Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) International Airports in Pakistan to Offer Wi-Fi

Link to article in The Express Tribune:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/690145/on-the-go-international-airports-in-pakistan-to-offer-wi-fi/

MARITIME

2) Connecticut DOT Tweets By Mistake that Ferry Sank

Link to article in the Connecticut Post:

http://blog.ctnews.com/traffic/2014/04/02/oops-dot-tweets-by-mistake-that-ferry-sank/

3) Maritime Advisory Committee Helps US DOT Solve Freight Challenges

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/marine-transportation-system-important-piece-freight-puzzle

OTHER

4) Parsons Expands Its Footprint with Delcan Acquisition

Link to article on The Construction Index:

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/parsons-expands-its-footprint-with-delcan-acquisition

Link to news release

ROADWAYS

5) In Buildup to Tokyo Olympics, Traffic Signs Becoming Easier to Read

Link to article in The Asahi Shimbun:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201404020035

6) Highway Signs a Hot Button Issue in Maine

Link to story from NECN:

http://www.necn.com/04/01/14/Highway-signs-a-hot-button-issue-in-Main/landing_politics.html?blockID=864571&feedID=4212

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) App Prototype Provides Wrong-Direction Alert

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

http://www.automotiveit.com/app-prototype-provides-wrong-direction-alert/news/id-009173

TRANSIT

8) Transit Train and Bus Schedule App Gets an iOS 7 Makeover

Link to article on 148Apps:

http://www.148apps.com/news/transit-train-bus-schedule-app-ios-7-makeover/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Delivery of Real-Time I-91 Travel Info Network in Massachusetts in Slow Lane

Link to article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette:

http://www.gazettenet.com/home/11397331-95/delivery-of-real-time-i-91-travel-info-network-in-the-slow-lane (registration required)

VEHICLES

10) Telefónica to Connect European Tesla Cars to Internet

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b51af55e-b9ab-11e3-957a-00144feabdc0.html

11) Kiss Mirrors, Keys and a Cost-Based GM Culture Good-Bye

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://tinyurl.com/mtywsyb

News Releases

1) Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam to Provide Keynote at 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit this September

2) Distracted Driving Crashes on the Rise in Texas – TxDOT Launches Talk, Text, Crash Campaign

3) FAA Dedicates New Houston Air-Traffic Control Facility

Job Posting

 -  Program Manager (Deputy Associate Administrator) – Federal Transit Administration – Washington, DC

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/365992100

Upcoming Events

MIT Summer Short Courses – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Discrete Choice Analysis – June 16-20

http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/discrete_choice_analysis.html

Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks – July 28-August 1

http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/simulation_transportation.html

Today in Transportation History    

1954 **60^th anniversary** Hoyt Vandenberg, the second Chief of Staff for the US Air Force and the second Director of Central Intelligence, died in Washington, DC.

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/105311/general-hoyt-s-vandenberg.aspx

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