) Q&A: Building the Infrastructure for V2X
Link to article on Telematics Update:

21) As Workload Overwhelms, Cars Are Set to Intervene
Link to article in The New York Times:

22) Car Tech Isn't Failing, Owners and Infotainment Interfaces Are
Link to blog in Wired:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
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Today in Transportation History    
1973 **40th anniversary** Canada and the US agreed on contingency plans to clean-up off-shore oil spills.

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