Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
August 21, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Los Angeles Airports Panel Throws Out
Bids on Media Services Contract
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
2)
NTSB Urges Aviation Weather Cameras for
Hawaii
Link
to article from the Honolulu
Star-Advertiser:
3)
US DOT Opposes FCC's Bid to Ban 121.5
MHz Emergency Locator Transmitters
Link
to article from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:
4)
NextGen Time-Based Metering Tool
Deployed
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
5)
Airline IT – What is the Impact on
Travelers and Employees
Link
to article on Tnooz:
6)
Virtual Assistants Push Into New Areas
with Button Panels
Link
to article in Airport World:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
7)
How a Happy Crab Helped Reduce
Pedestrian Fatalities by 56% in Ocean City, Maryland
Link
to article on Transportation Nation:
Link
to further information from Ocean City: http://oceancitymd.gov/WalkSmart/
CAMERAS
8)
Alaska DOT Installing 'Avalanche Cams'
in Juneau
Link
to article in the Juneau Empire:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
9)
Massachusetts Electronic Tolls Plan Meets
Resistance
Link to article in the Telegram & Gazette:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
10)
Hanoi Plans 'Intelligent' Traffic Flow
Link
to article on VietNamNet Bridge:
MARITIME
11)
Sea Traffic Control Pushed in
Philippines Following Fatal Collision
Link
to article in BusinessWorld:
12)
PORTS System for Jacksonville
Link
to article in Hydro International:
PARKING
13)
Airports Need to Look at New Car Parking
Strategies, Including Improved Customer Communication
Link
to article in Airport World:
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RAILROADS
14)
Railroads Seek to Install Cameras to
Watch Crews
Link
to AP article:
ROADWAYS
15)
Seven Year Battle Ends in New York State
with Billboard's Removal
Link
to article in the Times Union:
SAFETY / SECURITY
16)
Big Data to Make Driving Safer
Link
to article on CNET:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
17)
Regulations Prompt New Fight Between DC
Taxicab Commission and Uber
Link
to story on WAMU Radio:
TELEMATICS
18)
Q&A with Inrix on Their Plans for
Brazilian Telematics Market
Link
to interview on Telematics Update:
19)
Going Orbital with Vehicle
Communications
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
TRANSIT
20)
Singapore and China to Launch
Dual-Currency Transit Card
Link
to article on ZDNet:
21)
Raleigh Transit Authority Sued by Humane
Society of US for Rejecting Bus Ads
Link
to article in Pork Magazine:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
22)
New Electronic Messages Signs on New
Jersey Turnpike Arriving in Time for Super Bowl
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
VEHICLES
23)
GM and Ford Look to Silicon Valley for
Transformative Ideas and Technology
Link
to Reuters article:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
MOBiNET Stakeholder Workshop – September 17 – Espoo, Finland
Today in Transportation
History
1993
**20th anniversary** NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer as it neared the planet.
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