Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
August 5, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Six weeks and counting! Join
IBTTA in Austin, Texas for our 82nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition this September
14-17, 2014. You'll be right in the heart of a city and a state that
is developing a modern multi-modal transportation system that includes
toll-funded projects. You'll be surrounded by the latest and very best
information on the policies, practices, technologies and business models that
make the tolling industry a breakthrough success. Become a meeting sponsor or promote your
products or services by being an exhibitor. And if you arrive a
day early, come to the golf event to support the IBTTA Foundation at the Barton Creek Golf
Resort. Visit www.IBTTA.org/austin for the
full program and to register today!
AVIATION
1)
New Orleans Airport Refuses to Post
Health Alert, Cites 'Aesthetics'
Link
to story on WDSU-TV:
2)
US DOT Could Nix Plans to Permit
In-Flight Cellphone Calls
Link
to article on CNET:
3)
Dodging Mumbai's Monster Billboards Adds
to Air India Woes
Link
to Bloomberg article:
4)
Airport Terminal Incident Response
Planning
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
More Cameras, Message Boards on the
Roadways in Arkansas
Link
to story on KARK-TV:
OTHER
6)
Pinellas Transit Authority Will Repay
$354,000 Federal Grant for Homeland Security Ads
Link
to article in The St. Petersburg Tribune:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7)
Amtrak Provides Crude Oil Train Details
States Had Withheld
Link
to McClatchy News article:
8)
Oklahoma Begins Posting Information
About Bakken Oil Train Shipments
Link
to article in The Oklahoman:
9)
New Online Community Generates
Transportation Ideas in Illinois
Link
to story on WCBU Radio:
ROADWAYS
10)
High-Tech Traffic Lights Could Reshape
the Future of Driving
Link
to story on Fox News:
11)
Texas Law: Thou Shalt Not Place 10
Commandments Signs Along Highways
Link
to article in Time:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
Maine Launches Effort to Curb Distracted
Driving
Link
to article in the Portland Press Herald:
13)
Road-Sensing Safety Tech that Could Save
Lives
Link
to article on District Chronicles:
TELEMATICS
14)
Growth in Telematics Capabilities Bring
More Benefits to More Users
Link
to article in SAE Off-Highway Engineering:
VEHICLES
15)
GM Exec: Early Interest in LTE-Connected
Cars is Strong
Link
to article on CNET:
16)
Navdy Projects Apps and Nav on Your
Windshield
Link
to article on CNET:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
NDE/NDT for Structural Materials Technology
for Highways and Bridges – August 25-27 – Washington, DC
https://www.asnt.org/MajorSiteSections/Events-and-Publications/Upcoming-Events/SMT-2014.aspx
Today in Transportation
History
1864
**150th anniversary** The Battle of Mobile Bay took place with Union
forces defeating the Confederate fleet.
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