Monday, August 26, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 26, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) US Army Controllers Keep Combat Sorties Cruising

Link to article from the Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System:

http://www.dvidshub.net/news/112388/controllers-keep-combat-sorties-cruising - .Uhu61VOz3V4

CAMERAS

2) Cameras on 150 Miles Stretch of New York Thruway Off as Obama Motorcade Heads from Buffalo to Syracuse

Link to article in The Post-Standard:

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/thruway_cameras_off_as_obama_motorcade_heads_from_buffalo_to_syracuse.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

3) EPA to Begin Monitoring Pollution Near Traffic Corridors Nationwide

Link to article from the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/26/5680372/epa-takes-action-against-smog.html

4) Ohioans Not Told How License Photos Used

Link to article in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130825/NEWS010801/308250087/ENQ-INVESTIGATES-Ohioans-not-told-how-license-photos-use

5) US DOT Press Aide Justin Nisly Departing

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/1095-other/318541-dot-press-aide-departing

6) Colorado DOT Anti-Drunk Driving Message Reaches Men from the Urinal

Link to article in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23939984/cdot-anti-drunk-driving-message-reaches-men-from

TRANSIT

7) C Train Café? New York MTA May Put Up Fight

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/c-train-cafe-the-mta-may-put-up-a-fight.html?pagewanted=all

8) Callam Transit Tests 'Mi-Fi' On Two County Buses

Link to article in the Peninsula Daily News:
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130826/NEWS/308269994/clallam-transit-tests-mifi-on-two-county-buses

9) Explore the London Underground with this Awesome 3-D Simulation

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/08/explore-london-underground-virtual-rotating-model/6643/

10) Effortless Transit Passenger Identification System

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169362.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Laura Schewel: Looking More Closely at the Way People Move Through Cities

Link to article in the MIT Technology Review:

http://www.technologyreview.com/lists/innovators-under-35/2013/visionary/laura-schewel/

VEHICLES

12) Illinois Governor Passes Law Allowing Electronic Proof-of-Insurance

Link to story on WLS-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=9217064

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Today in Transportation History    

1768 **245^th anniversary** Captain James Cook left Plymouth, England onboard the HMS Endeavour on his voyage to Australia and New Zealand.

http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/cook/james/c77j/index.html

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