Thursday, December 25, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, December 25, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Merry Christmas!

AVIATION

1) Heathrow Opens Airport Operations Center

Link to article in Aviation Today:

http://www.aviationtoday.com/the-checklist/Heathrow-Opens-APOC-to-Monitor-Operations_83828.html

2) North Dakota Company's App Could Help Drones Fly Safely

Link to story on Minnesota Public Radio:

http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/12/23/botlink

3) Aviation Reporter Molly McMillin Leaving Wichita Eagle for the Weekly of Business Aviation

Link to article in the Wichita Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2014/12/24/aviation-reporter-molly-mcmillin-moving-on-from.html

4) Does the FAA's Drone Policies Violate the First Amendment?

Link to blog in the Yale Journal of Regulation:

http://www.yalejreg.com/blog/drones-on-parade-by-margot-kaminski

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Ulster County, New York Considers Requiring Trash Haulers to Have GPS

Link to article in the Daily Freeman:

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20141225/trash-haulers-in-ulster-county-could-be-subject-to-gps-tracking-by-resource-recovery-agency

RAILROADS

6) New Law Requires Train Companies to Report to California Emergency Services

Link to story on Capital Public Radio:

http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/12/24/new-law-requires-train-companies-to-report-to-emergency-services/

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