[TCN] Friday, June 1, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, June 1, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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TCN Fund Drive

Usually May and November are the two months I hold my fund-raising drive to support the Transportation Communications Newsletter.  I started last month but had to suspend it because of large number of ads that ran in May.  Since I wasn't able to do it too often last month I plan to extend the drive into June. 

 

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AVIATION

 

1) Plan to Update Air Traffic Control System Faces Delay

Link to McClatchy Newspapers article:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/31/2826268/plan-to-update-air-traffic-control.html

 

2) Using Mobiles as Boarding Pass at Airports

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Use-mobiles-as-boarding-pass-at-airports/articleshow/13698864.cms

 

3) Gogo and AeroSat Collaborate on Ku-Satellite Solution to Provide Connectivity Outside US

Link to article in Inflight:

http://www.hmgaerospace.com/news/show/3689

 

4) Are Airports the Final Frontier in Travel Technology?

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/06/01/news/are-airports-the-final-frontier-in-travel-technology

 

MARITIME

 

5) Barents Sea Watch Web Portal Launched

Link to article on BarentsObserver:

http://barentsobserver.com/en/arctic/barentswatch-launched

Link to article in Finnmarken:

http://www.finnmarken.no/lokale_nyheter/article6083448.ece (in Norwegian)

Link to BarentsWatch: http://www.barentswatch.no/

 

OTHER

 

6) Shenzhen to Make Huge Investment for Intelligent Transportation

Link to article on Shenzhen Post:

http://www.szcpost.com/2012/06/shenzhen-to-make-huge-investment-for-intelligent-transportation.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Using Smartphone Behind the Wheel is More Dangerous than Drink Driving

Link to article in SOL eMagazine:

http://issuu.com/FGM-AMOR/docs/www.sol-project.eu/3

 

TRANSIT

 

8) Free Wi-Fi London Tube Stations Named

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18290437

Link to news release from Transport for London: http://goo.gl/R8u8X

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

9) New Highway Information Kiosks Debut at Colorado Truck Stop

Link to article in the Times-Call:

http://www.timescall.com/news/longmont-local-news/ci_20745177/new-highway-information-kiosks-debut-at-loveland-area

 

10) Profile of Birds Eye System, Provider of Real-Time Traffic Information in India

Link to article in The Economic Times:

http://goo.gl/eHHlP

 

VEHICLES

 

11) Verizon Bets on Connected Car in $612 Million Hughes Deal

Link to Dow Jones Newswires article:

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/2nd-update-verizon-bets-on-connected-car-in-612-million-hughes-deal-20120601-00807

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/KHk1m

 

12) COMeSafety2 Newsletter ­– May 2012

Link to newsletter:

http://www.comesafety.org/uploads/media/COMeSafety2_Newsletter03.pdf

 

 

News Releases

1) Elsevier Launches New Journal: Economics of Transportation

2) 19^th ITS World Congress & Exhibition – Preliminary Program Unveiled and Registration Opened

3) United Airlines Mobile App Lets Customers Recognize Excellent Customer Service

4) Information Logistics' GeoTalker Technology Wins Smart CEO Volt Award for Pennsylvania Turnpike

5) Three ITS Projects Completed at Canada's Confederation Bridge

6) Boise, Idaho's KTVB-TV Releases Treasure Valley Traffic App

 

 

TCN Donations

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Bernie Wagenblast

1 Aberdeen CT

Cranford, NJ USA 07016-2911

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Upcoming Events

Workshop: Personal Data Protection and Security Aspects Related to ITS Applications – June 12 – Brussels

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/events/2012_06_12_data_protection_en.htm

 

 

Friday Bonus  

Bet you've never been on a subway ride like this.

http://youtu.be/gww9_S4PNV0

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1912 **100^th anniversary** The first service station which used an enclosed gas pump opened in Columbus, Ohio.

http://www.touring-ohio.com/trivia/service-station.html

 

1982 **30^th anniversary** Norfolk Southern created with the consolidation of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway.

http://nscorp.com/nscportal/nscorp/Community/NS%20History/

 

1997 **15^th anniversary** NYCRoads.com, a website which features the history of highways in the New York metro area, debuted on Geocities.

http://nycroads.com

 

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