[TCN] Friday, September 28, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, September 28, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) UK's Cambridge Airport to Install Wind Turbine-Detecting Radar

Link to article on BusinessGreen

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2208882/cambridge-airport-to-install-wind-turbine-detecting-radar

 

2) Dubai Airport to Be Featured on National Geographic Documentary

Link to article in Gulf News:

http://gulfnews.com/business/aviation/dubai-airport-to-be-featured-on-national-geographic-1.1081810

 

3) NATS to Head-Up Environmentally 'Perfect' Transatlantic Flight Trials

Link to article in Air Transport World:

http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines-components/news/nats-head-environmentally-perfect-transatlantic-flight-trials-0927

 

4) Idaho Transportation Department Launches Free Airport Directory App

Link to article in the AASHTO Journal:

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/092812Idaho.aspx

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) Media Relations and the 'Social' Evolution

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/media-relations-and-the-social-evolution/

 

SPACE

 

6) US Space Fence Plants First Post in Marshall Islands

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/us-space-fence-plants-first-post-on-a-pacific-island-7000004964/

 

TRANSIT

 

7) MARTA to Release Open-Source Data to Third-Party Developers

Link to column in Creative Loafing Atlanta:

http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2012/09/27/finally-marta-to-release-open-source-data-about-buses-trains-to-third-party-developers-possibly-in-coming-weeks

 

8) How Driverless Cars Will Revolutionize the Transit System

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/09/driverless-cars-would-reshape-automobiles-and-transit-system/3432/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

9) Indonesian Government Allocates Rp110 Billion for Transportation System Pilot

Link to article in Tempo:

http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2012/09/28/brk,20120928-432583,uk.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

Airport Customer Service/Volunteer Ambassador Conference – October 21-23 – Portland, Oregon

http://events.aaae.org/sites/121005/index.cfm

 

 

Friday Bonus  

This may be the ultimate mix of transportation and communications.

http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/public-transportation/public-transit-art-map-london-underground-also-working-radio-circuit-board/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1542 **470^th anniversary** Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was the first European to discover what today is known as San Diego Bay.

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/online_resources/cabrillo.html

 

1992 **20^th anniversary** Critical Mass, then known as Commute Clog, held their first bicycle protest ride in San Francisco.

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/Critical-Mass-turns-10-A-decade-of-defiance-2767020.php

 

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