Monday, July 21, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, July 21, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Without Radar, Missile May Not Have Identified Jet Over Ukraine

Link to AP article:

http://www.aviationpros.com/news/11584799/without-radar-missile-may-not-have-identified-jet

2) A Look at Trends and Innovation in Global Airport Advertising Market

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/features/marketing-communications/4011-it-all-ads-up.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Boston's Tobin Bridge Tolls Now All Electronic

Link to AP article:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/07/21/tobin-bridge-tolls-now-all-electronic/

4) First Day of IBTTA All Electronic Toll Summit

Link to article on Tollroadsnews:

http://tollroadsnews.com/news/ibtta-summit-update

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) Interview with ITS America President & CEO Scott Belcher

Link to video on WDIV-TV's Flashpoint:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/flashpoint/flashpoint-7201/27072234

(interview starts at 14:00)

OTHER

6) Daktronics Plays Outsize Role as Giant Scoreboards Proliferate

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/sports/football/daktronics-plays-outsize-role-as-giant-sports-video-displays-proliferate.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Washington State's Pierce Transit Adding New Electronic System for Security, Crime Issues

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/07/20/3296056/pierce-transit-adding-new-electronic.html

8) Old Communication System Putting Lives at Risk in South Carolina

Link to article in The Greenville News:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2014/07/19/antiquated-communication-system-putting-lives-greenville-county-citizens-first-responders-risk/12897499/

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) Cameras Play Vital Role in Responding to Accidents, Beaufort County (South Carolina) Sheriff's Office Says

Link to article in The Island Packet:

http://www.islandpacket.com/2014/07/20/3219742/traffic-cameras-play-vital-role.html

TRANSIT

10) The Voices of Houston's Metro Bus and Rail

Link to Not Of It blog:

http://cdandrews.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-voices-of-houstons-metro-bus-and.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) High-Tech Mobile Unit to Help Ease Traffic During Los Angeles' 'Century Crunch'

Link to story on KNX Radio:

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/07/21/high-tech-mobile-unit-to-help-ease-traffic-during-century-crunch/

12) Trafficline to Extend Service to More Indian Cities

Link to article in the Business Standard:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/a-way-out-of-traffic-jams-114072100020_1.html

VEHICLES

13) Self-Driving Cars Will Mean More Traffic

Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-07-21/self-driving-cars-will-mean-more-traffic

14) Will We Surrender Control of Our Cars?

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2014/07/21/Governments-and-Google-can-expect-consumers-to-want-to-hang-onto-their-steering-wheels.aspx

News Releases

1) Fort Leonard Wood, Springfield-Branson Airports Sign Emergency Readiness Partnership Agreement

2) Kapsch Receives Notice to Proceed with All Electronic Tolling System for New York State Thruway

3) Russia's Uralvagonzaod Unveils High-Tech Tram

4) National Business Aviation Association Establishes Subcommittee Focused on Improvements in Weather Information and Flight Safety

5) Omnitracs Selects Dallas for Corporate Headquarters

6) Spanish Researchers Design Inexpensive Software to Provide Real-Time Traffic Data

7) Airberlin Technik to Develop Camera-Guided Parking System for Aircraft

8) Road Projects Benefit from Mobile Barriers

Upcoming Events

Webcast: Evaluating the Impacts of Real-Time Transit Information in Tampa and Atlanta – August 7

http://www.cutr.usf.edu/2014/07/cutr-webcast-evaluating-impacts-real-time-transit-tampa-atlanta/

Today in Transportation History    

1919 **95^th anniversary** The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago and killed 13 people.

http://disastersthatchangedtheworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/chicago-disasters-wingfoot-express.html

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