Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
May 13, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Airlines to FAA: You Want Us to Upgrade
to NextGen? Prove It's Worth the Investment
Link
to article in the Washington Business
Journal:
2)
Eindhoven Airport Launches World's First
'Facebook VIP' Initiative
Link
to article in Airport World:
BUSES
3)
Bus Service with Wi-Fi Takes Hold as
Alternative Transportation for Many
Link
to article from the Austin
American-Statesman:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Pioneer's Car Navigation System to Show
Real-Time Traffic Photos Exchanged Between Vehicles
Link
to Nikkei article:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/3RqLN
5)
White House Moves to Harden
Infrastructure Against GPS Disruption
Link
to article on Inside GNSS:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
Intelligent Transport System for
Australia's Monash Freeway
Link
to article in The Age:
OTHER
7)
Nevada DMV Launches Website to Cut Down
on Wait Times
Link
to story on KNTV-TV:
RAILROADS
8)
Onboard Monitoring System Aids Track
Maintenance
Link
to article in the International Railway
Journal:
ROADWAYS
9)
Over Half of Thetford, Vermont's Road
Signs Have Been Stolen
Link
to article in the Valley News:
http://www.vnews.com/news/6130894-95/road-sign-thefts-plague-thetford
(registration required)
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
Study: 45% of Teens Text While Driving
Link
to article in USA Today:
11)
Website to Mark Accident Zones in India,
Make Roads Safer
Link
to article in The Times of India:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12)
Train the Trainer Pilot Courses for Incident Responders and Managers
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
TRANSIT
13)
NJ Transit Remains Silent on How It
Prepared for Superstorm Sandy
Link
to article in The Record:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Japan's DoCoMo to Use Mobile Data to
Monitor Traffic Jams
Link
to article in PC World:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038604/japans-docomo-to-use-mobile-data-to-monitor-traffic-jams.html
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/TNpCe
VEHICLES
15) GM Unveils
Data Center in Warren, Michigan
Link to
Reuters article:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
International Symposium on
Transportation and Traffic Theory – July 17-19 – Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Today in Transportation
History
1913
**100th anniversary** The Sikorsky S-21 Russki Vityaz, the first
four-engine aircraft, flew for the first time.
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