Thursday, August 8, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 8, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Analytics Helping 'Smart' Sydney Airport Get Off the Ground

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/analytics-helping-smart-sydney-airport-get-off-the-ground-7000019146/

CAMERAS

2) New Bangalore Traffic Management Center Will Bring Enforcement to New Level

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/One-big-eye-scans-traffic-offenders/articleshow/21696183.cms

OTHER

3) New York State Bridge Authority to Earn $1.24 Million Leasing Excess Capacity on Fiber Network

Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130808/BIZ/130809798

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Massachusetts Transportation Chief: Make T Pensions Public

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/08/transportation_chief_make_t_pensions_public

5) Longshoreman's Union Sues Port of Portland for $200,000 Records Search

Link to Reuters article:

http://news.yahoo.com/u-union-sues-port-portland-200-000-records-191933512.html

6) Long Beach Township, New Jersey Teaching Traffic Safety with T-Shirts

Link to article in The SandPaper:

http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/long-beach-township-teaching-traffic-safety-with-t-shirts/1037593

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

7) Will Mobile Technology Uproot Traditional Taxi Systems?

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/local/Will-Mobility-Uproot-Traditional-Taxi-Systems.html

8) In California, They're Not Taxis, They're 'Transportation Network Companies'

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/aug/08/california-theyre-not-taxis-theyre-transportation-network-companies/

TRANSIT

9) Student Develops Way to Tell Subway Passengers Which Car is Least Crowded

Link to article on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/never-stand-while-riding-the-subway-again-2013-8

10) Phoning in Your Transit Fare

Link to blog on the Torontoist:

http://torontoist.com/2013/08/public-works-phoning-in-your-transit-fare/

News Releases

1) Minnesota DOT Rolls Out New 511 Service for Truckers, Other Improvements Made to Website

2) US DOT Announces Second Webinar Series on Next ITS Strategic Plan

3) Iteris Develops Travel Time System Enhancements for Its Vantage Velocity Product

4) Munich Airport Makes It Easier to Surf the Web

Upcoming Events

TEN-T Days 2013 – October 15-18 – Tallinn, Estonia

http://www.tentdays2013.eu/

Today in Transportation History    

1963 **50^th anniversary** The Great Train Robbery took place in England. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1310271.stm

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