Monday, August 5, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 5, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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CARTOGRAPHY

1) Google Maps Loses Transit Icons

Link to Greater Greater Washington blog:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19728/google-maps-loses-transit-icons/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Company Plans Push to Explain E-ZPass Toll System in Virginia

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/company-plans-push-explain-ezpass-toll-system

MARITIME

3) Swedish Coastal Radio Network Modernized

Link to article on MarineLink:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/modernized-coastal357233.aspx

ROADWAYS

4) The Need for Better Signage

Link to blog on Sheepshead Bites:

http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/08/the-need-for-better-signage/

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Problems Still Hound Transportation Worker Identification Card

Link to article in FCW:

http://fcw.com/articles/2013/08/05/problems-hound-twic.aspx

6) Action Needed to Strengthen TSA's Security Threat Assessment Process

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-629

7) Talk Radio, Music Genres Have Effect on Driving Behavior, Canadian Survey Says

Link to article in Canadian Underwriter:

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/talk-radio-music-genres-have-effect-on-driving-behaviour-survey-says/1002507379/

SPACE

8) Robot Astronaut Launched Into Space

Link to story on CBS News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57596971/robot-astronaut-launched-into-space/

VEHICLES

9) CD Players Make Quiet Exit from Cars

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/04/cd-players-cars-disappear/2601827/

News Releases

1) US DOT Unveils New Tools to Help Communities Keep Pedestrians Safe

2) TransCore and KLD Reach Agreement on Distribution Rights of Adaptive Control Decision Support System Designed for New York City

Today in Transportation History    

1888 **125^th anniversary** Bertha Benz drove 66 miles (106 km) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany for the first long-distance automobile trip.

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2402.htm

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