Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
August 25, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Sparks Fly on Privatizing Air Traffic
Control
Link
to article from The Wall Street Journal:
2)
The End of Airport Check-In? Hawaiian
Airlines Testing Pre-printed Bag Tags in Seattle
Link
to article on GeekWire:
CAMERAS
3)
More Cameras Needed on Atlanta Metro
Highways
Link
to column in The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Two Galileo Navigation Satellites
Launched in Wrong Orbit
Link
to article in Computerworld:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
EU-US Sustainability Working Group to
Hold Joint Workshop on September 12 in Detroit
Link
to update:
6)
Latest News from the ERTICO Network
Link
to update:
OTHER
7)
Moving from 'Data' to 'Information' in
Trucking
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
Illinois DOT Launches Innovative
'Driving Dead' Traffic Safety Campaign
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
ROADWAYS
9)
Incorrect, Failed I-95 Construction
Signs Create Mass Confusion, Huge Traffic Jam in Maryland
Link
to article in The Baltimore Sun:
10)
Traffic Paparazzi Contribute to Massive
Slowdown on I-5 in Washington State
Link
to story on KIRO Radio:
TRANSIT
11)
Card System a Boost for Public Transit
in Abu Dhabi
Link
to article in The National:
VEHICLES
12)
Chicago Charts a Course in Autonomous
Vehicles
Link
to article in Automotive News:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Webcast: Creating Traffic Incident Management
Teams for Responder Safety – August 27
Today in Transportation
History
1819
**195th anniversary** James Watt, a mechanical engineer who made
significant improvements to the steam engine and developed the concept of
horsepower, was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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