Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
October 13, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Counting the Current and Future Cost of Gridlock – Learn More about
the Implications
New research reveals
the combined annual average cost of gridlock in Europe and the US will soar
nearly 50 percent between now and 2030 to an estimated $293.1 billion – costing
households on average nearly $3,000 a year. This is the first study of
its kind to forecast the projected increases in these costs in these countries
and their most congested cities between 2013 and 2030.
Join our webinar to uncover the key findings and implications of this
growing issue, Thursday, October 16, 2014 @ 11:00am EDT
AVIATION
1)
FAA Reopens Fire-Damaged Air Traffic
Control Facility Near Chicago
Link
to article in The Hill:
Link
to news release
2)
Billboards Promoting California's
Ontario International Airport Questioned
Link
to article in the Inland Valley Daily
Bulletin:
http://www.dailybulletin.com/business/20141011/laontario-international-airport-billboards-questioned
3)
Meet the Masterminds Behind Southwest
Airlines' Clever Ads
Link
to story on WFAA-TV:
4)
Airlines Take Different Approaches to
In-Flight Entertainment
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
CAMERAS
5)
Chicago Transportation Department's
Red-Light Camera Oversight Slammed
Link
to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:
Link
to news release
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6)
Toll Tags on Oklahoma and Kansas
Turnpikes to Become Interoperable
Link
to story on KWTV-TV:
Link
to news release
MARITIME
7)
Smart Shipping Containers and Seaports
Link
to blog from SAP:
OTHER
8)
Confederate License Plate Backers Seek
High Court Help
Link
to article in The Dallas Morning News:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
California Transit Project Report's
Psychedelic Cover Designed to Get People to 'Open It Up'
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
10)
Seattle-Tacoma Port Alliance: A Grand
Bargain Struck in Utter Secrecy
Link
to editorial in The News Tribune:
RAILROADS
11)
Metro-North Rail-Traffic Control Staff Worked
Seven Days Straight for 'Weeks on End'
Link
to article in the Daily News:
ROADWAYS
12)
New Zealand Transport Authority
Apologizes for Poor Communications During Road Closure
Link
to article in the Marlborough Express:
TRANSIT
13)
How to Apply Plaza Principles to Transit
Hubs
Link
to blog on Sharable:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14)
Technological Solutions for Traffic in
Lagos, Nigeria
Link
to story on CNBC Africa:
VEHICLES
15)
Male Baby Boomers Most Likely to Drive
Connected Cars, According to Nielsen Study
Link
to article on Autoblog:
16)
The Road to the Connected Fleet of the
Future
Link
to articles on Telematics Update:
http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/road-connected-fleet-future
(Part 1)
http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/road-connected-fleet-future-part-2
(Part 2)
News Releases
Upcoming Events
AASHTO Webinar:
Development and Use of the Human Factors Guideline for Road Systems – October
31
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The
Transportation Communications Newsletter
is published electronically Monday through Friday.
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comments about the TCN? Please
write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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