Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, August 16, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Breakthrough Radar System Helps Pilots Avoid Rough Turbulence
Link to story on ABC News' Nightline:
Link to video: http://soc.li/yT3LVK
2) FAA Rules Wind Turbines Off Cape Cod Will Not Affect Air Traffic
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
3) Cyberwars Reach a New Frontier: the Airport
Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-15/cyber-wars-reach-a-new-frontier-the-airport
4) Designing an Open Source Geospatial Solution to Manage Airport Noise and Operations
Link to Farallon Geographics' GIS & Geospatial Blog:
http://www.fargeo.com/blog/open-source-geospatial-solution-to-manage-airport-noise-and-operations (part 1)
http://www.fargeo.com/blog/flight-tracking-and-noise-management-using-open-source-gis-tools-part-2 (part 2)
CAMERAS
5) Covered Pedestrian Signals at Woodbridge, New Jersey Red-Light Camera Intersections Raise Questions
Link to article on Woodbridge Patch:
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Massachusetts Reverses Call on Uber Flap
Will let car service operate after shutdown over GPS device.
Link to article in the Boston Herald:
MARITIME
7) NOAA: Ship Noise Cutting Whale Communication
Link to article in USA Today:
Link to abstract in Conservation Biology:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01908.x/abstract
OTHER
8) Articles from Georgia DOT's Milepost Newsletter – Summer 2012
- GeoTRAQS Improves Tracking and Information Gathering (page 4)
- Creative Traffic Management on GA 400 (page 6)
- District Office Ready for 'Action' in Support of Film Industry (page 9)
- Anatomy of a HERO and His Truck (page 10)
PARKING
9) Video Helps Beijing Police Punish Illegal Parking
Link to story on China Radio International:
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/08/16/2561s717558.htm
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) Nigeria Turns to Technology in Attempt to Cut Road Deaths
Link to article in The Guardian:
www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/14/nigeria-technology-cut-road-deaths
TELEMATICS
11) Big Brother Takes the Wheel
Your insurance company wants to install a device in your car to track your every decision and move. Be afraid.
Link to commentary in Salon:
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/16/big_brother_takes_the_wheel/
12) Kia: 'Mobile Carriers Will Play a Major Role in Telematics'
Link to article on Telecoms.com:
http://www.telecoms.com/48190/kia-mobile-carriers-will-play-a-major-role-in-telematics/
13) Telematics in Brazil: Security for Cars and Cargo, Part I
Link to article on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
14) Google Maps Now Features Schedules for Over 1 Million Transit Stops Worldwide
Link to blog from Google:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/google-maps-now-has-schedules-for-more.html
VEHICLES
15) Studying the Connected Car on Two Continents
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/08/two-connected-car-studies/
16) GM's Alicia Boler-Davis: Be the 'Best Company' in Customer Experience
Link to video on Automotive News TV:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20120816/VIDEO/308169833/1129
News Releases
1) Illinois' RTA Board Approves Innovative Projects that Will Enhance the Customer Experience
5) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Launches Facebook Page
6) Meritor WABCO Receives National Transportation Award
Upcoming Events
Local Transportation Asset Management Virtual Conference & Innovation Showcase – September 18-20
http://www.lotransvirtualconference.org/
Today in Transportation History
1927 **85th anniversary** The Dole Derby began with eight airplanes taking off from Oakland, California. Only two of the planes made it to Hawaii.
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