Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
August 12, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Governor Rick Perry, Futurist Doug
Stephens Lead
Powerful Program at IBTTA’s 2014
Annual Meeting September 14-17
Texas Governor Rick Perry and Doug Stephens, one of the world’s foremost
retail and consumer futurists, head up an extraordinary conference program
at IBTTA's
82nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition, September
14-17 in Austin, Texas. Gov. Perry presides over a state that has
seen rapid adoption of some of the world’s most innovative transportation
solutions. Under his leadership,
Texas has consistently been ranked as one of America’s best places for economic
development and expansion. Stephens’ thinking and analysis have influenced some
of the world’s top brands, including Target, Home Depot, Crayola and Citibank.
And there’s much more on the program, beginning with a fast-paced panel on the
toll industry laboratory that has taken shape in America’s fastest-growing state:
From managed lanes, to public-private partnerships, to innovative financing, to
regional mobility authorities, Texas is trying it all, doing it all and
breaking new ground for other jurisdictions. Click here for
more program highlights, and register today!
AVIATION
1)
Verizon, T-Mobile Beat AT&T and
Sprint in US Airport Mobile Data Performance Test
Link
to article on GeekWire:
2)
NextGen Starting to Deliver on Promises,
US Transportation Secretary Says
Link
to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
3)
FAA's Hughes Technical Center Leading US
to NextGen of Aviation Safety, Efficiency
Link
to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
CARTOGRAPHY
4)
New York Wayfinding Maps Helps Subway
Users Orient Themselves
Link
to article in Metro:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5)
Drivers Unable to Access Texas Toll Pay
Site
Link
to article in the San Antonio
Express-News:
6)
ATM-Style Bridge Toll Units a Success on
New York State Bridges During Overnights
Link
to article in the Times Herald-Record:
7)
Concerns Continue as Ohio River Bridge
Toll Contract Nears
Link
to article in The Courier-Journal:
OTHER
8)
US Border Patrol to Allow Electronic
Customs Documents
Link
to article in The Hill:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
Costs Mount for Government Transport Ad
Campaign in Victoria
Link
to article in The Age:
10)
Capturing and Sustaining Public Interest
in Transportation
Link
to article in The Hill:
RAILROADS
11)
Sound Transit to Install PTC Equipment
on Trains
Link
to article in Progressive Railroading:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
12)
Las Vegas Company Poised to Introduce
E-Hailing App
Link
to article in the Las Vegas
Review-Journal:
13)
Is Uber Playing Dirty with Competitors?
Link
to article on CNNMoney:
TELEMATICS
14)
Safety Through Information Delivery
Link
to article in BUSRide:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15)
Bluetooth Travel Information Aids
Waiting Times at US-Mexico Border
Link
to article in ITS International:
VEHICLES
16)
Nokia Growth Partners Invests $8 Million
in Zubie Connected Car Service
Link
to article in eWeek:
17)
Trucking by the Numbers: Communications
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
News Releases
Job Postings
-
Senior ITS Specialist – Maricopa
County – Phoenix, Arizona
-
Traffic and Real Time Transit
Program Manager – Leidos – San Francisco, California
Upcoming Events
IANA Intermodal Expo – September 21-23 – Long Beach, California
Today in Transportation
History
1964
**50th anniversary** Charlie Wilson, a member of the Great Train
Robbery gang, escaped from prison.
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