Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
June 12, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
The Internet of the
Automobile is connecting the driver, the car, devices, apps, and data all
through location-based, inter-connected networks. Explore the benefits of
Big Data in delivering intelligent driving services, creating personalized
apps and cloud services in the car, or enhancing it with mobile
crowdsourcing to deliver better navigation and driving experiences, and to
reduce the individual, economic and environmental toll of traffic congestion
across the U.S. and the globe.
AVIATION
1)
EU Nations Battle Over Air Traffic
Control Plans
Link
to AP article:
2)
Emirates Airline to Open World's First
Indoor Aviation-Themed Attraction
Link
to article in Arabian Business:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/rJZoB
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3)
San Francisco
Considers Charging Driver to Enter or Leave Downtown
Link to story on
KQED Radio:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Jeep GPS Purposely Gets Drivers Lost to
Take Them Into Nature
Link
to article on PSFK:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
The Consumerization of Mobility
Link
to Terranautix blog:
OTHER
6)
Waze Give Location Industry a Lesson in
How to Create Value
Link
to Strategy Analytics blog:
PARKING
7)
Sensors Help Los Angeles Create
Demand-Based Parking Pricing
Link
to article in Government Technology:
RAILROADS
8)
Signal Upgrade Could Cut Rail Journey
Times in UK, But Union Threatens Strike Over Job Cuts
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
ROADWAYS
9)
Green and Yellow Traffic Cones Trialed
in UK
Link
to article on The Construction Index:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
New Study Sounds Alarm About Distracted
Driving
Link
to story on CNBC:
11)
Ford Taps Programs, In-Car Technology to
Aid Teen Driving
Link
to article in Autoweek:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12)
Bomb Threats Test Evacuation Plans for
Georgia Road and Tollway Authority
Link
to story on WSB Radio:
13)
Detailed, Timely Traffic Info with TPEG
Link
to article in Radio World:
14)
Lagos, Nigeria to Deploy High-Tech
Traffic Software
Link
to article on P.M. News:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Connected and Self-Drive Vehicles Symposium – June 17-18 – Piscataway,
New Jersey
Today in Transportation
History
1913
**100th anniversary** The two and a half mile long Collins Bridge,
connecting Miami Beach to the mainland, was opened.
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Transportation Communications Newsletter
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comments about the TCN? Please
write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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