Thursday, March 27, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 27, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Southwest Airlines CEO Calls on FAA to Speed Up NextGen Navigation

Link to article in the Dallas Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2014/03/26/southwest-airlines-ceo-calls-on-faa-to-speed-up.html

2) FAA Introduces New Clearance Terminology

Link to article from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2014/March/26/FAA-introduces-new-clearance-terminology.aspx

3) Impacts of Aging Travelers on Airports

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170493.aspx

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Q&A with Mike Heiligenstein, President, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association

Link to interview on TollRoadsNews:

http://tollroadsnews.com/news/qa-with-mike-heiligenstein-president-international-bridge-tunnel-and-turnpike-association-ibtta

ROADWAYS

5) Measures of Effectiveness and Validation Guidance for Adaptive Signal Control Technologies

Link to report from FHWA:

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=919

VEHICLES

6) Expert: California Car Data Privacy Bill 'Unworkable'

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Expert-California-Car-Data-Privacy-Bill-Unworkable.html

7) Bill Ford: 'Self-Driving Cars Are Coming'

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/03/27/bill-ford-self-driving-cars-are-coming-reinventing-america

News Releases

1) The Source Newsletter from Information Station Specialists – March 2014

2) ITS Market – North America Accounted for 43.8% of Global Market in 2013

3) Rand McNally Devices to Integrate with Drivewyze PreClear Service

Upcoming Events

Vermont Walk/Bike Summit – March 29 – Burlington, Vermont

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e8t86gry783f6ac4&llr=czhupukab&showPage=true

Today in Transportation History    

1964 **50^th anniversary** The Good Friday Great Alaskan Earthquake killed 123 people and caused tremendous damage to much of the transportation infrastructure.

http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/quakes/Alaska_1964_earthquake.html

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