Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
December 20, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
MARITIME
1)
Newfoundland Wants Maritime Rescue
Center Reopened
Link
to Canadian Press article:
OTHER
2)
Profitable Lessons from TomTom's Brush
with a Data Privacy Controversy
Link
to article on Data Informed:
3)
Daktronics Looking to Expand
Manufacturing Facilities in South Dakota
Link
to article in the Redwood Falls Gazette:
4)
Information, Communication, Travel
Behavior and Accessibility
Link
to article in the Journal of Transport
and Land Use:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
TSA Launches New Web Pages Aimed at Kids
and Spanish-Speaking Travelers
Link
to article in Government Security News:
Link
to TSA Kids: http://www.tsa.gov/tsa-kids
Link to TSA en Español: http://www.tsa.gov/es/espa%C3%B1ol
SAFETY / SECURITY
6)
Senators Support Proposed Mass Transit
Safety Study by Argonne National Lab
Link
to AP article:
TRANSIT
7)
First-of-Its-Kind Urine Detection System
Installed in Atlanta Transit Station Elevator
Link
to story on WSB-TV:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
8)
New Traffic Control System in Saudi
Arabia Draws Mixed Response
Link
to article in Arab News:
VEHICLES
9)
The Asahi Shimbun Looks at 'The Future
of Cars'
-
World's Automakers Set Up in IT
Hub to Gain Technological Edge
-
Vehicles Are Becoming 'Portals' to
the Information Highway
-
Cars of the Future Must Meet Needs
of Ever Evolving Cities
WEATHER
10)
WeatherCloud Hopes to Take Data to the
Streets
Link
to article in the Boulder County Business
Report:
Link
to further information: http://weathercloud.co/
News Releases
1)
Iteris Awarded Five Year Transportation Operations
Training Contract with National Highway Institute
Friday Bonus
In
my final Friday Bonus before Christmas I thought I'd share this surprise the US
Air Force Band sprang on visitors to the National Air and Space Museum.
Upcoming Events
M2M Telematics for
Usage-Based Insurance – February 19-20 – London
Today in Transportation
History
1973
**40th anniversary** Spanish prime minister, Luis Carrero Blanco,
was assassinated in a car bomb attack in Madrid.
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