Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
November 6, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
JFK Airport Customs Kiosks Pay Off in
Shorter Wait Times
Link
to Bloomberg article:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Washington, DC DOT Takes to Twitter in
New Bike Lane Enforcement
Link
to story on WRC-TV:
3)
Tool Compares Travel Times of DC's
Capital Bikeshare with Other Modes
Link
to blog on DCist:
Link
to The Bikeshare Trip Timer: http://rausnitz.com/bikesharetimer/
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
New GPS Navigation System Tells Drivers
When to Change Lanes, Aims to Prevent Traffic Jams
Link
to AFP article:
MARITIME
5)
Port of Baltimore Ready Against Threat
of Cyber Attack, Officials Say
Link
to article in the Baltimore Business
Journal:
6)
Google Says Floating Barge for Showing
Off New Tech
Link
to article in USA Today:
OTHER
7)
Federal Judge Rules Utah DOT Curbed
Marchers' Free-Speech Rights
Link
to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:
8)
Long-Time Chicago Traffic Reporter TJ
Andrew Dies
Link
to article in the Chicago Tribune:
9)
Transit Access, Information Helps Keep
Seniors Mobile
Link
to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
LinkedIn: Quite Possibly the Most
Overlooked Social Media Tool
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
11)
What NASA Can Teach the Rest of
Government About Using Social Media
Link
to Excellence in Government podcast:
RAILROADS
12)
Denmark's European Railway Traffic
Management System Rolls Out
Link
to article in the rail engineer:
SAFETY / SECURITY
13)
Montana's Highway 'Markers' Remind
Drivers to Be Safe
Link
to story on MTN News:
14)
eCall: Saves Time to Save Lives, What is
Taking So Long?
Link
to blog on European Public Affairs.eu:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
15)
US Government Wants In on Car-Sharing,
Too
Link
to blog on The Atlantic Cities:
TRANSIT
16)
How Melbourne is Fast-Tracking Smart
Transit Using Big Data
Link
to blog from IBM:
17)
City Moves: Seven Public Transport
Innovations
Link
to blog on Worldcrunch:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
18)
Inrix Working on Real-Time Express Lanes
Versus General Lanes Traffic Data
Link
to article on TOLLROADSnews:
19)
Waze Finally Shows Up in Desktop Google
Maps
Link
to article on CNET:
20)
IBM Nairobi Lab's First Offering is a
Traffic-Dodging Mobile App
Link
to article in IEEE Spectrum:
21)
Mandaue, Philippines to Bid Out Traffic
Management to Private Sector
Link
to Philippine News Agency article:
VEHICLES
22)
GM's New Customer-Service Guru Faces Big
Task
Link
to Reuters article:
23)
Blurring the Line Between Cars and
Consumer Electronics
Link
to podcast on Telematics Update:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
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Travel – November 19-20 – Washington, DC
Today in Transportation
History
1528
**485th anniversary** Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca became the first
European known to have arrived in present day Texas.
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