Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
September 17, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
EU Transport Ministers Express Support
for Single European Sky
Link
to article in The Baltic Course:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Study: Cellphone-Related Pedestrian
Injuries Soar
Link
to article in USA Today:
GPS / NAVIGATION
3)
Lost in the Shopping Mall? Israeli
Innovators Map Future of Indoor GPS
Link
to article in The Jerusalem Post:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
ITS and Road Safety Forum Opens in Qatar
Link
to article in The Peninsula:
OTHER
5)
InformationWeek Highlights Business
Innovation Award Winners
-
GM Custom Mobile App Helps Earn
Customer Trust
-
Boeing Brings Tablets On Board for
Technicians
RAILROADS
6)
Maine to Try Out Rail-Trespasser
Detector
Link
to article in the Portland Press Herald:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/mmLe1F
SAFETY / SECURITY
7)
Chicago Transit Authority Rolls Out
Safety Campaign
Link
to article in the Chicago Tribune:
8)
Long Island Rail Road Launches New
Grisly Ad Campaign Promoting Safety at Crossings
Link
to story on WINS Radio:
9)
Ohio State University Traffic Safety Task
Force Strives for Education
Link
to article in The Lantern:
10)
Security Weakness in US DOT's Common
Operating Environment Expose Its Systems and Data to Compromise
Link
to report from the US DOT Inspector General:
TRANSIT
11) New Jersey Transit
Expands 'Mobile Ticketing' Program
Link to article in The Star-Ledger:
12) Chicago Transit Authority's Ventra Customer Service Phone Line is a
Real Missed Connection
Link to commentary in RedEye:
VEHICLES
13)
Vehicle-to-Anything Communications Must
be Secure, Says Plextek CTO
Link
to article in Electronics Weekly:
14)
Radio Stations Need to Adjust to
Changing Vehicle Technology
Link
to commentary in Radio World:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Forum on Emergency Call:
Where Do We Go from Here? – November 7 – Brussels
Today in Transportation
History
1908
**105th anniversary** US Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first
person to die in an airplane crash.
1913
**100th anniversary** The American Short Line and Regional Railroad
Association was created as the Short Line Railroad Association of the
Southeast.
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