Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
September 26, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
Politics, Money Holding Up NextGen
Link
to article in Politico:
2)
Little Rock, Arkansas Airport to Explore
Security Wait Times Using Bluetooth
Link
to AP article:
3)
British Airways Claims to Have Invented
Flight Check-In of the Future
Link
to article on Tnooz:
4)
Former Air Traffic Controller Enters
Fashion World Using Aviation Charts
Link
to article in the Corpus Christi
Caller-Times:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
Program Tries to Get Minority Kids in US
Buckled Up
Link
to article in USA Today:
Link
to abstract in the American Journal of
Preventative Medicine:
SAFETY / SECURITY
6)
New Jersey Transportation Chief Asks for
Safety Program to Reduce Garden State Parkway Fatalities
Link
to article in the Asbury Park Press:
TELEMATICS
7)
Telematics, Apps and Making Connectivity
Cool
Link
to interview on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
8)
BART Puts Early Earthquake Warning
System to Use
Link
to story on KABC-TV:
9)
Public Transit Apps Bolstered by Missing
iOS 6 Feature
Link
to article on CNET News:
10)
App Helps Navigate Transit in New
Orleans
Link
to article on NOLA Defender:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11)
For Second I-405 Closure, Less-Dire
Traffic Message Goes Out
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
12)
New Traffic Center Due Soon in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Link
to story on KOB Radio:
13)
Radio to the Rescue in Lagos, Nigeria
Gridlock
Link
to AFP article:
14)
Wireless: The Missing Piece of the
Intelligent Transport Puzzle
Link
to commentary in Forbes:
VEHICLES
15)
Trouble with Your New Car's Tech? GM
Tries to Help
Link
to audio report on Marketwatch:
News Releases
Job Posting
-
Traffic Management Specialist –
Maricopa County – Phoenix, Arizona
- Executive Director – Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation –
Greensboro, North Carolina
- Project Manager – River Valley Metro Mass Transit District –
Bourbonnais, Illinois
Upcoming Events
2012 Committee for a Smart New Jersey
Symposium – November 9 – Piscataway, New Jersey
Today in Transportation
History
1982
**30th anniversary** The first driverless car made its debut. TV
viewers were introduced to KITT on Knight
Rider.
1997
**15th anniversary** A Garuda Indonesia flight en route to Medan,
North Sumatra crashed killing all 234 people aboard the flight.
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