Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
Attend IBTTA Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees and Transportation Finance Summit, April 29-May 1, 2012 in Jersey City, New Jersey
This conference combines the best features of IBTTA's Transportation Finance Summit with the depth of content from the Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees organized by the Texas Department of Transportation Institute and the University of Minnesota in 2009-2011. Sessions will explore the latest studies and pilot programs in mileage-based user fees and the diverse range of financing tools available to toll agencies, state DOTs and local governments. Conference Partners: Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota; Texas Transportation Institute and TRB. Co-Sponsors: I-95 Corridor Coalition, Mileage-Based User Fee Alliance and the Reason Foundation. View the preliminary agenda, make your hotel and travel reservations, and register today! www.ibtta.org/jerseycity
GPS / NAVIGATION
1) Visual-Based Navigation Could Replace Satellite GPS
Link to article on PSFK:
http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/visual-based-navigation-gps.html
Link to news release from the Queensland University of Technology:
http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/goNewsPage?newsEventID=38736
OTHER
2) Transport for London's Sponsorship Deals Under Fire
Link to article in Marketing:
http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/1117994/Barclays-Emirates-TfL-sponsorship-deals-fire/
Link to report from the London Assembly:
3) Interview with Doris Bures, Austrian Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology on ITS World Congress 2012
Link to article from ERTICO:
PARKING
4) QuickPay Makes Your Smartphone a Parking Attendant
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/02/quickpay-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-parking-attendant/
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Podcasting: Transportation's Forgotten 'New' Media
Link to Talking Transportation:
ROADWAYS
6) New EU-Regulation Road Signs a Mystery to Turkish Drivers
Link to article in Today's Zaman:
SAFETY / SECURITY
7) Study Finds Toronto Traffic Countdown Signals Not Helping Reduce Car-Pedestrian Collisions
Link to article in the Ottawa Citizen:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Traffic+countdown+signal+helping+study+finds/6182598/story.html
Link to article in Injury Prevention:
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2012/02/09/injuryprev-2011-040173.full
8) Groups Say US Senate Bill Amendment Blocking Requirement for More Reflective Road Signs Not Very Bright
Link to blog in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Link to letter from organizations:
http://images.politico.com/global/2012/02/oppose_anti-retro_amendment.pdf
9) Canadian Maritime Provinces Scrap Emergency Radio System
Link to CBC News story:
TAXIS
10) Considering a Successor for the TVs in New York City Taxicabs
Link to article in The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/nyregion/panel-to-consider-computer-option-for-taxis.html
TELEMATICS
11) System Upgrade Causes Problems for GM's OnStar
Link to story on Fox News:
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/02/21/system-upgrade-causes-problems-for-gms-onstar/
TRANSIT
12) Google Transit: How (and Why) the Search Giant is Remapping Public Transportation
Link to article on Xconomy:
13) A Few Thoughts on New York City Subway Countdown Clocks and Headways
Link to Second Ave. Sagas blog:
http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/02/21/a-few-thoughts-on-countdown-clocks-and-subway-headways/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14) Urban Traffic Management Center to be Rolled Out in Galway, Ireland
Link to article in the Galway Independent:
http://galwayindependent.com/stories/item/1203/2012-8/Urban-Traffic-Management-Centre-roll-out
15) A HopStop, a Skip, and a Jump
The transit website and mobile app continues to move forward.
Link to article in The New York Enterprise Report:
http://www.nyreport.com/node/82623
16) Florida DOT Adds 12 New Twitter Feeds to Warn You on Traffic Troubles
Link to story on WKMG-TV:
VEHICLES
17) Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Can Prevent Crashes
Link to article in Consumer Reports:
18) Driverless Cars are Sneaking Up on You
Link to article on CNNMoney:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/21/autos/driverless_cars/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
19) Smart-In-Car Trial Begins – Expected to Improve Traffic Flow and Safety
Link to article from ERTICO:
20) Connected Cars: The Future of Communication or a Plague of Distraction?
Link to blog in Fast Company:
News Releases
1) Maritime Experts Call for Better Coordinated Counter-Piracy Messaging
2) ITS Michigan Launches New, Redesigned Website
3) First Great Western Adding Free Wi-Fi to 23 Rail Stations
4) Atlanta's WSB-TV Launches Local iPhone Traffic App
5) Delta Air Lines Offers Wi-Fi Service on All Shuttle Flights
Upcoming Events
Freight in the Southeast, 2012 – March 14-16 – Norfolk, Virginia
http://www.ittsresearch.org/ITTS_2012_conference.html
Today in Transportation History
1912 **100th anniversary** Workers broke through a mountain tunnel for the future Jungfraubahn in Switzerland, sixteen years after work began.
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/11/10120400-jungfrau-railway-marks-100-year-anniversary
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