Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Mitsubishi Electric Visual and Imaging Systems

Check out Intertraffic World's terrific story on an Italian traffic control center that upgraded their control room display wall with a Mitsubishi LED upgrade engine. (Page 84-85) Read the full article by clicking here.

AVIATION

1) Report: Iran-Based Hackers Target Airports, Carriers

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://bloom.bg/12lyGSD

Link to news release

2) European Air Traffic Control Technology Proves Unreliable

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2014/12/european-efforts-to-salvage-enabling-single-european-sky-datalink-technology/

3) Frontier Airlines Blames 'Radio Outage' for Stranding Passengers in Mexico

Link to story on KUSA-TV:

http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/12/02/radio-outage-strands-frontier-passengers-in-mexico/19814283/

CAMERAS

4) Future of Plan to Effectively Ban Traffic Cameras in Ohio Now 'In Flux'

Link to story on WHIO-TV:

http://www.whio.com/news/news/local/future-of-plan-to-effectively-ban-traffic-cameras-/njK5X/

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) How Some Exercisers Are Using GPS to Create Art

Link to story on ABC's Good Morning America:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/exercisers-gps-create-art/story?id=27307669

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) Update from the ERTICO Network

Link to update:

http://www.erticonetwork.com/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=65&key=KbhR509W&subid=5778-SYxmsJyY0jLW00&tmpl=component

OTHER

7) FHWA's Innovator – November/December 2014

Link to newsletter:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hfl/innovator/e-version/issue_45/  

PARKING

8) Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Announces Its 2015 Budget Via Twitter

Link to NJ Advance Media article:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/12/port_authority_tweets_its_below-inflation_2015_budget.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) Federal Court Judge Rules Against Ports of Tacoma and Seattle in Suit Over Open Meetings

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/12/02/3520023/federal-court-judge-rules-against.html?sp=/99/261/

10) A Road to Reality: Taking Transportation Myths Head On

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2014/12/02/a-road-to-reality-taking-transportation-myths-head-on/

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) Senator Franken Pressures Lyft Over Privacy

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/225776-franken-pressures-lyft-over-privacy 

TELEMATICS

12) UK Ambulance Service Says Telematics Improved Drivers' Safety by 92%

Link to article in Computerworld UK:

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3585803/telematics-improve-ambulance-drivers-safety-by-92/

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) Available Resources Limit Traffic Management Response to Fatal Accident in Ontario

Link to article on OurWindsor:

http://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-story/5177161-why-hwy-401-ramps-weren-t-closed-after-fatal-bowmanville-crash/

TRANSIT

14) New Jersey Transit to Train Crews: Next Stop, Charm School

Link to NJ Advance Media article:

http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2014/12/nj_transit_to_train_crews_next_stop_charm_school.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Pasco County, Florida Traffic Operations Manager Bob Reck to Retire

Link to article in The Suncoast News:

http://suncoastnews.com/su/list/news-pasco/county-traffic-operations-manager-to-retire-20141202/

News Releases

1) V-Traffic and Continental Demonstrate Benefits of In-Car Digital Radio in France

2) Arup Report Reveals the Future of Highways

3) Nedap Deploys Smart Truck Parking System in Denmark

Today in Transportation History

1975 **35^th anniversary** Shadow Traffic debuted in New York City. It's an especially significant date for me since it was the start of my career in transportation communications. Here's my first report that day on Musicradio WABC.

http://shouts.at/G4K

Job Postings

 -  President and CEO – Intelligent Transportation Society of America – Washington, DC

http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/itsamericapositionopenings

 -  Traffic Signal Systems Analyst – Maricopa County – Phoenix, Arizona

https://jobs.maricopa.gov/traffic-signal-systems-analyst/job/5017665

Solicitation

 -  Nominations Sought – 2015 'Rising Stars' Awards – Progressive Railroading

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/risingstars/submission.asp

Upcoming Events

Secure Rail – February 3-4 – Orlando, Florida

http://securerailconference.com/

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