Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
December 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FAA Names Six Sites for Testing Drones
Link
to article in USA Today:
Link
to news release: http://goo.gl/vGhD14
2)
Maine Aviation Startup Markets Recording
Device for Small Airports
Link
to article in Mainebiz:
Link
to additional information on G.A.R.D.: http://goo.gl/iKbq5t
CARTOGRAPHY
3)
Ex-Google Engineer Reveals How Google
Maps Figures Out Destination Times
Link
to article on Business Insider:
4)
VisaMapper Shows You Which Countries
Require Visas to Visit
Link
to article on The Huffington Post:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5)
New Law All But Bars Russian GPS Sites
in US
Link
to article in The New York Times:
6)
China's Beidou Satellite Network Aims
for 'Centimeters' Accuracy
Link
to article on ZDNet:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
7)
Des Algorithmes Pour Lutter Contre Les
Embouteillages
Link
to article in Atlantico:
http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/algorithmes-pour-lutter-contre-embouteillages-alain-bonnafous-937564.html
(in French)
MARITIME
8)
Apps to Alert Indian Fishermen About Sri
Lanka Maritime Border
Link
to article in The Hindu:
ROADWAYS
9)
South Australia Government to Review
Roadwork Signs
Link
to article in The Times:
10)
Robot Cop Directs Traffic in Kinshasa,
Congo
Link
to story on WPEC-TV:
11)
Colorado Researcher Designs 'Smart Plow'
Technology for Pilot Program
Link
to article in the Daily Camera:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12)
Inside Virginia DOT's Operations Center:
Responding to Problems on the Roadways
Link
to story on WTKR-TV:
13)
Washington State Traffic Center Keeps
Eyes, Ears on the Road
Link
to article in The Columbian:
VEHICLES
14)
Michigan Governor OKs Self-Driving
Vehicles on State's Roads
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
15)
Google to Compete with Apple Over Smart
Dashboards
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
16)
Online Showrooms and Digital Dealerships
Revolutionize Car Buying
Link
to article in the Financial Times:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Southwestern Rail
Conference – January 23-24 – Dallas
Today in Transportation
History
1853
**160th anniversary** The US and Mexico signed a treaty for the US
to pay $15 million for 45,000 square miles of territory. A major reason for the purchase was to
obtain territory to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
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