Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
September 6, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Airlines Are Trying to Get Personal with
Your Data
Link
to Bloomberg article:
2)
Trend: Malware Targeting US Aviation
Link
to UPI article:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
Does Pressing the Pedestrian Crossing
Button Actually Do Anything?
Link
to story on the BBC News Magazine:
CAMERAS
4)
Wi-Fi Traffic Cameras to Help Swansea,
Wales Drivers Beat the Queues
Link
to article in the South Wales Evening
Post:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
Georgia DOT Uses New Video Series to
Reduce Highway Fatalities
Link
to article in the AASHTO Journal:
ROADWAYS
6)
If the Road Could Talk to You, What
Would It Say?
Link
to article on INDEX Award winner:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
7)
Report: Why Should Local Governments
Care About Carsharing?
Link
to report from Mobility Lab:
TELEMATICS
8)
Brazil, Russia, India and China: Wide
Open to Telematics
Link
to articles on Telematics Update:
http://goo.gl/WXFXYm
(part 1)
http://goo.gl/tDFVAu
(part 2)
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
9)
Missouri DOT Celebrating 10th
Anniversary of KC Scout and 20th of Motorist Assist
Link
to story on KCTV-TV:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/bDLIV2
10)
A Look Inside Metro Emergency Road
Service: Freeway Service Patrol
Link
to story on KTTV-TV:
TRANSIT
11)
FTA Announces $10 Million Grant to
Nashville MTA for Bus Improvements, Including ITS
Link
to story on WTVF-TV:
12)
San Diego MTS Launches New Mobile Ticket App
Link to article in Railway Age:
http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/communications/san-diego-mts-launches-new-mobile-ticket-app.html
13)
Manila Eyes Wi-Fi Equipped Waiting Sheds
at Bus Stops
Link
to article in the Philippine Daily
Inquirer:
14)
Audio Bus Ads: Too Intrusive for Riders,
or Too Much Money to Pass Up?
Link
to article on The Atlantic Cities:
VEHICLES
15)
With Autopilot in Slow Traffic, Mercedes
Steps Toward Driverless Cars
Link
to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
16)
At IFA Show, Ford CEO Promises More
High-Tech Features
Link
to article in automotiveIT:
News Releases
6)
First Toyota Vehicles with Subscription-Free
HD Radio Audio, Traffic And Weather Arrive at Dealers
Friday Bonus
If you thought popping
bubble wrap was fun wait until you see this.
Upcoming Events
New Urbanism and Smart Transport
2 Conference – December 1-3 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Today in Transportation
History
1983
**30th anniversary** The Soviet Union shot down Korean Air Lines
Flight 007 near Sakhalin Island in the USSR.
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