Monday, June 23, 2014

Monday, June 23, 2014


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, June 23, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

Urban Insights’ transportation-focused big data and predictive analytics consulting and services practiceannounced today, helps the industry improve operations, reduce costs and better serve travelers. Today’s urban transportation networks generate large amounts of operational data and information from systems and a vast number of sensors. However, unlocking the hidden insights using today’s standard reporting tools and methods is a challenge. Urban Insights empowers transportation organizations to gather any kind of data from wherever it resides, combine it with other relevant sources, unlock the insights contained within, and then act on them. Urban Insights is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cubic Transportation Systems, a global leader in intelligent transportation solutions that serves 38 million people every day and processes $18 billion in transportation revenue each year. Visit www.urban-insights.com or email info@urban-insights.com.


AVIATION

1) Idaho Radio Station and Newspaper-Branded Shops Proposed for Boise Airport
Link to article in the Boise Weekly:

2) Lack of Free Airport Wi-Fi Among Discussions at IT Summit
Link to article in Airport World:

3) Airport Marketing Exchange – Improving the Passenger Experience
Link to article in Airport World:

CAMERAS

4) Camera Towers at Ohio River Bridges Won't Have 'Adverse Visual Effect'
Link to article in The Courier-Journal:

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) Interactive City Designs: Smart Highways, Sustainable Dance Floors
Link to interview on CBC Radio's Spark:

6) Introducing the ITS Index: A Method of Evaluating Transportation System Competencies
Link to paper from ITS Arab:

MARITIME

7) Articles from Marine Technology Reporter
 -  AUVs Are Central to Lisbon Security Program
 -  Maersk Computer Game to Spark Students' Interest in Science

OTHER

8) Charge Your Phone with a Bike Between Flights at Amsterdam Airport
Link to article on Treehugger:

RAILROADS

9) CSX's Oil Shipping Information in Virginia Publicized by Government
Link to article in The Roanoke Times:

10) Canadian Government Unveils New Regs for Identifying Haz-Mat Shipments
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Air Cargo Group Welcomes TSA Decision to Nix Cargo Screening Reports
Link to article in Air Cargo World:

12) Light Rail Transit / Street Grade Crossing Safety System
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

TRANSIT

13) Tired of Inefficient Public Transit? Transit Labs Uses Software to Better Manage Data
Link to article in The Washington Post:

14) Commuters Flex Muscles with Their Own New Jersey Transit Poll
Link to article in the Asbury Park Press:

15) London's Pervasive Surveillance Can Now Help You Find a Bus Seat
Link to article on Quartz:

16) Now, an App to Rate Delhi Public Transport
Link to article in The Times of India:

17) Monitoring Software to Improve Bus Transport Efficiency in Rwanda
Link to article in The Sunday Times:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Cloud Service from Siemens to Connect Urban Traffic
Link to article in EE Times Europe:

19) Waze Wants What WTOP Has and We Can See Why
Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

VEHICLES

20) Congressman Shuster to Offer Driverless Car Rides to Lawmakers
Link to article in The Hill:

21) IBM, Toyota to Create Application Development Platform for Autos
Link to article on ZDNet:

22) The App that Lets You Text and Drive
Link to article in The Age:

23) Honda Vows Improved Personal Electronic Connectivity
Link to blog on TorqueNews:


News Releases


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Today in Transportation History    
1914 **100th anniversary** The US Patent Office granted a patent for a mechanical navigator.

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