Friday, July 11, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 11, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) UK Aviation Minister Says Airports Set to Install Extra Charging Points

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2688422/Airports-set-install-extra-charging-points-phones-tablets-flat-batteries-not-left-new-security-measures.html

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Transport for London Publishes City's First Pedestrian Safety Action Plan

Link to article in Fleet World:

http://fleetworld.co.uk/news/2014/Jul/TfL-publishes-Londons-first-Pedestrian-Safety-Action-Plan/0434015385

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

3) US DOT Announces Alpha Release of the Systems Engineering Tool for Intelligent Transportation (SET-IT) Software 

Link to further information:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=241462c8-ea96-4b32-b4b2-37aa4e011c3c&c=77da6f90-5104-11e3-8e6b-d4ae52a4597c&ch=7a7c1c80-5104-11e3-8e6c-d4ae52a4597c

MARITIME

4) eCards Put Louisiana's Marshes on GPS Screens

Link to article in The Times-Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2014/07/ecards_put_louisianas_marshes.html

OTHER

5) South Carolina Welcome Centers to Get Makeover as Tourism Agency Takes Over

Link to article in The State:

http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/10/3558176/sc-welcome-centers-to-get-makeover.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) How Technology Could Help Prevent Kids' Deaths in Hot Cars

Link to story on CBS News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-technology-could-help-prevent-kids-deaths-in-hot-cars/

TRANSIT

7) Chicago Transit Authority Moves Closer to 4G Wireless Service in Subway

Link to article in The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2014/07/11/cta-moves-closer-4g/

8) San Diego Taps Big Data to Optimize Transit

Link to article in InformationWeek:

http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/san-diego-taps-big-data-to-optimize-transit/d/d-id/1297178

News Releases

1) Arizona DOT MVD Receives Award for Self-Service Kiosks

2) New York Public Transportation the Theme for 2015 NBA All-Star Logo

3) Minnesota DOT Launches Website to Engage Public Interest in Transportation Investments

4) Traffic Management Market Worth $16.89 Billion by 2019

Friday Bonus

This is only partially transportation-related, but I thought some of you might enjoy listening to a story NPR's All Things Considered did on me last week about one of my other projects.

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/04/328515586/out-of-the-sounds-of-jersey-a-familiar-voice-makes-a-mosaic

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: ITS Architecture Use and Maintenance – July 30

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s140730_its_architecture.asp

Today in Transportation History    

1914 **100^th anniversary** The battleship USS Nevada was launched in Quincy Point, Massachusetts.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/bb36.htm

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