Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
November 4, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Delta, JetBlue Get Green Light for
Gadgets
Link
to article in The Hill:
2)
New App and Website Aim to Better
Predict Airport Wait Times
Link
to article in The Denver Post:
3)
Companies Using Smartphones to Connect
with Passengers at Airports
Link
to article in Airport World:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4)
App Helps Disabled Use Sidewalks and
Transportation
Link
to article in The Tartan:
CAMERAS
5)
Governor Backs Iowa DOT Over Police
Chiefs in Battle Over Traffic-Camera Enforcement
Link
to article in The Des Moines Register:
OTHER
6)
Articles from Latest Issue of Nordic
Road and Transport Research
-
New EU Project on Automated
Driving (page 3)
- The Effect of
Traffic Management on Road, Railway and Maritime Traffic (page 5)
-
Employing a Driving Simulator for
Road Planning (page 14)
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7)
SEPTA Police Chief Gains a Following on
Twitter
Link
to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Canada Tests Animal Detectors
Link
to article in The New York Times:
TRANSIT
9)
Marijuana Ads on Portland, Maine Transit
Stir the Pot Over Drug Safety, Free Speech
Link
to McClatchy Newspapers article:
10)
Mobility Lab Alumni Launch Transit Info
Service in Washington, DC Area
Link
to article on ARLnow:
11)
NYC Subway Goes Glam with Electronic
Makeup Kiosk
Link
to article in PC Magazine:
VEHICLES
12)
Automated Cars Rumble Toward the
Starting Line
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
13)
Stanford's Clifford Nass, Pioneer in
Autonomous Vehicle Research, Dead at 55
Link
to article on Stanford Report:
14)
How Universal is In-Car Radio Listening?
Link
to blog on All Access:
News Releases
Solicitations
-
Call for Papers – 21st
World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
- Request for Proposals – Smart Bus Solution –
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Request for Applications – Integrated
Corridor Management Deployment Planning Grants – FHWA
- Submissions Sought – Auto App Challenge –
GPS Business News
Upcoming Events
Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute Open House – November 15 – Blacksburg, Virginia
Today in Transportation
History
1973
**40th anniversary** The first 'Car Free Sunday' was held in the
Netherlands during the 1973 oil embargo.
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