Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
May 10, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FAA to Keep 149 Contract Towers Open
Link
to article in Politico:
Link
to statement from US DOT: http://goo.gl/YwOFC
2)
Many Air Passengers Never Turn Off
Electronics, Survey Finds
Link
to article in The New York Times:
3)
Moving to the Cloud Let London-Gatwick
Airport Kill 200 Servers
Link
to article on CITEworld:
BICYCLES
4)
Cycling is the New Golf When It Comes to
Business Networking
Link
to article in The Economist:
5)
Bikes and Bytes Hackfest to Create
Bike-Themed Applications
Link
to blog on PeopleForBikes:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
US DOT Announces New Connected Vehicle
Test Bed Affiliation
Link
to further information:
OTHER
7)
Sponsorships Offered on 511 Websites,
Mobile Apps and Traffic Camera Feeds
Link
to article on ClickZ:
8)
Schneider Electric Powers Up Services
Business During Equipment Slump
Link
to Dow Jones Newswires article:
9)
White House Champions of Change Features
Tech Innovators in Transportation
Link
to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
Montana DOT Beartooth Pass Crew Becomes
Famous on Web-Posted Videos
Link
to article in the Billings Gazette:
11)
New Director of Georgia Road and Tollway
Authority Promises Open Communications
Link
to blog on the Saporta Report:
12)
Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data
Link
to The White House Blog:
SAFETY / SECURITY
13)
Wrong-Way Crash Combat: NTSB Takes
Action
Link
to story on WJZ-TV:
14)
Via Rail Considering Passenger ID Checks
Link
to CP article:
15)
New Safety Program Premiers on AASHTO's Transportation
TV
Link
to article in the AASHTO Journal:
16)
Traffic Safety at the Heart of Walks,
Rallies Around the World
Link
to story on the Voice of America:
17)
Mobile Game Airport Scanner Helping TSA
Officers Screen Luggage More Accurately
Link
to article on GamesBeat:
TELEMATICS
18)
Telematics and Eco-Driving Solutions
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
19)
Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority
Launches Emergency Management Centers
Link
to article in Gulf News:
VEHICLES
20)
When Cars Talk, this is What They'll
Tell Each Other
Link
to article in Computerworld:
21)
Documentary Looks at Active Safety
Systems
Link
to The Thinking Car:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
If you think this is bad,
wait until you see the pedestrian countdown signals.
Solicitation
-
Survey – Use of Web-Based Customer
Feedback to Improve Public Transit Services – Transit Cooperative Research
Program
-
Request for Comments – Potential
Technology Trials – Federal Communications Commission
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Keep It Real - Real-Time Transit Traveler Information Systems -
511, Social Media and More – June 13
Today in Transportation
History
1503
**510th anniversary** Christopher Columbus sighted the Cayman
Islands, naming them Las Tortugas.
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