[TCN] Monday, September 17, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, September 17, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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GPS / NAVIGATION

 

1) GPS Shoes Guide You Home with a Click of the Heels

Link to article on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2012/09/15/gps-shoes/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

2) Utah Transit Authority Won't Discuss Its Crime Data, Citing Records Dispute

Link to article in the Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54891258-78/data-crime-uta-lake.html.csp

 

RAILROADS

 

3) Railinc, IT Provider to the Rail Industry, Rides a Growth Wave

Link to article in The News & Observer:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/09/15/2344281/railinc-it-provider-to-the-rail.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

4) When Disaster is About to Strike, New York City Says It Can Get the Message Out

Link to story on WNYC Radio:

http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2012/sep/16/when-disaster-about-strike-nyc-says-it-can-get-message-out/

 

TAXIS

 

5) New York City's Disabled Can Now Call a Cab Without Wave or Whistle

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://transportationnation.org/2012/09/14/nycs-disabled-can-now-call-a-cab-without-wave-or-whistle/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

6) Arizona DOT Unveils $2.1 Million Upgrade to Traffic Operations Center

Link to story on KTVK-TV:

http://www.azfamily.com/traffic/ADOT-unveils-21M-upgrade-to-Traffic-Operations-Center-170029736.html

 

7) Thailand Introduces Mobile App for Traffic Report on Demand

Link to article in FutureGov:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2012/sep/15/thailand-introduces-mobile-app-traffic-report-dema/

 

8) New Center to Tackle Bangalore's Traffic Bottlenecks

Link to article in the Deccan Herald:

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/279168/centre-tackle-bangalores-traffic-bottlenecks.html

 

9) Indian Government to Use Fines for Better Traffic Management

Link to article on Firstpost:

http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/govt-to-study-fine-collection-for-better-traffic-management-458857.html

 

10) Pune Traffic Police Set to Relaunch Traffic Updates Via SMS

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-16/pune/33879642_1_traffic-police-vishwas-pandhre-traffic-violators

 

11) Profile of Sydney Helicopter Traffic Reporter, Vic Lorusso

Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/meet-the-man-who-looks-down-on-us-all-20120914-25voi.html

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Cars as a Service? Mercedes-Benz Latest to Use Cloud to Flog Vehicles

Link to article in Network World:

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/091412-mercedes-cloud-262473.html?hpg1=bn

 

 

News Releases

1) Volvo Car Corporation Aims for Leadership Within Autonomous Driving Technology

2) Volvo: Platooned Traffic Can Be Integrated with Other Road Users on Conventional Highways

3) New York MTA Expands Website Functionality

4) Plan Your York Regional Transit/Viva Trip in Real-Time on Google

 

 

Upcoming Events

Telematics Valley – October 9-10 – Gothenburg, Sweden

http://www.telematicsvalley.org/events/telematics-valley-events/telematics-valley-international-conference-2012/programme.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** NASA introduced Astronaut Group 2.  In this group of nine were Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, James Lovell and Edward White.

http://www.spaceline.org/astronauts/nasagroup2.html

 

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