[TCN] Friday, November 11, 2011

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, November 11, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) EU, US Pen New Passenger Data Deal to Ease Privacy Fears

Link to AFP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i3XjX6aLv4Ab9X2znGo8AbFBIw6g?docId=CNG.157e26ff13a2c531647ebb82af797d37.101

 

2) Making the Skies Over Europe Safer, Cleaner and Cheaper to Manage

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15572806

 

3) US DOT Policing the Airlines and Travel Agents on Twitter

Link to article in Travel Weekly:

http://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Government/DOT-policing-airlines-on-Twitter/

 

4) Tampa Airport's New CEO Beats Marketing Drum

Link to article in The Tampa Tribune:

http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/nov/11/tampa-airports-new-ceo-beats-marketing-drum-ar-302235/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) GPS Companies Clash with LightSquared, Each Other at Public Meeting

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111110_8518.php

 

OTHER

 

6) Suburu Removes Radio Ad After Canadian Trucking Alliance Request

Link to article in Today's Trucking:

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=27486

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Massachusetts State Police Keep Data from Lt. Governor's Car Crash Under Wraps

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2011_1111staties_keep_crash_info_under_wraps

 

8) Graphic Accident Video Part of New Florida DOT Safety Campaign

Link to article in the St. Petersburg Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/article1201188.ece

 

9) Times-Picayune Sues New Orleans to Get Names of Traffic-Camera Violators

Link to article in The Times-Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/times-picayune_sues_new_orlean.html

 

10) Kansas DOT Releases KanDrive/511 Winter Driving PSA

Link to video:

http://youtu.be/dwfjIn3VsyE

 

RAILROADS

 

11) Railroads Attempt to Get a Better Handle on Positive Train Control Implementation

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/c_s/article/PTC-Railroads-attempt-to-get-a-better-handle-on-positive-train-control-implementation--28778

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Social Media for Emergency Managers Can't Start When the Emergency Does

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111110_4195.php

 

TELEMATICS

 

13) No Role for Smartphones in Europe's eCall

Link to article in automotiveIT:

http://www.automotiveit.com/telematics-update-no-role-for-smartphones-in-europes-ecall/news/id-004409

 

14) Telematics and the Cloud: Four Keys to In-Car Offerings

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://social.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/telematics-and-cloud-4-keys-car-offerings

 

15) Building a New Telematics Ecosystem

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://social.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/building-new-telematics-ecosystem

 

TRANSIT

 

16) WMATA.com: The Evolving History of DC's Metro Website

Link to blog on TBD:

http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-on-foot/2011/11/wmata-com-the-evolving-history-of-the-d-c-metro-website--13506.html

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Texas DMV Rejects Confederate Plate

Link to story on KJTV-TV:

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/news/local/story/Texas-Department-of-Motor-Vehicle-Board/LlkyiLn28UaoF5X5gmJI-w.cspx

 

 

News Releases

1) Public Transport ITS Market in Europe Expected to Reach € 1.3 Billion by 2015

2) California DMV Launches New Web Page to Honor Veterans and Active Military

3) Ford's Cloud-Connected Car, the Evos Concept, to Make North American Debut at 2012 International CES

 

 

Upcoming Events

Automotive News World Congress – January 10-12 – Detroit

http://www.autonews.com/Assets/html/12_an_congress/

 

 

Friday Bonus

Today is Veterans Day in the US and Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in other parts of the world.  To salute those who have served, here's a link to a poem written during World War I, In Flanders Fields, by Canadian Army Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1911 **100^th anniversary** The German Imperial Navy battleship SMS Kaiserin was launched in Kiel.

http://www.sms-navy.com/bb/SMS_Kaiserin-launch_11Nov1911.jpg

 

November 12, 1936 **75^th anniversary** The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened.

http://youtu.be/l9UwBf-HZ_4

 

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