Transportation
Communications Newsletter
Monday, July 22, 2013
– ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) San Francisco Plane Crash Has Some Fliers
Wanting More Information on Pilots
Link to article in the Deseret News:
2) UAE Ministry of Interior Plan E-Gates at All
Airports
Link to article in Gulf News:
3) Adelaide Airport Introduces Google Maps’ Indoor
‘Street View’ Technology
Link to article in Airport World:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4) High-Tech Solutions Will Fight Central Florida
Traffic Congestion, Not More Roads
Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:
RAILROADS
5) When It Comes to Rail Traffic in Vermont,
Hazardous Materials Data is Hard to Get
Link to article on VTDigger:
ROADWAYS
6) Painted Messages on Pavement Cut Down on Bridge
Strikes in New York
Link to article in The Journal News:
7) Fake Signs on San Francisco Bay Area Highways
Say Drones Looking for Speeders
Link to story on KPIX-TV:
TRANSIT
8) New York MTA Considers Selling Naming Rights to
Subway Stations
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/nyregion/mta-considers-selling-rights-to-name-subway-stations.html
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/20/nyregion/mta-considers-selling-rights-to-name-subway-stations.html
9) Paris Metro, London Tube and Other Mass Transit
Signs Around the World
Link to article on The Huffington Post:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
10) With HopStop Acquisition, Apple Plans to Beef
Up Public Transit Directions
Link to story on ABC News:
11) US State Department’s Smart Traveler App
Should Be Left at Home
Link to review on Nextgov:
http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2013/07/state-departments-smart-traveler-app-should-be-left-home/67082
VEHICLES
12) Get Ready for More Advertising Inside Your Car
Link to article on The Motley Fool:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/07/21/get-ready-for-more-advertising-inside-your-car.aspx
13) Black Boxes in Cars: A Question of Privacy
Link to article in The New York Times:
14) US DOT Releases Summary Report from First
Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture (CVRIA) Public
Stakeholder Workshop
Link to further information:
News Releases
Solicitation
- Request for Comments – A Report on
Performance of VMS Updating Application Using Connected Vehicle Technology
Based on DSRC Protocol – ACECR, Sharif University Branch
http://cvt-project.ir/En/EnNewsDetail.aspx?SubjectType=109&InfoID=1212
http://cvt-project.ir/En/EnNewsDetail.aspx?SubjectType=109&InfoID=1212
Today in Transportation History
1793 **220th anniversary** Alexander
Mackenzie reached the Pacific Ocean to complete the first east to west crossing
of North America north of Mexico.
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