[TCN] Friday, July 13, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, July 13, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airlines with the Most Followers on Twitter and Why It Matters

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/07/13/news/airlines-with-the-most-followers-on-twitter-and-why-it-matters

 

OTHER

 

2) Pro-Palestinian Poster at Metro-North Stations Spurs MTA Official to Seek Ban on Political Ads

Link to article in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120713/NEWS02/307120084/Pro-Palestinian-poster-Metro-North-stations-spurs-MTA-official-seek-ban-political-ads-

 

TELEMATICS

 

3) British Insurance Brokers' Association Predicts Telematics Sales to Hit 500,000 in Two Years

Link to article in Insurance Age:

http://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurance-age/news/2191087/biba-predicts-telematics-sales-to-hit-500-000-in-two-years

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/s0nLR

 

TRANSIT

 

4) Clever Devices Acquires Digital Recorders

Link to article in Long Island Business News:

http://libn.com/2012/07/13/clever-devices-acquires-digital-recorders/

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

 

5) Best Practices in Bus Dispatch

Link to report from the National Center for Transit Research:

http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2012/07/best-practices-in-bus-dispatch-2/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

6) High-Tech Traffic Management System Takes Off in Chennai Today

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Hi-tech-traffic-management-system-takes-off-in-city-today/articleshow/14858307.cms

 

7) Qatar Interior Ministry Signs Agreement for Traffic Management Pilot

Link to article in Gulf Times:

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=518468&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

 

8) New Guidelines for UK Motorway Incidents

Link to article on Traffic Technology Today:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=41036

 

9) A Look at Traffic Reporting in Vancouver, British Columbia

Link to article in the South Delta Leader:

http://www.southdeltaleader.com/news/162224905.html

 

10) Makati City, Philippines Launches Twitter Traffic Account, Improved Website

Link to article from the Philippine Information Agency:

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=261342061532

 

11) Transit Voice

A profile of transportation voiceover announcer Bernie Wagenblast.

Link to video on FiOS 1's Push Pause:

http://youtu.be/ogZab81CD8Q

 

 

Upcoming Events

Symposium: Integrated Corridor Management – Using Technology and Partnership to Maximize Transportation System Capacity – July 24 – Newark, New Jersey

http://www.njtpa.org/Involved/Events/072412_ICM_Symposium/IntegratedCorridorManagement.ASPX

 

 

Friday Bonus  

Before cloaking devices could be used for starships, a smaller scale project was tried.

http://www.faithistorment.com/2012/05/floating-photos-by-zhao-huasen.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1977 **35^th anniversary** Subways in New York City stopped and Kennedy and LaGuardia airports closed as a power failure hit the city.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0713.html#article

 

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