Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
November 25, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
If the FCC Backs In-Flight Calls, Will
the Airlines?
Link
to AP article:
2)
Clear Channel Partners with Chicago
Airports to Create Smooth Jazz Radio Station with Traffic and Weather Updates
Link
to article on Chicagoland Radio and Media:
3)
An Inside Look: United Airlines' Mission
Control Center
Link
to article in Forbes:
4)
British Airways Unveils Digital
Billboards That Tell Drivers Where Flights Are Going
Link
to article in The Drum:
Link
to video: http://youtu.be/GtJx_pZjvzc
CAMERAS
5)
Traffic Cameras Keep Traffic Moving in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Link
to story on KELO-TV:
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
Tracing the World's Most Complicated
Roadways with GPS Data
Link
to article on The Atlantic Cities:
OTHER
7)
US Marines Test Giant Autonomous
Headless Horsebot
Link
to article on ZDNet:
8)
Smarter Transportation Infrastructure
Means Smarter Choices
Link
to blog from IBM:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
New Jersey Bill Would Keep Traffic
Summonses from Public Domain
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
RAILROADS
10)
Amtrak's Hiawatha Line to Get Wi-Fi
Service Soon
Link
to article in the Journal Sentinel:
11)
How to Squeeze 1,200 Trains a Day into
America's Busiest Transit Hub
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
The UK Railway Workers Trained to Stop
Suicides
Link
to story on BBC Radio 5 live:
13)
New York State Police Go Vertical to
Catch Texting Drivers
Link
to AP article:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
14)
Uber Teams Up with GM, Toyota to Get
More Cars on the Road
Link
to article on CNET:
TRANSIT
15)
Bus Drivers in UK Launch Blind-Awareness
Campaign
Link
to article in the Wakefield Express:
16)
Free Wi-Fi Now Available at Two Toronto
Subway Stations
Link
to article in The Globe and Mail:
17)
Open Standards for Contactless Credit
and Debit Cards Offer Benefits
Link
to article in Railway Terminal World:
18)
DC Metro Working on Upgrades to Its
Train Arrival Signs
Link
to column in The Washington Post:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
Dim Traffic Sensors Dull How 'Smart'
California Freeways Are
Link
to AP article:
20)
Toyota Tsusho Looking to Roll Out
Traffic Tip Tool in Asia and Middle East
Link
to article in The Nation:
WEATHER
21)
Traffic Cameras, Smartphones Becoming
Weather Forecasters
Link
to article in the Democrat &
Chronicle:
News Releases
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Solicitation
-
Request for Proposals – Recompete
Vehicle Probe Project – I-95 Corridor Coalition
Upcoming Events
2013 ITS New Jersey Annual
Meeting – December 16 – East Rutherford, New Jersey
Today in Transportation
History
1783
**230th anniversary** The last British troops evacuated New York
City and General George Washington entered the city.
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