Friday, June 28, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, June 28, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA on NextGen: Steady as She Goes

Link to article in AINalerts:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2013-06-27/faa-nextgen-steady-she-goes

2) Airport Security Systems Put the Spotlight on Passenger Data

Link to article in Airport Technology:

http://www.airport-technology.com/features/featureairport-security-systems-spotlight-passenger-data

3) Private Jet Airports – A New Media Space Taking Off?

Link to commentary on MediaTel:

http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2013/06/28/private-jet-airports-a-new-media-space-taking-off/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Illinois Tollway Say New System Will Improve Customer Service, Violation Processing

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-06-27/news/ct-met-tollway-new-tolling-system-20130628_1_illinois-tollway-customer-service-violation-notices

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) India to Launch First Dedicated Navigational Satellite on Monday

Link to article in the Jagran Post:

http://post.jagran.com/india-to-lunch-first-dedicated-1372387380

OTHER

6) Why Ridesharing is Booming in Europe, But Not the US

Link to article on GigaOm:

http://gigaom.com/2013/06/26/why-ride-sharing-is-booming-in-europe-but-not-the-u-s/

RAILROADS

7) Railroads Ask Congress to Delay Crash Technology Mandate

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-27/railroads-ask-congress-to-delay-crash-technology-mandate.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) New Jersey Transit to Work to Reduce Suicides

Link to article in the Courier-Post:

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130628/NEWS02/306280013/NJ-Transit-work-reduce-suicides

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) South Carolina DOT Launches Enhanced 511 System

Link to article in the Carolina Forest Chronicle:

http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/local/horry_county/article_ca88fdd4-df66-11e2-94f3-0019bb30f31a.html

VEHICLES

10) Internet Car Start-Ups Look to Los Angeles' New Mayor for a Helping Hand

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/06/internet-car-start-ups-look-ls-new-mayor-helping-hand/6040/

11) GPS-Controlled Headlights Turn Before You Do

Link to blog in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/2013-audi-a8-leds/

News Releases

1) Polis Issues Position Paper on Open Transport Data

2) MediaShift Launches Premier Airport Network with 20 Major US Airports

3) DWI Crash Victims Lend Their 'Faces' to Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign

4) Charleston, South Carolina Harbor Becomes 23^rd to Use NOAA PORTS Data System

5) Schneider National Installs New Container- and Trailer-Tracking Technology Across Fleets

6) Keep America Moving Campaign Launches to Promote Local Leadership on National Highway Issues

Friday Bonus

Here's an optical illusion you can experience in your car in Moncton, New Brunswick.  My family and I did this a number of years ago and it's very strange.  Similar phenomena exist around the world.

http://youtu.be/JLgdZGbOclk

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposal – Development of Web-Based Traffic Demand Management, Road Safety and Enforcement Project 2013-2015 for State of Kuwait – United Nations Development Programme

http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=11757

Upcoming Events

Telematics Japan – October 8-10 – Tokyo

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/japan/index.php

Today in Transportation History    

1913 **100^th anniversary** The Lötschberg Tunnel in Switzerland formally opened.

http://www.bls.ch/100/unternehmen/100-jahre-loetschbergbahn.html (in German)

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