Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
October 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
Making Roads Work Smarter: Data Behind Planning, Safer Roads &
Emergency Response
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AVIATION
1)
Europe Launches Drone Demonstration
Program
Link
to article in Air Traffic Management:
2)
'Step Up' Meets Robot Dancers in Virgin
America's New Over-the-Top Safety Video
Link
to story on CNN:
3)
Study Finds Non-Standard Phraseology Can
Cause Problems in Aviation
Link
to article in InterPilot:
http://www.hmgaerospace.com/hmgmags/Issue3Oct2013_InterPilot/interpilotissue3oct2013/index.html
(page 36)
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4)
Britain Experimenting with Glowing,
Seeming Self-Aware Bike Path
Link
to blog on The Atlantic Cities:
CAMERAS
5)
Nearly 1,500 Speed-Camera Tickets in
Baltimore County, Maryland Voided After Certification Mistake
Link
to story on WJZ-TV:
CARTOGRAPHY
6)
The Science of a Great Subway Map
Link
to article in Fast Company:
7)
Former Grad Student's Proposed
Pittsburgh Transit Map Goes Viral
Link
to article in the Pittsburgh City Paper:
8)
Improve Twin Cities' Transit Maps to
Improve Ridership
Link
to blog on Twin Cities Daily Planet:
GPS / NAVIGATION
9)
UPS Crunches Data to Make Routes More
Efficient, Save Gas
Link
to Bloomberg article:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
10)
Royal Oman Police Installing ITS to Nab
Traffic Offenders
Link
to article in the Times of Oman:
OTHER
11)
Hungary Launches Tender for Unused Block in 450 MHz
Link to article in Telecompaper:
PARKING
12)
How 'Smart Parking' Could Save a Million
Barrels of Oil Every Day
Link
to blog in The Christian Science Monitor:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
13)
Reporting Around DHS Opacity
Link
to story on WNYC Radio's On The Media:
SAFETY / SECURITY
14)
US House Bill Will Require TSA Consult
Security Advisory Group
Link
to Bloomberg article:
15)
Google Glass Earns Woman a Ticket While
Driving in Ontario
Link
to blog on Yahoo News Canada:
16)
Digital Dilemmas: 'How Do I Stop My Teen
from Texting and Driving?'
Link
to column in Parade:
TRANSIT
17)
Edmonton Transit Removes Anti-Muslim Bus
Ads
Link
to article in the Edmonton Journal:
18)
SEPTA Adds Wi-Fi to Rail Stations,
Unveils Real-Time App
Link
to story on WCAU-TV:
19)
Report: Bus Stop Announcements in Nassau
County, New York Fall Short for Disabled Riders
Link
to article from Newsday:
20)
Apple Job Listings Hint at Future Public
Transit Integration for Maps
Link
to article on AppleInsider:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
21)
Macomb County, Michigan's High-Tech Operations
Center on Track to Open in December
Link
to article in the Detroit Free Press:
22)
New Orleans Traffic Management Hurt by
Lack of Manpower, Says Councilwoman
Link
to article in The Times-Picayune:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Analyzing Alternative
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Messaging Variants: Trajectory Conversion Algorithm
Version 2 Software – November 7
Today in Transportation
History
1938
**75th anniversary** Martians 'invaded' New Jersey during the
national radio broadcast of The War of
the Worlds on the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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