Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
December 15, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
UK to Hold Independent Inquiry into Air
System Failure
Link
to article in the Irish Examiner:
Link
to news release
2)
London City Airport Gives Passengers and
Crew Opportunity to Record Christmas Messages
Link
to article in Airport World:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
Interactive Lights in San Leandro,
California Entertain, Collect Pedestrian Data
Link
to Bay Area News Group article:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4)
Are Car Rental Companies Profiting from
Toll Roads?
Link
to article in USA Today:
5)
At Illinois Tollway Center, Blind Reps
Listen, Help Callers
Link
to column in the Chicago Sun-Times:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
News Update from the ERTICO Network
Link
to update:
MARITIME
7)
Maritime Industry Embraces eBooks and
Digital Newspapers
Link
to blog on Good e-Reader:
http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/the-maritime-industry-embraces-ebooks-and-digital-newspapers
OTHER
8)
Google, France Space Agency Partner on
Project Loon Providing Internet Connections in Remote Areas
Link
to article on CNET:
Link
to news release
9)
The Problem with Digital Drivers
Licenses: Iowa Tests High-Tech IDs
Link
to story on ABC News:
10)
UAW Chief Backs NLRB's Decision to Allow
Use of Email to Organize and Hold Faster Elections
Link
to Reuters article:
11)
Mobility-as-a-Service: Turning
Transportation into a Software Industry
Link
to blog on VentureBeat:
12)
Carry-On Bag is Interactive, Can Track
and Weigh Itself
Link
to blog on Patently Apple:
PARKING
13)
Smartphone Parking Apps Lining Up in
Boston
Link
to article in Roads & Bridges:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
14)
South Dakota's 'Don't Jerk and Drive' Safety
Campaign Axed after Media Focus on 'Innuendo'
Link
to article in the Argus Leader:
RAILROADS
15)
Railroad Bridge Conditions Hidden from
Public View
Link
to article in the LaCrosse Tribune:
16)
E-GNSS for European Rail Networks
Link
to article from the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency:
TRANSIT
17)
#IllRideWithYou: Aussies Offer Support
to Muslims on Transit
Link
to AP article:
18)
New Map Lets You Track Steamboat Springs
Transit Buses in Real Time
Link
to article in Steamboat Today:
VEHICLES
19)
Volvo to Launch Online Car Sales in
Marketing Shift
Link
to Reuters article:
20)
'Ghost Cars': The Sat-Nav of the Future
from Jaguar
Link
to article in The Daily Telegraph:
21)
Five Crucial Connected Car Questions for
2015
Link
to article in Automotive News:
22)
Putting the User in the Driver's Seat of
the Connected Car
Link to blog in Wired:
Link to blog in Wired:
News Releases
Today in Transportation History
1944
**70th anniversary** A plane carrying Glenn Miller, a major in the
US Army Air Forces and world-famous as a leader of his own big band, went
missing over the English Channel.
Job Postings
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Marketing and Communications
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http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/itsamericapositionopenings
(scroll down)
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Government and External Affairs
Manager – ITS America – Washington, DC
http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/itsamericapositionopenings
(scroll down)
Upcoming Events
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January 27-28 - Paris
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