Friday, May 23, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, May 23, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Eurocontrol's Role Managing the Airport Network

Link to article in Airport Industry Review:

http://www.nridigital.com/air-magazine.html?wv=s%2FAIR%2520Magazine%2Fdebc6c14-1eaf-5439-8958-43fe753b38bf%2FAIR1405%2Feurocontrol.html

2) The Hidden Beauty of Airport Runways, and How to Decipher Them

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-hidden-beauty-of-airport-runways-and-how-to-decipher-them/

Link to Holding Pattern

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) Berlin Lawmakers Seek Gender Equality in Their Pedestrian Signals

Link to article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-22/berlin-lawmakers-seek-gender-equality-in-their-traffic-lights

CAMERAS

4) TriMet Security Cameras: 6% Don't Work Properly, Maintenance Records Show

Link to article in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/05/trimet_security_cameras_6_perc.html

FREIGHT

5) Tech Startup Emulates Uber to Match Shippers, Trucks

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/tech-startup-emulates-uber-match-shippers-trucks_20140522.html

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) Making a City Smarter: Transportation and the Built Environment

Link to article on GreenBiz:

http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/05/21/making-city-smarter-transportation-and-built-environment

7) Smart Highways – Spring 2014

Link to magazine:

http://content.yudu.com/A2v2im/SmartHighwaysMay14/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.aol.com%2F38571-111%2Faol-6%2Fen-us%2FSuite.aspx

OTHER

8) Are You Making It Easy for Visitors to Travel In Your City? Five Apps that Do

Link to article from the Smart Cities Council:

http://smartcitiescouncil.com/article/are-you-making-it-easy-visitors-travel-your-city-5-apps-do

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Changing Expectations: Mobile Devices Are Shifting Information Preferences

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/changing-expectations-mobile-devices-are-shifting-information-preferences/

ROADWAYS

10) Maze of Issues Hamper Highway Signs Effectiveness in Delaware

Link to story on WDDE Radio:

http://www.wdde.org/62243-misdirection-maze-issues-hamper-highway-signs-effectiveness

11) Four Innovation Trends that Could Change the Way We Design Roads by 2020

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/05/22/4-innovation-trends-that-could-change-the-way-we-design-roads-by-2020/

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) University of Maryland Police Testing Safety App with Two-Way, Multimedia Communications

Link to article in GCN:

http://gcn.com/articles/2014/05/22/umbc-beamsmart.aspx

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Michigan DOT Testing New Technology to Help Drivers Avoid Traffic Jams

Link to story on WEYI-TV:

http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=1048082#.U38kVOZdXrU

14) UK Research Project Exploring Innovative Traffic Management System

Link to article in Business Weekly:

http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/trade-floor/partnerships-a-joint-ventures/16999-tsb-funding-for-intelligent-transport-solution-project

Link to news release

News Releases

1) Kansas City, Missouri and Cisco Launch Smart+Connected Communities Framework

2) Transport for London Targets Young Male Drivers for First Time in Five Years

3) Summit of Transport Ministers Calls for More Global Cooperation in Policy

Friday Bonus

There are paper airplanes and then there are PAPER AIRPLANES!

http://news.cnet.com/2300-10797_3-10019464.html

Solicitation

 -  Call for Nominations – AASHTO Transportation Communications Skills Contest

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/052314SkillsContest.aspx

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Annual Meeting – September 14-17 – Austin, Texas

http://ibtta.org/events/Austin

Today in Transportation History    

1939 **75^th anniversary** The USS Squalus sank during testing off the Isles of Shoals. Twenty-six crew members died but 33 others were rescued. The sub was salvaged and renamed the USS Sailfish.

http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-squalus-192.htm

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