Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
June 12, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
LAST CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
IBTTA Global Summit – October
19-21, 2014 – Prague, Czech Republic
Submit your presentation ideas for the 2014 IBTTA Global Summit: Innovations & Technologies for
Sustainable Mobility, Environment and Road Safety, which will be held in
Prague, Czech Republic, October 19-21, 2014. Visit www.IBTTA.org/prague for
additional information and to download the submission form.
The deadline for submissions is close of business tomorrow, June
13, 2014. It's a quick and easy process – submit your presentation
ideas today!
AVIATION
1)
Aviation Tool to Prevent Stall-Related
Crashes Grows in Popularity
Link
to story on KTUU-TV:
CARTOGRAPHY
2)
Tunnel Vision Uses Augmented Reality to
Animate NYC Subway Maps
Link
to article on Mashable:
GPS / NAVIGATION
3)
Lockheed Misses GPS III Deadline, Air
Force Shops Future Satellite Contracts
Link
to article in The Denver Post:
4)
Applying GPS Data to Understand Travel Behavior
Link
to reports from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170873.aspx (Volume I: Background, Methods, and Tests)
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170874.aspx (Volume II: Guidelines)
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
Center for Smart Transport Technology
Opens in UK
Link
to article in Fleet World:
MARITIME
6)
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Oldest in US,
Celebrates 250th Anniversary
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
PARKING
7)
UK Transport Minister Says Using CCTV to
Monitor Parking 'Not Acceptable'
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
Carmageddon in Los Angeles: The Sizzle
and the Fizzle
Link
to article in Access:
9)
North Carolina DOT Opens Education
Office to Engage Youth in Transportation Careers
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
10)
Idaho 21's Scenic Byway Now Has a Viewer's
Guide
Link
to article in the Idaho Statesman:
RAILROADS
11)
All Aboard Florida's CMO Focuses
Marketing Efforts to Address Education, Service Launch Strategies
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
ROADWAYS
12)
Bridge Monitoring System Can Offer
Advance Warning of Problems
Link
to article in Catalyst:
13)
Forget Glow-in-the-Dark Roads – Here's
an Interactive Highway
Link
to article on Quartz:
SAFETY / SECURITY
14)
Montana Only State Without Statewide
Driver Texting Ban
Link
to AP article:
15)
Arab Traffic Chiefs Call for Public
Awareness Campaign for Traffic Safety
Link
to article from Kuwait News Agency:
16)
FHWA Research Could Improve Visibility,
Safety for Snowplow Operators
Link
to article in Better Roads:
17)
TSA Looks to Cloud Providers for
Disaster Recovery
Link
to article in FCW:
TELEMATICS
18)
Embedded Telematics and the Art of
Future-Proofing
Link
to article on Telematics Update:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
19)
Seattle Mayor: City Working with State
After Massive Traffic Jam
Link
to story on KING-TV:
20)
Delaware DOT Has Emergency Plans in
Place for Almost Everything
Link
to article in The News Journal:
TRANSIT
21)
Canadian Cities Take Note of TransLink
Smartcard Program's Successes, Growing Pains
Link
to article in The Globe and Mail:
22)
Halifax's Metro Transit Mulls Credit
Card, Smartphone Payment Options
Link
to story on CBC News:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
23)
Virginia Beach Finishes Model to Predict
Traffic Effects
Link
to article in The Virginian-Pilot:
24)
Putting Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's Traffic
Problem in Context
Link
to article in The UB Post:
News Releases
Job Postings
-
Director of Business Development –
Iteris – Location Open
-
Associate VP, Iteris
Transportation Systems Northeast Region – Sterling, Virginia
-
Associate VP Iteris Transportation
Systems MI/Great Lakes Region – Troy, Michigan
-
VP Corporate Development – Iteris
– Santa Ana, California
-
VP Business Development-Corporate
– Iteris – Santa Ana, California
Solicitation
-
Call for Speakers – 2014 Annual
Polis Conference
Upcoming Events
Talking Freight Webinar: Understanding
Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Companies and What They Do – June 18
Today in Transportation
History
1889
**125th anniversary** The Armagh rail disaster happened in Ireland.
The crash caused 80 deaths, many of them children.
1979
**35th anniversary** The Gossamer Albatross became the first
human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel.
1994
**20th anniversary** The Boeing 777 made its first flight.
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