Thursday, December 26, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, December 26, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Leveraging Type B Messaging: The Hidden Potential for the Aviation Industry

Link to blog from ARINC:

http://arincblog.com/?p=227

CAMERAS

2) Security isn't Only Use for Cameras in Houston Area

Link to column in the Houston Chronicle:

http://blog.chron.com/thehighwayman/2013/12/security-isnt-only-use-for-cameras-in-houston-area/

OTHER

3) Senior Transportation Services in Montgomery County, Texas Benefit from New Software, Tablets

Link to article in The Villager:

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/woodlands/news/friendship-center-s-new-software-tablets-benefit-bus-riders/article_c2ceab4e-2c87-5716-999b-a3fd337ea906.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Indore, India Traffic Police Making Short Films to Create Awareness of Traffic Rules

Link to article in DNA:

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-indore-short-films-to-create-awareness-on-traffic-rules-1940856

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

5) Gett Reveals New Look, App and Delivery Service as It Prepares to Do Battle with Uber

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/25/with-100m-run-rate-gett-reveals-a-new-look-app-and-delivery-service-as-it-prepares-to-do-battle-with-uber/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) Raleigh, North Carolina in Final Stages of Synching Signals, Adding Cameras

Link to story on WRAL-TV:

http://www.wral.com/raleigh-synching-signals-to-ease-traffic-flow/13156311/

7) Newport News and Hampton, Virginia Tackle Traffic Snarls with Smarter Signals

Link to article in the Daily Press:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/traffic/dp-nws-transpo-surface-street-congestion-1220-20131226,0,7123546.story

8) Macomb County, Michigan Opens New Communications Technology Center

Link to article in Advisor & Source:

http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2013/12/26/news/doc52bc3724a7b0a488326063.txt?viewmode=fullstory

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/zkzK8V

9) IBM Smarter Cities Initiative: Using Big Data for Better Traffic Flow

Link to blog on Silicon Angle:

http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/12/26/ibm-smarter-cities-initiative-using-big-data-for-better-traffic-flow/

VEHICLES

10) Technology Fuels New Police Cruiser in New York City

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304475004579278122995687950

Upcoming Events

8^th World Cargo Symposium – March 11-13 – Los Angeles

http://www.iata.org/events/wcs/Pages/index.aspx

Today in Transportation History    

1913 **100^th anniversary** Train service began at Detroit's Michigan Central Station.

http://www.freep.com/article/20131226/NEWS01/312260030/Detroit-Michigan-Central-Station-depot-100th-anniversary-1913-open

1943 **70^th anniversary** The German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk in the Battle of North Cape.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/scharnhorst_01.shtml

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