Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
December 7, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1)
FCC Calls on FAA to Allow Electronics on
Planes
Link
to article in The New York Times:
2)
Delta Air Lines Sued by California Over
Internet Privacy
Link
to Bloomberg article:
3)
Challenges of Communication in Nigeria's
Airspace
Link
to article in This Day:
4)
New Airport App Helps Guide Travelers
Around Airports Quickly and Cheaply
Link
to article in The New York Times:
BICYCLES
5)
Loan Taipei's City Bikes with Just a
Mobile Phone
Link
to article on CNET:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6)
West Virginia Turnpike Not Promoting E-ZPass
Enough?
Link to article in The Register-Herald:
GPS / NAVIGATION
7)
CTIA: Dish Spectrum Will Not Interfere
with GPS
Link
to article in Wireless Week:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Ohio DOT Adds Green Lights to Snow Plow
Trucks
Link
to article in The Marietta Times:
9)
National Work Zone Awareness Week
Committee Seeks State Applications to Hold Kickoff Event
Link
to article in the AASHTO Journal:
TELEMATICS
10)
The State of Telematics and In-Car
Entertainment – An Interview with Livio's Jake Sigal
Link
to article from Edison Research:
11)
Telematics Car Insurance: Vauxhall,
Ageas and Ingenie Lead the Way
Link
to article on Actuarial Post:
http://www.actuarialpost.co.uk/article/telematics---vauxhall-ageas-and-ingenie-lead-the-way-4043.htm
TRANSIT
12)
Massachusetts Seeks Alternatives to
Pricey Green Line Signal System Overhaul
Link
to State House News Service article:
13)
Keeping Everyone in the Loop: 50 Years
of Chicago 'L' Graphics
Link
to article in Print:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Much Touted Integrated Traffic System in
Hyderabad Yet to Take Off
Link
to article in The Hindu:
VEHICLES
15)
Black Boxes in Cars Raise Privacy
Concerns
Link
to AP article:
16)
CNET Announces Nominees for 2012 Tech
Car of the Year
Link
to article on CNET:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
Forget
the radio, The Onion says there are
new entertainment options when you're stuck in traffic.
Solicitations
- Request for Proposals – Interactive Traveler Information Kiosks –
Hopelink
- Request for Proposals – Development of Training Module – National Rural
Transit Assistance Program
Upcoming Events
International Road Federation Regional Conference: North
Africa-Mediterranean – March 19-20 – Marrakech, Morocco
Today in Transportation
History
1912
**100th anniversary** Pacific Electric's San Fernando Line was
extended to Owensmouth, California (currently Canoga Park).
1972
**40th anniversary** Apollo 17, the last manned flight to the Moon,
was launched.
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