Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) United Airlines Set for Single Reservation System
Continental website disappears on Saturday.
Link to Reuters article:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/29/unitedcontinental-idUSL2E8DT7RD20120229
Link to Continental site: http://www.continental.com
2) Guidebook for Airport Irregular Operations (IROPS) Contingency Planning
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166569.aspx
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Never Lost: MIT Creates Wayfinding Arrows Projected from Your Cellphone
Link to article on Co.Design:
4) Alaska DOT&PF Featured on Modern Marvels
Agency's use of GPS on snowplows is highlighted.
Link to video from History:
http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/videos/modern-marvels-alaska#modern-marvels-alaska
RAILROADS
5) Via Rail Derailment: Positive Train Control Could Reduce Accidents
Link to article in the Toronto Star:
SAFETY / SECURITY
6) Port of Mobile, Alabama Looks to Install Mass Notification System
Link to article in the Press-Register:
http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/02/port_of_mobile_looks_to_instal.html
TRANSIT
7) Saskatoon Transit Ad Policies Changed to Comply with Charter
Link to article in The StarPhoenix:
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Transit+policies+changed+comply+with+charter/6224583/story.html
8) 'Go to Hell Barack' Ad Must be Removed, Congressman Tell WMATA
Link to story on WJLA-TV:
9) Both WMATA and Its Riders Craft New Tools to Track the System
Link to blog on TBD:
10) Photographers Shouldn't Have to Defend Legal Metro Photos to WMATA
Link to blog on TBD:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) Traveller Information Services Association Community Meets in Singapore
Link to article from ERTICO:
http://www.ertico.com/news-from-tisa-6/
VEHICLES
12) Backup Camera Rule at Cost of $2.7 Billion Delayed by US DOT
Link to Bloomberg article:
http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-M04FFX07SXKX01-66OTB36BHO1QUCA3SKC28CBE9D
13) American Trucking Associations Sides with Feds on Electronic Truck Log Recorders
Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:
http://www.joc.com/regulation/ata-sides-feds-over-electronic-truck-log-recorders
14) Ford Adding Facebook Features to Sync
Link to article on CNET:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-57387791-48/ford-adding-facebook-features-to-sync
15) Volkswagen's de Meo: Internet Becomes No. 1 Communication Channel
Link to interview in automotiveIT International:
http://www.automotiveit.com/vws-de-meo-internet-is-no-1-communication-channel/news/id-005198
News Releases
2) New Traffic Information Line Opens for British Columbia's Evergreen Line
3) Twitter Feedback Leads to Enforcement Blitz in Sackville, Nova Scotia
Upcoming Events
Texas Aviation Conference – March 28-30 – Galveston, Texas
http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tac12/
Today in Transportation History
1840 John Philip Holland, inventor of the submarine, was born in Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269340/John-Philip-Holland
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