Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 3, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
At Least Two Companies Compete on
Satellite Plane Tracking
Link
to AP article:
2)
Melbourne Airport Inches Towards a
Mobile Workforce
Link
to article on ZDNet:
3)
Three New Ways Airports Are Using
Technology to Better Track Luggage
Link
to article on Skift:
4)
Building a Strong Brand Can Help Develop
a World-Class Airport
Link
to article in Airport World:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5)
Botched Miami-Dade Expressway Open-Road Toll
System About to Produce Big Bills for Some Users
Link
to story on WTVJ-TV:
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
Russia's Glonass System Suffers Major
Disruption
Link
to article in PCWorld:
7)
Galileo, EGNOS Open Europe's Road Ahead
Link
to article in GPS World:
OTHER
8)
Police in Kochi, India Encourage Public
to Report Traffic Violations with WhatsApp
Link
to article in The Hindu:
Link
to news release
PARKING
9)
San Francisco Cuts 'Cruising' for
Parking in Half with Market-Clearing Prices
Link
to article on Next City:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10)
Ohio DOT Wraps Record-Busting Winter in
50 Seconds
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
ROADWAYS
11)
Maine Lawmakers Amend Highway Signs Bill
Link
to story on WMTW-TV:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
12)
Uber, Lyft Shake Up Atlanta Airport Ride
Options
Link
to article from The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
13)
Communication Protocol in the Works for
British Columbia Highway Closures
Link
to article in Pique Newsmagazine:
TRANSIT
14)
New South Wales Transport Minister
Promises No More Mobile Call Dropouts in Tunnels
Link
to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:
Link
to news release
15)
Denver RTD Installs HD Surveillance on
Bus Transit System
Link
to article in Government Video:
16)
Real-Time Transit Travel Information
Could Improve Life on Isle of Man
Link
to column on IOM Today:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17)
Local TV Stations to Test Over-the-Air
Interactive Service Including Personalized Traffic Info
Link
to article in TV Technology:
VEHICLES
18)
GM Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families'
Pain
Link
to article in The New York Times:
News Releases
1)
Roadway Safety Foundation Announces Cooperative
Agreement with FHWA to Promote Crash Countermeasures
Solicitation
-
Call for Entries – Powerful
Answers Award (Transportation) – Verizon
Upcoming Events
Webcast: OneBusAway
Multi-Region – Rapidly Expanding Mobile Transit Apps to New Cities – April 17
Today in Transportation
History
1929
**85th anniversary** The RMS Queen
Mary was ordered by Cunard-White Star.
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