Transportation Communications Newsletter: Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Denver Airport Goes Digital to Reunite Fliers with Lost Items

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/08/26/denver-airport-lost-and-found/14621043/

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

2) US DOT 2014 ITS World Congress Update

Link to update:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=76be8e11-da39-4818-9a0b-7cb5d970715f&c=77da6f90-5104-11e3-8e6b-d4ae52a4597c&ch=7a7c1c80-5104-11e3-8e6c-d4ae52a4597c

OTHER

3) Thousands of Weather Satellite Bugs Won't Be Fixed for Years

Link to article on NextGov:

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/08/tens-thousands-weather-satellite-bugs-wont-be-fixed-years/92465

Link to further information from the US Commerce Department Inspector General

4) Uber Begins Testing Lunch Delivery with UberFRESH

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/26/uberfresh/

5) Real-Time Sensor Networks Give a Voice to the Planet

Link to blog from PSFK Labs:

http://www.psfk.com/2014/08/real-time-sensor-networks-give-voice-planet.html#!bLjcd0

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) American Trucking Associations Wants 'Unreliable' Compliance, Safety Accountability Scores Hidden from Public View

Link to article in Truck News:

http://www.trucknews.com/health-safety/ata-wants-unreliable-csa-scores-hidden-public-view/1003059442

Link to news release

7) As Oregon Meets to Strengthen Oil Train Disclosure, BNSF Questions Media's Presence

Link to article in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/08/as_oregon_meets_to_strengthen.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Oklahoma Devotes $100 Million to Improve Safety at Railroad Crossings

Link to article in the Tulsa World:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-devotes-million-to-improve-safety-at-railroad-crossings/article_df6623ea-d312-56c1-b655-53d2dcc7287f.html

Link to news release

TELEMATICS

9) Connected Cars: A Big Data Headache or Opportunity for Insurers?

Link to article in Computerworld UK:

http://www.computerworlduk.com/in-depth/it-business/3539701/connected-cars-a-big-data-headache-or-opportunity-for-insurers/

TRANSIT

10) BART Got 10-Second Warning Before Sunday's Napa Earthquake

Link to article on GigaOM:

https://gigaom.com/2014/08/25/bart-had-a-10-second-warning-before-sundays-napa-earthquake-why-didnt-everyone-else/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Google Shows Traffic by Transportation Modes in One Card

Link to article on Search Engine Roundtable:

https://www.seroundtable.com/google-traffic-maps-card-19055.html

VEHICLES

12) How Privacy Fears Are Driving Automakers in the Age of the Connected Car

Link to article on Autoblog:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/infrastructure/why-cant-the-government-run-vehicletovehicle-communications

News Releases

1) New Cameras, Signs Provide Real-Time Traffic Updates Along Washington SR 539 and SR 9 Near Canadian Border

Upcoming Events

Oceans'14 – September 14-19 – St. John's, Newfoundland

http://oceans14mtsieeestjohns.org/

Today in Transportation History

1859 **155^th anniversary** The first commercial oil well was drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania by Edwin Drake.

http://www.drakewell.org/

1939 **75^th anniversary** The first jet aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, made its first flight.

http://www.firstjetpilot.com/

1979 **35^th anniversary** Lord Louis Mountbatten, former Admiral of the Fleet, and two others were killed when an IRA-planted bomb exploded on their boat in Ireland.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/27/newsid_2511000/2511545.stm

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