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Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 25, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

Visit GEWI at ITS World Congress in Vienna

If you are attending the ITS World Congress in Vienna, please visit us in person at GEWI stand P18 or at the TISA stand E40 and claim a free gift as GEWI celebrates its 20^th year delivering world-class traffic information solutions. You can also see the latest developments in TIC, which are used for a variety of transportation-related projects and used by a wide-range of public and private sector organizations worldwide. New to be shown at ITS World Congress will be TIC's ability to distribute information to connected graphical VMS signs. If you are unable to attend ITS World Congress this year, then visit GEWI at www.gewi.com to view GEWI's products, to learn about GEWI history, to meet some of GEWI's people and to quickly learn from some of GEWI's TIC product videos which powerfully demonstrate how in over 125 projects worldwide, TIC CONNECTS Systems – Vehicles – Travellers

AVIATION

1) Budget Airline Ryanair Launches €3 Smartphone App

Link to article in Airport World:

http://airport-world.com/news-articles/item/2019-budget-airline-ryanair-launches-new-%E2%82%AC3-smartphone-app

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

OTHER

2) US, Australia Transport Unions Form Alliance

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/25/uk-airlines-unions-idUSLNE89O01W20121025

3) ITS World Congress Daily News

Link to newsletter from ITS International:

http://campaign.route2email.com/view.aspx?id=368

4) News from ERTICO

- Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the 19^thITS World Congress

http://www.ertico.com/highlights-from-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-19th-its-world-congress/

- Highlights from the ITS Hall of Fame at the 19^th ITS World Congress

http://www.ertico.com/highlights-from-the-its-hall-of-fame-at-the-19th-its-world-congress/

PARKING

5) Seattle Considers Pay-by-Phone Parking App

Link to story on KIRO-TV:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/seattle-considers-pay-phone-parking-app/nSm7K/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) State DOTs' Social Media Activity on the Rise, AASHTO Survey Finds

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/article/State-DOTs-social-media-activity-on-the-rise-AASHTO-survey-finds--33100

ROADWAYS

7) Confusion Reigns Over 'Closed' Signs at I-95 Express Lanes in Florida

Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-10-24/news/fl-95-express-closed-20121024_1_alicia-torrez-northbound-lanes-plastic-poles

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Flaw Seen in TSA Boarding-Pass Security

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2012/10/24/tsa-precheck-flaw/1654781/

9) Ohio DOT First in US to Use New Snowplow Lights

Link to story on WHIO-TV:

http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/odot-first-to-use-new-snowplow-lights/nSnJb/

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Rural Traffic Incident Management Webinar

Link to recorded webinar:

https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/p48tb8dctvi/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

TRANSIT

11) New York MTA is Putting Subway Countdown App on Smartphones and Home Computers

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-countdown-clocks-coming-smartphones-article-1.1191659

12) Fairbanks, Alaska Bus System Improves Tracking System, Signs

Link to article in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner:

http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/20569666/article-Borough-aims-for-easy-riding--%E2%80%98Consistent-and-convenient%E2%80%99-is-the-goal-for-public-transportation

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Florida DOT to Install Cameras and Signs on I-75, Site of Crash That Killed 11

Link to article in The Gainesville Sun:

www.gainesville.com/article/20121024/ARTICLES/121029761

14) West Virginia Public Service Commission OKs 511 Travel Information System

Link to AP article:

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/WVa-PSC-OKs-511-Travel-Information-System-175837231.html

VEHICLES

15) Papers from 12^th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicles Online

Link to papers:

http://road-transport-technology.org/conferenceproceedings/hvtt-12/

News Releases

1) GEWI Demonstrates How Its TIC Connects Systems, Vehicles and Travelers

2) Australian Teams Top ITS World Congress Video Awards

3) Kapsch TrafficCom Partners with ITS Australia

4) ITS Australia and ITS Canada Sign MOU

5) Public Transport ITS Market in Europe Expected to Reach €1.5 Billion by 2016

6) SITA and NEC Join Forces as European Union Moves to Automated Gates at Borders

7) Houston Airport System Launches Aviation Club to Boost Next Generation of Aviation and Aerospace Leaders

8) Qatar Mobility Innovations Centre Taking Part in ITS World Congress

9) Swedish Government and TomTom Cooperate on Map Freshness

10) TomTom Launches Enhanced Version of HD Traffic for Government and Business

11) National Data Warehouse and TomTom Cooperate to Benchmark Historical Traffic Data

Solicitation

- Request for Proposals – Emergency Vehicle On-Board Device Distractions – ITS America

http://db.tt/Yt4DrlbL

Upcoming Events

Telematics for Fleet Management USA – November 13-14 – Atlanta

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/fleet/

Today in Transportation History

1812 **200^th anniversary** The frigate USS United States captured the British frigate HMS Macedonian in the North Atlantic during the War of 1812.

http://www.historycentral.com/1812/macedonia.html

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