[TCN] Tuesday, September 11, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Lets American Airlines Pilots Replace 35 Pounds of Paper with iPad Tablets

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/09/faa-lets-american-airlines-pilots-replace-35-pounds-of-paper-with-ipad-tablets.html/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/vye2q

 

2) FedEx Becomes First US Airline to Launch NextGen Trial

Link to article in The Commercial Appeal:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/sep/10/fedex-becomes-first-us-airline-to-launch-nextgen

 

3) Atlanta Mayor Fires Three 'Highly Effective' Airport PR Employees

Link to story on WXIA-TV:

http://hapeville.11alive.com/news/news/135249-city-fires-3-highly-effective-atlanta-airport-pr-employees

 

4) NASA Uses Text Analytics to Bolster Aviation Safety

Link to article on SearchBusinessAnalytics:

http://searchbusinessanalytics.techtarget.com/feature/NASA-uses-text-analytics-to-bolster-aviation-safety

 

5) Inflight – Autumn 2012

Link to magazine:

http://www.hmgaerospace.com/hmgmags/inflightautumn2012/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Lawsuits Challenge Shielding of Louisiana DOTD Records

Link to AP article:

http://www.theadvertiser.com/viewart/20120911/NEWS01/209110332/Lawsuits-challenge-shielding-records

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Los Angeles Metrolink Previews $200 Million Crash Prevention System

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-train-control-20120911,0,7251514.story

Link to video from Metrolink: http://youtu.be/GIsQuoFXwe4

 

8) Georgia Governor Forming Advisory Panel of Teen Drivers

Link to AP article:

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/11/4807958/gov-deal-forming-advisory-panel.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

9) Volvo, Apps and Fleet Telematics

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/volvo-apps-and-fleet-telematics

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Sacramento Regional Transit Bus Tracker Goes Mobile

Link to article in the Sacramento Press:

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/73344/Regional_Transit_bus_tracker_goes_mobile

 

11) Santa Monica, California Debates Content of Bus Ads – Agency Not Allowed to Advertise Nonprofits

Link to story on KPCC Radio:

http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/09/11/34230/santa-monica-debates-content-bus-ads/

 

 

News Releases

1) Unisys Predicts US Airports Will Move to Common-Use Facilities Model

2) Texas DOT Releases New Educational Video to Prevent Drunk Driving Among Hispanics

3) Report: Fleet Telematics Adoption Set to Accelerate

4) GreenRoad Partners with GPS Insight to Add Advanced GPS Fleet Tracking

5) Ford Names Date Idea Suggestion Service, Dates.fm, as Winner of Second Sync AppLink Developer Challenge

 

 

Upcoming Events

Managing Road Risk: Back to Basics – October 9 – London

http://www.fleetsafetyforum.org.uk/docs/flyer-12-seminar-road%20risk.pdf

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1972 **40^th anniversary** Bay Area Rapid Transit, better known as BART, began passenger service.

http://www.bart.gov/docs/BARThistory.pdf

 

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