Transportation
Communications Newsletter
Thursday, July 18,
2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA Chief: Air-Traffic Upgrade Harmed by Budget
Cuts
Link to Bloomberg article:
2) Airservices Australia Staffing Raises Concerns
Link to article in The Australian:
CAMERAS
3) License-Plate Cameras Track Millions of
Americans
Link to article in The Washington Post:
Link to news release from the American Civil
Liberties Union: http://goo.gl/DYPkL
4) Iowa Governor Calls for Review of License
Plates Exempt from Traffic Camera Enforcement
Link to story on WHO-TV:
5) UAE Driver Who Taped YouTube Road Rage Video,
Arrested for Breaching Privacy
Link to article in The National:
CARTOGRAPHY
6) Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels with
Incident and Traffic Alerts
Link to story on ABC News:
GPS / NAVIGATION
7) Russia to Launch Two GLONASS Satellite After
Pronton Disaster
Link to article in GPS World:
8) Hawaii to Use GPS Tracking on School Buses
Link to AP article:
MARITIME
9) Fully Automated Maritime Surveillance System
Developed for EU Borders
Link to article on Science World Report:
OTHER
10) The Speakers: How Two People Became the Voice
of 110 Airports and the New York City Subway
Link to article on The Verge:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
11) Port of Houston Authority Still Not Posting
Audio of Meetings Online
Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:
ROADWAYS
12) Missouri DOT Plans to Test Speed Information
Signs
Link to article on Newsmagazine Network:
13) Highway Signs in British Columbia Continue to
Confuse
Link to article in The Tri-City News:
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) Oakland Surveillance Center Progresses Amid
Debate on Privacy, Data Collection
Link to article from the Center for Investigative
Reporting:
15) Apps, Etc. Remotely Monitor Teen Drivers
Link to article in USA Today:
TRANSIT
16) Mass Transit Gets Rolling on Real-Time Bus
Info
Link to article on Tech Page One:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
17) Santa Clarita, California Traffic Center Keeps
Commuters Moving
Link to story on KHTS Radio:
18) Mindanao Hackers Lend a Hand in Solving Manila
and Cebu Traffic Problems
Link to story from GMA News:
VEHICLES
19) Tuning In the Digital Dashboard
Link to article on All Access:
News Releases
Today in Transportation History
1968 **45th anniversary** Intel
Corporation, whose chips play an important role in many transportation
applications, was founded as NM Electronics.
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