Thursday, September 19, 2013

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, September 19, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Airport Can Drive Deeper Brand Relationships by Fully Embracing Social Media Platforms
Link to article in Airport Business:

2) Digital Surveillance System Helps Protect Fixed-Base Operator
Link to article in Airport Business:

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) A New Breed of Pedestrian Advocate is Making City Streets Safer for Everyone
Link to article on Plantnetizen:

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Lance Wyman: The Man Behind DC Metro's Newest Subway Map
Link to article in The Washington Post:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) E-ZPass at 20: Expansion Ahead
Link to article from The Journal News:

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) GPS Jammers Could Knock Out Signals in a Medium-Sized City
Link to article on Nextgov:

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

7) Queensland Highways Could Get Different Speed Limits for Each Lane
Link to article in The Courier-Mail:

OTHER

8) Improving Management of Transportation Information
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Illinois Transit Task Force Hit for Banning Public from 'Working Group' Meetings
Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

TELEMATICS

10) 'Big Brother' Insurance on the Way in Australia
Link to article in the Brisbane Times:

11) Black Boxes Fly Into Cars on Britain's Roads
Link to article in Metro:

TRANSIT

12) Wi-Fi and Cellphone Service on Subway Trains? New York MTA Leader Says It May Happen
Link to article in The New York Times:

13) Open Data's Road to Better Transit
Link to article in Government Technology:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Washington State DOT's Tweets Helping Motorists Dodge Traffic Nightmares
Link to story on KOMO-TV:

15) Eyes in the Sky, Boots on the Ground Keep Mumbai Roads Clear on Visarjan Day
Link to article on Mumbai Mirror:

VEHICLES

16) BMW Gears Up IT Resilience with Private Cloud Infrastructure
Link to article in Computer Weekly:

17) Poll of German Car Buyers Shows Interest in Using Google Glass in the Vehicle
Link to article in automotiveIT:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo – December 2-6 – Las Vegas http://www.iccve.org/


Today in Transportation History
1963 **50th anniversary** The conversion of Ottawa's Union Station into the Government Conference Centre began.

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