Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
March 20, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Join us April 6-8 for IBTTA’s Maintenance & Roadway Operations Workshop in
Jersey City, NJ!
Important program additions include an MUTCD (signage)
update from IBTTA’s representative, Maurice Palumbo of the Golden
Gate Bridge and an overview of
ASCE’s new sustainability ENVISION certification program. We’ll see how the Port Authority is dealing with post-Sandy
damage AND have a special visit to the top of One World
Trade Center and the Tribute Memorial. For the Technical Tour, the Bayonne Bridge is being raised! The Port Authority will take the attendees on to the
construction site and explain the process. We’re talking about Extreme Weather
Management, Incident Management, Roadside Customer Assistance, Work Zone
Safety, Pavement Technologies, New LED Options, Law Enforcement, Innovation in
Asset Management and much more. Visit www.IBTTA.org/jerseycity to check out
the updated program and to register
today!
AVIATION
1)
Loss of Malaysia Plane Spurs Calls to
Upload Black Box Data to the Cloud
Link
to Reuters article:
OTHER
2)
Massachusetts Contest Aims to Map
Traffic Habits, Ease Congestion
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
3)
Families Denied New York City Traffic
Crash Reports
Link
to story on WNYC Radio:
SAFETY / SECURITY
4)
One in 14 Motorists Admit to Taking
'Selfies' While Driving
Link
to article in ITS International:
TELEMATICS
5)
Singapore's SMART Begins Telematics
Technology Trials in Buses to Monitor Drivers
Link
to story on ChannelNews Asia:
TRANSIT
6)
Inside the MBTA's Emergency Training
Center
Link
to story on WBUR Radio:
7)
Kolkata, India Bus Information Rides on
GPS Tech
Link
to article in The Times of India:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
IBTTA Twitter Chat 'Making
the Case for Federal Investment in Transportation; Moving the Public from 'No'
to 'Know' – March 25
Today in Transportation
History
1964
**50th anniversary** The European Space Research Organization, a
predecessor of the European Space Agency, was formally established.
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