Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
May 9, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Save the Date – IBTTA Global Summit – October 19-21,
2014 – Prague, Czech Republic
Mark your calendars for the 2014 IBTTA Global Summit – Innovations & Technologies for Sustainable
Mobility, Environment and Road Safety – to be held in Prague, Czech
Republic, October 19-21, 2014. The call for presentations will go out the week
of May 19 and the planning group encourages you to submit your
presentation ideas. Details about the program will be posted to IBTTA’s
website. Visit www.IBTTA.org/prague for updates.
AVIATION
1)
Airlines Enlist Lawmakers in Battle Over
Inclusion of Taxes, Fees in Advertised Fares
Link
to AP article:
2)
UN to Consider Ways to Track Planes Over
Seas
Link
to article in The New York Times:
Link
to news release
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3)
Would Cameras Track Citizens from Ohio
to Kentucky?
Link
to story on WKSU Radio:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
ITS News & Updates – May 9
Link
to update from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
Educators: No Time for Pedestrian Safety
Lessons in School
Link
to article in the Saugerties Times:
ROADWAYS
6)
Massachusetts Highway Signs Read 'Use Yah
Blinkah'
Link
to story on WCVB-TV:
SAFETY / SECURITY
7)
Virginia Transportation Secretary:
Distracted Driving a 'Major Problem'
Link
to story on WTOP Radio:
8)
Greek EU Presidency Confirms Commitment
to eCall in Greece
Link
to article in ITS International:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
9)
GPS Tracking of New York City Cabbies
Flourishes Even as They Fight Back
Link
to article on Ars Technica:
10)
Taxi, Ridesharing Apps Making It Easier
for Some, Harder for Others to Get a Ride
Link
to blog on Strategy Analytics:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11)
Texas DOT Decides to Discontinue Highway
Advisory Radio Station
Link
to story on KFDA-TV:
12)
Florida and Local Agencies Work Together
to Help Fans Navigate Traffic at The Players Championship
Link
to article in The Florida Times-Union:
13)
Bridge Repair Crews in Scotland Use
Bluetooth to Monitor Traffic
Link
to article on The Construction Index:
http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bridge-repair-crew-uses-bluetooth-to-monitor-traffic
VEHICLES
14)
Connected Car Tech to Watch in 2014
Link
to article on ZDNet:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
You may recall a time when
gasoline sales were rationed by whether you had an odd or even license plate.
What if vehicles of a particular color could only drive at a certain time?
Solicitation
-
Call for Abstracts – 1st
IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition
http://asiarc.IRFnews.org
Upcoming Events
Walk-Bike New York
Symposium – May 21-22 – Suffern, New York
Today in Transportation
History
1864
**150th anniversary** The Battle of Heligoland took place between
the Danish Navy and the allied navies of Prussia and Austria during the Second
War of the Schleswig.
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