Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
April 10, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
New Website Launched to Help Passengers
Claim Compensation
Link
to article on TravelMole:
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?c=setreg®ion=2&m_id=_rnvY!nn&w_id=8852&news_id=2005931
2)
Avidyne Unveils New Traffic-Alert
Technology Being Developed with FAA and MIT
Link
to article from AOPA:
FREIGHT
3)
Iraqi Ports to Monitor Cargo Truck
Traffic
Link
to article on Al-Shorfa:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
South Korea to Beef Up GPS Surveillance
System
Link
to article on ZDNet:
5)
Smithsonian to Open Exhibit Focused on
Navigation
Link
to AP article:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/smithsonian-navigates-history-from-galileo-to-gps/article/feed/2087550
Link
to further information: http://goo.gl/a2HsX
MARITIME
6)
US Navy Trying to Keep Up with
Fast-Evolving Cyber Threats
Link
to article in FCW:
7)
Safe Navigation in the US Arctic
Link
to conference proceeding from TRB:
OTHER
8)
Louisiana House Transportation Committee
OKs Bill Allowing Sponsorship on State-Owned Assets
Link
to article in The Times-Picayune:
PEDESTRIANS
9)
Elaborate Drive-By Photo Studio Takes
Pedestrians By Surprise
Link
to article in Wired:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
Using Social Media to Tell the TTI Story
Link
to article from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute:
11)
The Deal with Those Traffic Death
Highway Signs in Illinois
Link
to story on WBEZ Radio:
12)
Secrecy Frustrates Transport Scrutiny in
Auckland, New Zealand
Link
to commentary on Stuff.co.nz:
ROADWAYS
13) New York State,
Westchester County to Inspect Neglected Overhead Highway Signs
Signs were not inspected or maintained for years
because sides couldn't agree whose job it is.
Link to article in The Journal News:
14)
Lost Cause in New York
Writer
laments difficulty with wayfinding while leaving New York's JFK Airport.
Link
to commentary in The Wall Street Journal:
SAFETY / SECURITY
15)
Does Classical Music at Train Stations
Really Deter Crime?
Link
to story on WQXR Radio:
16)
Has British Columbia's Queensborough
Bridge Gone Too Far with Billboard?
Link
to article in The Providence:
17)
Safety & Security for Road
Infrastructure
Link
to publication:
TELEMATICS
18)
Telematics May Transform Trucking's View
of Trailers
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
TRANSIT
19)
New App in Sydney to Use GPS Technology
to Show Train's Location
Link
to story on 7News:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
Jaipur, India Traffic Police Log into
Facebook for Locals' Feedback
Link
to article on Daily Bhaskar:
VEHICLES
21)
Advocates Urge Regulators to Mandate
Rear Cameras in New Cars
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
22)
FLIR Looks to Automobile Market to
Reduce Production Costs for Infrared Cameras
Link
to article in Government Security News:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
2013 Freeway and Managed Lane Operations Meeting and Conference – June
23-26 – Atlanta
Today in Transportation
History
1933
**80th anniversary** Peter Pan Bus Lines was founded.
1963
**50th anniversary** The USS Thresher, a US Navy nuclear submarine,
sank in the North Atlantic during a deep-diving test. All 129 people aboard died.
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