Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
January 13, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Bar Code Tags Help Airlines Cut Lost
Baggage Claims
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
2)
Delta Introduces $2 In-Flight Wi-Fi
Passes for Smartphones
Link
to article on Skift:
MARITIME
3) Cruise Vessels: Most
Required Security and Safety Measures Have Been Implemented, But Concerns
Remain About Crime Reporting
Link to
report from the US Government Accountability Office:
OTHER
4)
Articles from Texas Transportation
Researcher
-
Getting Information to Drivers to
Improve Awareness, Safety
-
Improving Border-Crossing Wait
Times
-
Improved Data Collection for
Improved Mobility
PARKING
5)
How London Plans to Eliminate the Search
for a Parking Spot
Link
to article on The Atlantic Cities:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6)
Inside the George Washington Bridge
Story
Link
to podcast from NJ News Commons:
7) Pinellas County, Florida's $400,000 Transit
Tax Campaign Focused on Educating Influential Core
Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:
8)
New Website Promotes Transport Across
Swindon and Wiltshire, UK
Link
to article in the Swindon Advertiser:
Link
to site: http://www.wiltshirecommunitytransport.org.uk/
RAILROADS
9)
Senators Expect Rule on Rail Cameras
Link
to story on WNBC-TV:
TRANSIT
10)
In a Nasty Winter, Social Media Comfort
SEPTA Commuters
Link
to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Link
to SEPTA Twitter page: https://twitter.com/SEPTA_SOCIAL
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11)
Inside West Michigan Transportation
Operations Center
Link
to story on WOOD-TV:
12)
Traffline – Your One Stop for Traffic
Updates, Route Info
Link
to article on SME Mentor:
Link
to Traffline: http://www.traffline.com/
13)
From TRB 2014: Highway Operations, More
Interesting Than You Think
Link
to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
VEHICLES
14)
The Next Data Privacy Battle May Be
Waged Inside Your Car
Link
to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/business/the-next-privacy-battle-may-be-waged-inside-your-car.html
15)
US Innovation Boosted by Silicon
Valley-Detroit Team Up
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
News Releases
3)
Denton County (Texas) Transportation
Authority Kicks Off New I-35E Construction Marketing Campaign
Solicitation
-
Public Consultation – Provision of
EU-Wide Real-Time Traffic Information Services – European Commission
Upcoming Events
Rail Safety 2014 – April
7-9 – Orlando, Florida
Today in Transportation
History
1989
**25th anniversary** New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz was
sentenced to a year in prison for carrying an illegal handgun.
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