Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
April 18, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Rockwell Collins Looks to Join Global
Aircraft Tracking Task Force
Link
to Reuters article:
CAMERAS
2) Osprey Nest Removed from Traffic Cam Location
Near Maryland's Bay Bridge
Link to story on WTOP Radio:
FREIGHT
3)
Freight Transportation Seen Lagging in
Tech Applications
Link
to article in Transport Topics:
OTHER
4)
Urban Transport App, Citymapper, Pulls
in $10 Million in Funding, to Roll Into More Cities
Link
to article on TechCrunch:
Link
to news release
5)
Satellite Communication Systems Are Rife
with Security Flaws, Vulnerable to Hackers
Link
to IDG News Service article:
6)
NASA Releases Online Software Catalog
Link
to article on CNET:
RAILROADS
7)
Travel Booking Site Adds Amtrak
Alongside Airlines
Link
to article in USA Today:
ROADWAYS
8)
Obsolete Traffic Signs to Be Removed in
Dar es Salaam
Link
to article in the Daily News:
9)
Town in Fukuoka, Japan Experiments with
New Road Markings
Link
to article on RocketNews24:
SPACE
10)
NASA to Test Laser Communication System
Link
to article in Computerworld:
TRANSIT
11)
GTFS Brings Open Data to Public Transit:
A Developer's First Look at the Spec
Link
to article on TechRepublic:
VEHICLES
12)
Verizon Raises Focus on Connected Car
Technologies
Link
to article in the Atlanta Business
Chronicle:
13)
Connected Car, Connected Home
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
Monty
Python fans will appreciate this pedestrian crossing in Norway.
Upcoming Events
Transportation &
Energy Sector Developments – May 6-7 – Arlington, Texas
http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tesd14/
Today in Transportation
History
1949
**65th anniversary** The keel of the USS United States was laid down but five days later construction of the
ship was canceled.
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