Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
September 16, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
You're Grounded – (Social) Media Storms
and Airline Responses
Link
to blog on Tnooz:
CARTOGRAPHY
2)
The Advantages of Crowdsourced Maps
Link
to article from GigaOM:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-16/the-advantages-of-crowdsourced-maps
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-16/the-advantages-of-crowdsourced-maps
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
3)
New ITS Technology Clears the Way for
South Florida Emergency Vehicles
Link
to article in the Sun Sentinel:
MARITIME
4)
China Proposes Maritime Emergency Help
Line
Link
to Xinhua article:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/X3pFx1 (in Chinese)
5)
US House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster
to Host Twitter Town Hall on Water Bill
Link
to article in The Hill:
6)
Tappan Zee Bridge Vessels, Lights Tough
to Navigate
Link
to article in The Journal News:
7)
New Jersey Marine Terminal Banking on
Automation
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
8)
Opera Uses Maritime Sounds on River
Thames
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
Link
to audio: https://soundcloud.com/thamesfestival
OTHER
9)
How to Turn Something as Unsexy as Car
Rental Into a Social Media Hit
Link
to blog on Tnooz:
PARKING
10)
Pittsburgh Leads in Parking Payment Technology
Link to article in State Tech:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
11) Port Authority of New York
and New Jersey Unfairly Fast-Tracked Toll Hikes, Government Report Says
Link to article in The Record:
Link to report from the US Government
Accountability Office: http://goo.gl/xiUg4h
12)
Knoxville, Tennessee Launches
Traffic-Calming Website, Schedules Public Meetings
Link
to story on WATE-TV:
13) Florida Won't Promote
New Texting Law
Link to article in The Miami Herald:
RAILROADS
14)
Positive Train Control: Additional
Authorities Could Benefit Implementation
Link
to report from the US Government Accountability Office:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
15)
Dallas Officials, Yellow Cab Worked
Together to Thwart Uber Transportation App
Link
to article in The Dallas Morning News:
TELEMATICS
16)
Motorists Tap the Brakes on Installing
Data Devices for Insurance Companies
Link
to article in the Chicago Tribune:
TRANSIT
17)
Greater Portland, Maine Communities Team
Up to Market Regional Transit System
Link
to article in the Bangor Daily News:
18)
DC Metrorail Riders Need the Same
Purpose-Driven Forums Available to Metrobus Customers
Link
to column in The Washington Post:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
Bangalore Traffic Center Delayed as
Agencies Squabble
Link
to article in The Times of India:
20)
Traffic Management Course Made Part of
Curriculum at Indian College
Link
to DNA India article:
News Releases
Solicitation
-
Notification for Prequalification –
Design, Manufacture, Supply and Installation of ITS – State of Qatar
-
Request for Proposal - Interstate
Rest Area Sponsorship Program – Iowa DOT
Upcoming Events
TransOvation – October
28-30 – San Jose, California
Today in Transportation
History
1908
**105th anniversary** General Motors was founded by Billy Durant.
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