Friday, September 7, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, September 7, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Tampa Airport Officials: Good Service, Media Attention During Republican National Convention

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/blog/morning-edition/2012/09/airport-officials-good-service-media.html

2) New Research Aims to Cut Flight Delays, Fuel Costs

Link to article on GE Reports:

http://www.gereports.com/are-we-there-yet/

CAMERAS

3) Fiber Optics Malfunction Disables All Georgia 400 Traffic Cameras

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/wire-thefts-disable-all-ga-400-traffic-cameras/nR5Rj/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) EU Will Miss Road Toll Target

Link to article in European Voice:

http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/september/eu-will-miss-road-toll-target/75093.aspx

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/fb7rY

MARITIME

5) Recorded Bridge Conversations of Costa Concordia Obtained

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9525715/Costa-Concordia-captain-Madonna-what-have-I-done.html 

Link to article in La Stampa:

http://www3.lastampa.it/cronache/sezioni/articolo/lstp/467744/ (in Italian)

OTHER

6) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – September 2012

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2012/2012-009-Sep.pdf

TELEMATICS

7) OnStar to Expand Its Service to Mexico

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120907/AUTO0103/209070337/1121/auto01/OnStar-to-expand-its-service-to-Mexico

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/UUuWR

TRANSIT

8) Montreal's STM to Equip Buses with GPS, Provide Real-Time Information

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/equip+buses+with+provide+real+time+information/7202686/story.html

9) Mysore to Provide Real-Time Bus Information

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Intelligent-Transport-System-project-Waiting-for-buses-in-Mysore-will-be-a-thing-of-past/articleshow/16299990.cms

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Former Chicago Helicopter Traffic Reporter John Camden Dies

Link to obituary in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/14974973-418/wgn-traffic-helicopter-reporter.html

News Releases

1) Singapore Airlines Launches $50 Million In-Flight Connectivity Program

2) Intelsat to Provide Satellite Connectivity Capacity for Gogo’s International In-Flight Wi-Fi Service

3) Canadian Government Launches the Canadian Rail Research Laboratory in Edmonton

Upcoming Events

Symposium: Bolstering Long Island's Economy and Mobility Through Bus Rapid Transit – October 5 – Hauppauge, New York

http://blog.tstc.org/2012/08/27/save-the-date-october-5th-bus-rapid-transit-symposium-on-long-island/

Friday Bonus  

What a speed limit sign on the MIT campus might look like.

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17xlrrrsw1x1cjpg/original.jpg

Today in Transportation History    

1912 **100^th anniversary** David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, was born in Pueblo, Colorado.  Some of the company's early work involved aviation and nautical equipment.

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/company-information/executive-team/packard.html

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