Monday, May 19, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, May 19, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Trade Groups Back In-Flight Calling Using Smartphones

Link to article on Fierce Wireless:

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/trade-groups-back-inflight-calling-using-smartphones/2014-05-18

2) North Carolina State Engineers Improve Pilot Safety Technology

Link to article in the Triangle Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2014/05/19/n-c-state-engineers-improve-pilot-safety.html

3) In-Flight Sales Go North When Planes Go West

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2014/05/18/entertainment-is-a-top-seller-in-flight/9168489/

4) Airports Continue to Gain Twitter Followers and Facebook Likes

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/home/general-news/item/3987-airport-continue-to-gain-twitter-followers-and-facebook-likes

CAMERAS

5) Auckland's CCTV Plan to Watch You

Link to article in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11257325

6) Do Traffic Cameras Save Lives or Violate Due Process?

Link to story on PBS NewsHour:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/traffic-cameras-save-lives-violate-due-process/

CARTOGRAPHY

7) A Navigation Program Switches to Maps Made By Volunteers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/automobiles/a-navigation-program-switches-to-maps-made-by-volunteers.html

Link to news release

8) Mapping Our Interiors

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/mapping-our-interiors

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) GM to Staff: Avoid Words Like 'Deathtrap, Evil, Decapitating'

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/206407-gm-told-employees-to-avoid-words-like-deathtrap-rolling-sarcophagus

10) Ohio DOT Begins New Social Media Campaign for Roadway Safety

Link to story on WTRF-TV:

http://www.wtrf.com/story/25549052/ohio-department-of-transportation-begins-new-social-media-campaign-for-roadway-safety

ROADWAYS

11) A History of New York Traffic Lights

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/realestate/a-history-of-new-york-traffic-lights.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Six Communication Tips from Emergency Managers

Link to article in Government Executive:

http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2014/05/6-communications-tips-emergency-managers/84625

13) Emergency Managers Stress Need for Social Media Hurricane Volunteers

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Emergency-Managers-Stress-Need-for-Social-Media-Hurricane-Volunteers.html

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

14) GM Partners with Google for Ridesharing Pilot Program

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140519/AUTO0103/305190065/-1/rss12

TELEMATICS

15) Drivers in EU Without Insurance 'Black Box' Could Be Forced Off Road Within 10 Years

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/motorinsurance/10837263/Drivers-without-insurance-black-box-could-be-forced-off-the-road-within-10-years.html

VEHICLES

16) Ford's Next CEO on How Innovation Drives Success

Link to article on The Motley Fool:

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/17/ford-motor-companys-next-ceo-on-how-innovation-dri.aspx

17) Driverless Cars Are Cool, But the Network Layer that Will Run Them Is Even Cooler

Link to blog on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/05/17/driverless-cars-are-cool-but-the-network-layer-that-will-run-them-is-even-cooler/

News Releases

1) University Transportation Research Center Publishes Final Report: Vulnerability of Transportation System and Evacuation Plan for Coastal Flooding in Climate Change

2) Tracsis Completes Acquisition of Datasys

3) GM Names Tony Cervone Senior VP, Global Communications

4) GM Outlines Efforts to Transform Transportation

5) GEWI to Exhibit and Present V2I Paper at ITS Canada

6) European Commission Report Increased Transparency in Setting of Airport Charges, But Uneven Implementation of Rules by Member States

Upcoming Events

Insurance Telematics USA 2014 Conference & Exhibition – September 3-4 – Chicago

http://telematicsupdate.com/insurance

Today in Transportation History    

1939 **75^th anniversary** Astronaut Dick Scobee, the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger on its last mission, was born in Cle Elum, Washington.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/scobee.html

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