Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, March 25, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) New Boarding Pass Scanners Guide Passengers to Gates and Concessions at Boston Logan
Link to article in Airport Improvement:

2) FlyInStyle Launches Airport Concessions App
Link to article on The Moodie Report:

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) Smart Cities and the Technology of Walking
Link to article in Government Technology:

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Interactive Traffic Map Shows Arizona Accidents
Link to story on KTVK-TV:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Kansas Turnpike Authorities Agree to Interoperability with Oklahoma
Link to story on KSN-TV:

OTHER

6) The Soft Infrastructure of Smart Cities
Link to blog in Governing:

RAILROADS

7) Lessons from the Rocky Launch of Amtrak's Writing Residency Program
Link to blog on PBS's MediaShift:

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Does Google Glass Distract Drivers? The Debate is On
Link to story on NPR's All Things Considered:

9) European Commission Road Safety Newsletter – March 2014
Link to newsletter:

TELEMATICS

10) Indian Telematics: Fledgling Optimism and Stiff Challenges
Link to article on Telematics Update:

TRANSIT

11) Mobile Phones Being Added to Some Buses in Kolkata, India
Link to article in The Times of India:

12) TRB-Sponsored Study Asks Riders How They Would Like to Communicate with Transit Agencies via the Web
Link to survey:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Israeli Students Find Way to Hack Waze, Create Fake Traffic Jams
Link to article in The Jerusalem Post:

14) Air Pollution Data Used to Manage Traffic Flows
Link to Environmental News Service article:

VEHICLES

15) University of Michigan to Triple Number of Talking Cars in Ann Arbor to 9,000
Link to article in The Ann Arbor News:

16) Senators Push for Better Auto Safety Reporting
Link to article in The New York Times:

17) GM Uses Social Media to Manage Customers and Its Reputation
Link to article in The New York Times:

18) Singapore's A*STAR Develops System to Help Car Drivers Navigate Junctions Safely
Link to story on Channel NewsAsia:

19) California Car Data Privacy Legislation: Misleading, Redundant, Self-Defeating
Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
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Today in Transportation History    
1979 **35th anniversary** The Space Shuttle Columbia, the first fully-functional ship, arrived at the Kennedy Space Center following construction.

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