Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, November 13, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Making Roads Work Smarter: Data Behind Planning, Safer Roads & Emergency Response

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Register today:

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AVIATION

1) Implementing Effective Airport Marketing Approaches to Tenants and the Community

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169732.aspx

CAMERAS

2) Most Vandalized Honolulu Traffic Cameras Back Online

Link to article in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20131113_Most_vandalized_Honolulu_traffic_cameras_back_online.html

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Once Pilloried Apple Maps Gets the Last Laugh

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9243991/Once_pilloried_Apple_Maps_gets_the_last_laugh

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

4) 'Smart' Road Barriers, Which Alert Authorities to Crashes, Being Trialed in South Australia

Link to article in The Advertiser:

http://goo.gl/iSJ5SS

OTHER

5) MIT Big Data Initiative Launches Transportation Challenge, Privacy Working Group

Link to article from MIT:
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/mit-big-data-initiative-launches-transportation-challenge-privacy-working-group-at-white-house-event.html

TELEMATICS

6) Telematics Munich 2013: Day Two

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/telematics-munich-2013-day-two

TRANSIT

7) Calgary Transit Eyes Pay-By-Phone Option

Link to article in Metro Calgary:

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/852590/calgary-transit-eyes-pay-by-phone-option/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Electronic Snow Alerts Expand Beyond Phones in Spokane, Washington

Link to story on KREM-TV:

http://www.krem.com/news/City-of-Spokane-adds-new-snow-plans-231638581.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/tlLa2I

9) Profile of Peter Shields, Executive Producer of News 12 Traffic and Weather

Link to article from St. John's University:

http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/undergraduate/professionalstudies/success/alumni/ss_131112_shields.stj

VEHICLES

10) Ford Doesn't Plan to Move Toward Online Sales

Link to blog in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/11/12/what-internet-ford-doubles-down-on-its-car-dealers

11) University of South Florida's CUTR Introducing New Automated Vehicle Institute

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2013/11/13/usfs-cutr-introducing-new-automated.html

12) Move Over Laptops; Touchpads Are on the Rise in Cars

Link to blog on Cars.com:

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013/11/move-over-laptops-touchpads-rise-in-cars.html

News Releases

1) Nissan to Unveil 'Smart Glasses' at Tokyo Motor Show

2) Toyota Testifies Before Congress on Connected Car Future Technology

3) 'Lincoln Experiences' Use Technology to Make Driving More Engaging

4) Global Traffic Technologies Granted Federal Injunction Against Emtrac GPS-Based Traffic Priority Control System

5) 'Ferry' Smart Parking in Gothenburg, Sweden

6) Global Connected Car Market Will be Worth $25.2 Billion in 2014 Says Visiongain Report

7) Almost Half of All Cars Sold in China Fitted with OEM-Supplied Connected In-Vehicle Telematics and Infotainment Systems by 2018

8) Toyota to Debut Driver Attention Research Vehicle at 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show

9) Hawaii DOT Launches 511 GoAkamai by Phone, Upgrades Website and Mobile Apps

Solicitation

 -  Call for Abstracts – 2014 National Rural ITS Conference

http://nritsconference.org/downloads/14documents/CallForAbstracts_NRITS2014.pdf

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Learn from the Experts: Open Data Policy Guidelines for Transit – Maximizing Real-Time and Schedule Data Use and Investments – December 5

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s131205_open_data.asp

Today in Transportation History    

1956 The US Supreme Court rules that bus segregation is unconstitutional.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1113.html#article

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