Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Wednesday, May 29, 2013



Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

INRIX is recruiting for a rock star Senior Product Manager to identify, define, and champion innovative business and product initiatives.  As Senior Product Manager, Traffic Platform, you will focus on new technologies, new businesses, product profitability, competitive offerings, and, above all – customers – with a heavy influence on delivery, positioning, and sales tools for our various B2B/B2G channels.  In this role, you will continuously balance responsibilities for product planning, product management and product marketing. You will drive the entrepreneurial spirit within INRIX by being at the forefront of innovation. Apply at http://inrix.com/careers.asp.


AVIATION

1) Remote-Controlled Aerial Photo Industry Encountering Political Turbulence
Link to article in the Journal Sentinel:

2) Sierra Leone Deputy Transport Minister Calls for More CCTV for Lungi Airport
Link to article in Awoko:

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Facebook Acquisition Talks with Waze Fall Apart
Link to article on All Things Digital:

MARITIME

4) Look for Muskegon's Port Online and All You Might Get is a Grand Rapids Golf Course Website
Link to article on MLive:

OTHER

5) Environmental Monitoring Goes Online for Tappan Zee Bridge Construction
Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:

6) California Legalizes Ridesharing App on Interim Basis
Link to blog in SF Weekly:

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Florida Governor Signs Texting-While-Driving Ban Into Law
Link to article in Hernando Today:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/RQEJh

TOURISM

8) New Touch Screens Provide Tourists Help at Indiana Toll Road Travel Plazas
Link to story on WNDU-TV:

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) Washington State DOT Workers Monitor Bridge Detours on First Day of Full-Strength Commute
Link to story on KIRO-TV:

TRANSIT

10) Colorado Springs Transit System Refuses Bus Shelter Ads
Link to article in The Gazette:
Link to further information from Citizens Project: http://www.citizensproject.org/

11) Beer Ads to Continue on Buffalo Metro Rail Cars
Link to article in The Buffalo News:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Taiwan, China Sign Agreement to Develop Traffic Message Channel Applications
Link to article on Taiwan Today:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
Governors Highway Safety Association Annual Meeting: Highway Safety and Technology – August 25-28 – San Diego, California


Today in Transportation History    
1953 **60th anniversary** Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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