Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Tuesday, February 3, 2015


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 3, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Delta Air Lines Computer Glitch Frustrates Fliers
Link to AP article:

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Connected Bicycles Tell Cars: Don't Run Me Over
Link to article on ReadWrite:

CAMERAS

3) Florida Court Dismisses Red-Light Camera Tickets, Says City Can't Rely on Private Vendor to Review Images
Link to story on WPLG-TV:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Xerox Fined by Texas for Continued TxTag Issues
Link to story on KXAN-TV:

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) US Air Force Budget Sets Stage for GPS Satellite Competition
Link to Reuters article:

MARITIME

6) Securing the Nation's Ports Against Cyberterrorism
Link to article in InHomelandSecurity:

7) Scientists Trial System to Improve Safety at Sea
Link to article from the University of Leicester:

OTHER

8) The Story Behind Hollywood's Yellow Location Signs
Link to blog on LA Observed:

PARKING

9) SmartPark: Tennessee Parking Sites Project Helps Truckers Find Time to Rest
Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

RAILROADS

10) Alaska Railroad Positive Train Control Project Faces State's New Fiscal Reality
Link to article in Alaska Dispatch News:

11) PTC Requirement Could Lead Amtrak to Leave Kansas City
Link to story on KMBC-TV:

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Transportation Communication Networks: Combating the Cyber Terrorist Threat
Link to blog from Alcatel-Lucent:

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

13) Google is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
Link to Bloomberg article:

TRANSIT

14) Beacon Technology to Target Los Angeles Union Station Visitors with Help, Commerce
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

15) Will Rising Trip Productivity Change Travel Choices?
Link to article in Catalyst:

VEHICLES

16) Uber Challenges Google with New Research Center to Work on Driverless Cars
Link to article in the Irish Examiner:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
APTA Marketing & Communications Workshop – February 22-25 – West Palm Beach, Florida

======================================================================
The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. 
To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.     

© 2015 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net

No comments: