Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
December 31, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
CARTOGRAPHY
1)
The Quest to Create the Perfect Map
Link
to article on The Atlantic Cities:
OTHER
2)
Mumbai Sets Up Think Tank to Help Solve
Traffic Woes
Link
to article in The Times of India:
3)
Could 2014 Be the Year of the Driverless
Golf Carts?
Link
to article in Golf Digest:
4)
Top New Jersey Traffic and Transit
Stories of 2013
Link
to blog from WKXW Radio:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
Website Will Track New York City Traffic
Deaths
Link
to article in the New York Post:
Link
to site: http://rightofway.org/VisionZeroClock/
ROADWAYS
6)
UK Department for Transport Invests £30,000
in Pothole Reporting App
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/ku5GHh
SAFETY / SECURITY
7)
High-Tech Tactics to Fight Road Deaths
in New Zealand
Link
to article in The Dominion Post:
8)
Q&A: What Robots Mean for Airport
Security
Link
to article in The Wall Street Journal:
TELEMATICS
9)
Magic Bus: The Fight for the OBD2 Port
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
10)
Irish Tech Juggernaut, Fleetmatics, Has
World Mapped Out
Link
to article on Silicon Republic:
Link
to additional information: http://www.fleetmatics.com/
News Releases
2)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Installs Touch-Screen Information Kiosks at Bus Terminal
Upcoming Events
Inaugural Women in Parking
Conference – March 19-20 – Rosemont, Illinois
Today in Transportation
History
1878
**135th anniversary** Karl Benz finished the design of his
two-stroke engine for which he was granted a patent the next year.
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