[TCN] Tuesday, July 31, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, July 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Less than six weeks to go for IBTTA's 80^th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando, held September 9-13, 2012! This year's annual meeting will be the year's largest gathering of industry professionals providing top-notch content, and attendees will have the opportunity to participate in exciting special events and tours. Hosted by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, you will learn about tolling solutions and experiences from across the globe. Join IBTTA in Orlando and network with toll industry professionals and hear experts discuss transportation policies, contemporary issues and innovative solutions to worldwide mobility challenges.

 

Register by August 24, 2012 to receive the early bird registration discount. And be sure to book your hotel by August 14, 2012 to receive the IBTTA negotiated rate. To get all the meeting details and to register, visit www.ibtta.org/orlando.   

 

 

OTHER

 

1) ACLU Wants to Know How License Plate Data is Used

Link to AP article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57483259/aclu-wants-to-know-how-license-plate-data-is-used/

 

2) Def Con: How to Hack All the Transport Networks of a Country

Link to blog in Computerworld:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/cybercrime-and-hacking/20766/def-con-how-hack-all-transport-networks-country

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

3) Minnesota DOT Aims to Educate Motorists on Aggressive Driving

Link to story on KARE-TV:

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/985092/391/MnDOT-aims-to-educate-motorists-on-agressive-driving

 

ROADWAYS

 

4) For Los Angeles Area Colleges, Some Freeway Publicity

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/29/local/la-me-college-signs-20120729

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Pact Signed to Improve Safety on Qatar Roads

Link to article in the Gulf Times:

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=522307&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

 

6) Distractions Come Naturally to Teenage Drivers

Link to story on Vermont Public Radio:

http://www.vpr.net/npr/157614740/

 

7) Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/167507.aspx

 

TELEMATICS

 

8) Telematics, Usage-Based Insurance and Driver Education

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/insurance-telematics/telematics-ubi-and-driver-education

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Planned New York City Subway Disruptions Now Part of Google Maps

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://transportationnation.org/2012/07/31/planned-nyc-subway-disruptions-now-part-of-google-maps/

 

10) How Technology Transforms Public Transit

Link to article in State Tech:

http://www.statetechmagazine.com/article/2012/07/how-technology-transforms-public-transit

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Some Drivers Say Virginia 511 is Still Lacking

Link to story on WVEC-TV:

http://www.wvec.com/news/Some-drivers-say-511-is-still-lacking-164481256.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Telematics Asia – September 3-5 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

http://telematicswire.net/conf/2012/kl/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1992 **20^th anniversary** Two airliner crashes killed a total of 221 people.

A Thai Airways International flight en route to Nepal crashed north of Kathmandu killing all 113 people on board.  A China General Aviation crashed shortly after takeoff in Nanjing.  Of the 126 people aboard, 108 died.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920731-0

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920731-1

 

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