Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
October 29, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
Making Roads Work Smarter: Data Behind Planning, Safer Roads &
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AVIATION
1)
US Aviation Organizations Push to
Protect Contract Tower Program
Link
to article from Aviation Week Intelligence Network:
2)
Airports Battle Algae, Rust and Fading
to Maintain Effective Airfield Markings
Link
to article in Airport Improvement:
CAMERAS
3)
Iowa DOT Looking at Recording Traffic
Cameras
Link
to story on WOI-TV:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Mozilla Developing Geolocation Data
Service for Public Use
Link
to IDG News Service article:
Link
to announcement: http://goo.gl/r887Ol
5)
Mercedes Integrates Navigation System
with Google Glass
Link
to article in Automotive News Europe:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
Noida Expressway Expected to be First Public
Sector Highway in India to Implement Intelligent Traffic Management System
Link
to article in the Hindustan Times:
OTHER
7)
Cyber Attack Snarls Israeli Traffic
Link
to article in Israel Today:
RAILROADS
8)
Amtrak Exec: Time to Move Beyond
Ticketing to Mobile Experiences
Link
to article on Mobile Marketer:
9)
Wireless Headphones Turn Los Angeles'
Union Station Into an Opera Stage
Link
to article on GigaOM:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
TSA to Design Calm, Stress-Free
Checkpoints
Link
to article on Fodor's Travel:
TRANSIT
11)
KNBC-TV Playing to Viewers on Los
Angeles County Buses
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
12)
Verizon Cell Service Expands to MBTA
Tunnels
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
13) Mosaics Could Make Navigating DC Metro
Easier
Link to blog on Greater Greater
Washington:
VEHICLES
14)
New Edison Research Videos Show a
'Barrage of New' in Connected Cars
Link
to article in the Radio And Internet
Newsletter:
15)
Technology Playing a Big Role in
Limousine Business
Link
to article on Business 2 Community:
http://www.business2community.com/business-innovation/transportation-tech-world-big-business-0662776
16)
Infotainment Systems Are Complicated and
Trouble Prone
Link
to article in Consumer Reports:
17)
Reviews of DASH Conference
-
JacoBLOG
-
Alan Cross: A Journal of Musical
Things
News Releases
Upcoming Events
OneBusAway Workshop and
Launch Event – November 16 – Arlington, Virginia
Today in Transportation
History
1618
**395th anniversary** Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer, was
beheaded in London.
2013
The Marmaray tunnel, the first to connect Asia and Europe, opened in Istanbul.
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