Friday, January 31, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, January 31, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Canadian Spy Agency Used Airport Wi-Fi to Track Travelers after They Left Airport

Link to story on CBC News:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csec-used-airport-wi-fi-to-track-canadian-travellers-edward-snowden-documents-1.2517881

2) In the Event of an Air Emergency, Remember What Alf Said

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/business/media/airlines-inject-some-levity-into-safety-videos.html

3) Integrating Community Emergency Response Teams  (A-CERTs) at Airports

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169905.aspx

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Get a Peek at Toll Road Technology

Link to McClatchy News Service article:

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Get-a-Peek-at-Toll-Road-Technology.html

MARITIME

5) Radar Network to Broaden Indian Coast Guard's Surveillance

Link to article in the Deccan Herald:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/383912/radar-network-broaden-coast-guard039s.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) The Tricks Designers Use to Make Roads Safer

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/tricks-designers-use-make-roads-safer/8249/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Traffic Management in Chennai, via Facebook

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/traffic-management-via-fb/article5635988.ece

VEHICLES

8) GM's Customer Focus Will Produce a Winning Infotainment Strategy

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/ACI/post/2014/01/31/Its-rare-that-engineers-will-agree-on-anything-but-the-customer-is-always-right.aspx

9) Playback: Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture Webinar #1: V2I Safety Applications

Link to further information from US DOT:

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s131106_cvria1.asp

WEATHER

10) Timely Session at American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting in Atlanta Looks at Weather Impacts on Transportation

Link to The Front Page blog from AMS:

http://blog.ametsoc.org/news/atlanta-roads-lead-to-annual-meeting-theme

News Releases

1) New Transit Information Kiosks Make Debut in Seattle Neighborhoods

2) Connected Car Market Expected to Reach $131.9 Billion in 2019

3) Telnav Acquires Skobbler, the Leader in OpenStreetMap-Based GPS Navigation

4) Skyguide Plans the First Virtual Air Traffic Control Center

5) Iowa DOT Expanding Use of Cameras to Show Road Conditions

6) Mobile Apps Changing the Amtrak Rail Experience

Job Postings

 -  CHART Regional Managers – Maryland State Highway Administration - Anne Arundel County, Maryland

http://goo.gl/W1oFuB

Friday Bonus

Keep a tight grip on the steering wheel when driving through Wyoming.

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/trib.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/02/9025d5ef-dbf9-5bf1-bbc5-e2f2bb8e82db/52df389d51deb.preview-620.jpg

Upcoming Events

Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition – March 31-April 2 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

http://www.globalairportcities.com/page.cfm/link=56

Today in Transportation History    

1944 **70^th anniversary** US forces landed on Kwajalein Atoll during World War II.

http://www.historyanimated.com/MarshallsPage.html

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