Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Delta: Kiosks at JFK Airport Reduced Customs Wait Lines by 90%

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2013/10/22/delta-kiosks-at-jfk-reduced-customs-wait-lines-by-90/

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) US Appeals Court Says Police Need Warrant to Track Vehicles via GPS

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/22/court-says-police-need-a-warrant-to-track-vehicles-via-gps/

MARITIME

3) US Government to Stop Printing Nautical Charts

Link to article in the Savannah Morning News:

http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-10-23/feds-stop-printing-nautical-charts

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) September 11^th National Memorial Trail Uses 'Story Maps' to Communicate and Inspire

Link to article in Pennsylvania Borough News:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BygdO7AWsujgekFuRnN5YkNOSk0/edit?usp=sharing

5) Hawaii DOT Needs to Improve Communication with the Public

Link to commentary on Hawaii Reporter:

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/hawaii-dot-needs-to-improve-communication-with-the-public/123

SPACE

6) NASA Says First Space Internet Test 'Beyond Expectations'

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9243426/NASA_says_first_space_Internet_test_beyond_expectations_

TRANSIT

7) Courtesy Phone Calls Latest Move to Iron Out Ventra Transit Card Glitches

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23298325-418/courtesy-phone-calls-latest-move-to-iron-out-ventra-transit-card-glitches.html

8) New Jersey Transit Mobile Rail Ticketing Will be Systemwide by End of Year

Link to story on WHYY Radio:

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/61118-nj-mobile-ticketing-program-will-be-system-wide-by-end-of-year

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Western Australia Government Wants to Crowdsource Traffic Data

Link to article on iTnews:

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/361621,wa-govt-wants-to-crowdsource-traffic-data.aspx

10) Fuel Prices to be Advertised on Signs Along UK Motorways to Help Drivers Avoid Being Ripped Off

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2472311/Fuel-prices-advertised-signs-motorway-help-drivers-avoid-ripped-off.html

VEHICLES

11) Report: States Need Guidance on Self-Driving Cars

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-report-urges-federal-role-in-driverless-cars.html

Link to report from the Eno Center for Transportation: http://goo.gl/vdkCUo

12) You Won't Recognize the First Automated Vehicles

Link to article in MIT Technology Review:

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/520556/you-wont-recognize-the-first-automated-vehicles/

News Releases

1) Four More US Airlines to Add Avionics as Part of FAA's Data Communications Equipage Program

2) deCarta Adding Live Traffic Video to Developer Portal and Connected Car Platform

3) Colorado DOT Mobile Smartphone Application Marks First Anniversary

4) Operation Lifesaver Offers Lifesaving Educational Tools for School Bus Drivers

5) Wisconsin DMV Launches New Mobile Driver Test App

Job Posting

 -  Research Transportation Specialist – FHWA – Washington, DC

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/353802200

Upcoming Events

Webinar: US DOT ITS ePrimer – November 19

http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/eprimer_webinar.htm

Today in Transportation History    

1983 **30^th anniversary** Two truck bombs exploded outside barracks housing US and French military forces in Beirut, Lebanon.  The blasts killed 299 servicemen.

http://www.beirut30th.com/

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