Friday, May 16, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, May 16, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) CIO of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Sees Value of Social Media

Link to article on CITEworld:

http://www.citeworld.com/article/2155744/cloud-computing/from-hell-no-to-cloud-immersion-in-5-years.html

CAMERAS

2) Utah Transit Authority is Watching You on Trains and Buses – Safety Boost or Big Brother?

Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/57938473-90/uta-union-cameras-drivers.html.csp

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

3) ITS News & Updates – May 16

Link to update from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:

http://goo.gl/oFlMCg

OTHER

4) Mileage-Based Car Fees Face Privacy Concerns

Link to article from the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/05/16/michigan-driving-fee/9161667/

Link to report

5) Thinking Highways – March/April 2014

 -  North America Edition (check page 46 for an article written by the TCN editor)

http://goo.gl/pwKUhD

 -  Europe and Rest of the World Edition

http://goo.gl/dZKyt3

PARKING

6) API Offers Real-Time Parking Data for Cities, Universities

Link to article in GCN:

http://gcn.com/articles/2014/05/16/parking-api.aspx

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) After Teen Stowaway's Flight, Silicon Valley Startups Offer Airport Security Solutions

Link to story on KPIX-TV:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/15/after-teen-stowaways-flight-from-san-jose-to-hawaii-startups-offer-airport-security-solutions-congressman-eric-swalwell-yahya-abdi-gpac-sensity-systems-silicon-valley-startup/

TRANSIT

8) Tweets About Delays Put Pressure on New Jersey Transit

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/tweets-about-delays-put-pressure-on-nj-transit-1.1017358

Link to Twitter account

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Technological Help for Traffic Management in Chennai

Link to article in the Deccan Chronicle:

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140516/nation-current-affairs/article/technological-help-traffic-management-chennai

10) How North Carolina Monitors Traffic on 80,000 Miles of Road

Link to article on CITEworld:

http://www.citeworld.com/article/2151892/big-data-analytics/inrix-north-carolina-smart-data.html

VEHICLES

11) Wireless Carrier Wars Come to Your Car

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248406/Wireless_carrier_wars_come_to_your_car

News Releases

1) Engineer Uses Big Data to Seek Insights to Bicycle Travel Flow

2) New Report from University Transportation Research Center: Use of Web-Based Rider Input for Transit Management in the New York City Region

Friday Bonus

I don't know about you, but it can get terribly frustrating getting my car, or other voice-recognition systems to understand me. Imagine what it would be like if buildings started to install elevators that responded to voice commands.

http://youtu.be/kkhr5sAvgmI

Upcoming Events

National Rural ITS Conference – August 24-27 – Branson, Missouri

http://nritsconference.org/

Today in Transportation History    

1919 **95^th anniversary** The first trans-Atlantic flight departed Rockaway, New York. The plane would reach Lisbon on May 27.

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675068007_first-transatlantic-flight_Curtiss-NC-4_Albert-Cushing-Read_aircraft-refueled

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