Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
July 12, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FAA Refuses to Rank Airlines By Safety
Records
Link
to article in the San Jose Mercury News:
2)
Dubai Airports Introduce Smart Gates to
Reduce International Wait Times
Link
to article on Skift:
CAMERAS
3)
Toronto Transit Commission Suspends Use
of Wheel-Trans Cameras to Weed Out Ineligible Users
Link
to article in the Toronto Star:
MARITIME
4)
Norway Mulls Broadband Internet Coverage
in Arctic as Maritime Activity Grows
Link
to AP article:
OTHER
5)
Long Beach, California Moves to Freeze
Ice Cream Trucks' Music Output
Link
to NPR story:
6)
Articles from Texas Transportation
Researcher
-
Old Modes, New Data: TTI's Work in
Bike and Pedestrian Research (page 4)
-
Voice-to-Text Apps: No Safety
Benefits (page 6)
-
Plane Spotting: Sensors Assist
General Aviation Airports with Plane Traffic Counts (page 11)
ROADWAYS
7)
North Carolina Bill Weakens Cities'
Regulatory Power Over Highway Billboards
Link
to article in The Charlotte Observer:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Expert: Full Disclosure Needed on Risky
Cargo
Link
to article in The Gazette:
TRANSIT
9)
Transit Launches Real-Time Transit
Schedules in Mexico City, Paris and, Perhaps Soon, Manila
Link
to blog on VentureBeat:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
I'm sorry captain, I keep
getting aft and stern confused.
Upcoming Events
Ohio Conference on Freight – September 12-13 – Sandusky, Ohio
Today in Transportation
History
1918
**95th anniversary** The Japanese battleship Kawachi exploded and sank in Tokuyama Bay with the loss of 621
people.
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