Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
April 14, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Faster Wi-Fi on Flights Leads to Battle
in the Sky
Link
to Reuters article:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
New York City DOT Must Publicly Track
Stats in Program to Cut Pedestrian Fatalities
Link
to editorial in the Daily News:
CAMERAS
3)
New Long-Range Cameras Will Save Lives
in Victoria By Detecting Dangerous Driving
Link
to editorial in the Herald Sun:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
French Team Up to Develop Geo-Location
Without GPS
Link
to article in EE Times Europe:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5) Belle Isle, Michigan
Traffic to Go High-Tech for ITS World Congress
Link to
article in Crain's Detroit Business:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
6)
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Leans on Candor
to Get His Message Across
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
ROADWAYS
7)
Glow-in-the-Dark Roads Make Debut in
Netherlands
Link
to article in Wired:
Link
to story on NOS (with video):
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Senator Wants US to Publish List of
Airports with Lax Passport Screening
Link
to story on WBBM Radio:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
9)
Technology Can Do for Taxis What It Has
Done for Public Transport in New South Wales
Link
to editorial in The Sydney Morning Herald:
TELEMATICS
10)
Telematics Success 'Doesn't Happen
Overnight' in Fleet Management
Link
to article in Transport Topics:
TRANSIT
11)
Smart Public Transport Will Only Work if
the Network Data is Truly Open
Link
to story on Deutsche Welle:
12)
Zoute Brings Its Real-Time Transit App
to iPhone, More Markets
Link
to article on TechCrunch:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Atlanta Traffic Reporting Legend Captain
Herb Emory Dies
Link
to article in The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution:
VEHICLES
14)
GM Replacing Head of Communications
Link
to AP article:
15)
Volkswagen Marketing VP on How Automaker
Keeps It Products Fresh in Customers' Minds
Link
to article in Automotive News Europe:
News Releases
Job Postings
-
Director of North American Sales
and Marketing – Qvision – North America
Solicitation
-
Call for Papers – 11th
International Conference on Transportation Planning and Implementation
Methodologies for Developing Countries
Upcoming Events
APTA Bus & Paratransit
Conference – May 4-7 – Kansas City, Missouri
Today in Transportation
History
1944
**70th anniversary** A ship carrying explosives blew-up in Bombay
Harbor. The blast killed 800 to 1,300 people.
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