Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
June 9, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
FAA Orders Boeing to Protect 737s from
Computer Hackers
Link
to article in USA Today:
Link
to notice
2)
FAA Lab Using Virtual Reality to Improve
Aviation Safety
Link
to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
3)
Congress Pushing FAA to Create Pilot
Record Database
Link
to article in The Buffalo News:
4)
The Question of Social Media and Air
Cargo
Link
to article in Air Cargo World:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
5)
New York City DOT Unveils New Cycling
Literature as Part of Vision Zero
Link
to article in the Staten Island Advance:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
The Warrigal Dataset – Modeling Drivers
Down Under with Nebot and Ward
Link
to podcast from the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society:
MARITIME
7)
Uber Moves from Land to Sea in Boston
Link
to story on NECN:
Link
to further information
OTHER
8)
States and Localities Losing Their
Influence in Washington
Link
to article in Governing:
RAILROADS
9)
Amtrak Explores Trackside Network to
Upgrade Wi-Fi Service on Northeast Corridor
Link
to article in Computerworld:
Link
to news release
ROADWAYS
10)
Delaware Bridge Problem Reported via 911
Call in April
Link
to article in The News Journal:
SAFETY
11)
Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not
Reducing Crashes, Hard to Enforce
Link
to article on Iowa Watch:
12)
University of Alaska Anchorage Creates a
Virtual Reality Driving Simulator for State's Challenging Conditions
Link
to article in the Anchorage Daily News:
SPACE
13)
Astronaut Posts First Vine from Space
Link
to article on CNET:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
14)
Ride-Hailing Apps Are Calling Cities on
Their Bluffs
Link
to blog on CityLab:
TELEMATICS
15)
Car Black Box Data Can Be Used as
Evidence
Link
to article in The Morning Call:
TRANSIT
16)
Google Now Has Alarm to Keep You from Sleeping
Through Your Transit Stop
Link
to article on Android Police:
17)
A New Way to Find Out How Late the MBTA
is Running
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
18)
Meet Frank Oglesby, the Voice of the
MBTA
Link
to article in Metro:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19)
New York Thruway Radio Station Draws
Static
Link
to column in the Times Union:
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Getting-There-Thruway-radio-station-draws-static-5537998.php
VEHICLES
20)
Director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab:
Driverless Cars Could Reduce Urban Traffic by 80%
Link
to Deutsche Presse-Agenture article:
21)
Samsung, SK, LG See Future in Auto
Solutions
Link
to article in The Korea Times:
22)
Smarter Cars Mean Smarter Homes
Link
to article on Autonet:
Link
to news release
News Releases
7)
New Partnership Launches 'Move Over' and
'Fender Bender' Law Awareness Campaign in North Carolina
Job Postings
-
Principal Engineer (ITS) – Port
Authority of New York & New Jersey – Newark, New Jersey
Solicitation
-
Grant Funding – Rail Transit
Safety Education and Public Awareness Initiatives – Operation Lifesaver &
Federal Transit Administration
Upcoming Events
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Improved with Inrix XD Data – June 10
Today in Transportation
History
1534
**480th anniversary** Jacques Cartier became the first European to
discover the Saint Lawrence River.
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