Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, November 30, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Lawmakers: Lax FAA Rules on Drone Surveillance Will Put Privacy at Risk
Link to article in The Hill:
2) An Airport App Takes You Outside, to a Rental Car
Link to blog in The New York Times:
http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/an-airport-app-takes-you-outside-to-a-rental-car/
3) Better Know an Airport with iOS and Airport Guide
Link to blog on CNET:
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57556282-285/better-know-an-airport-with-ios-and-airport-guide/
CAMERAS
4) Site-Based Video System Design and Development
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166323.aspx
OTHER
5) Partnerships with Japan, EU Accelerate ITS Development
Link to article from the Volpe Transportation Systems Center:
http://www.volpe.dot.gov/noteworthy/2012/pwjeaid.html
6) Stranded Nairobi Commuters Turn to Social Media for Transport
Link to article in the Daily Nation:
7) First Phase of ITS to Be Ready in Hyderabad by End of 2013
Link to article in The Hindu:
8) New J.D. Power Survey Ranks Travel-Booking Websites
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2012/11/30/jd-power-travel-website-survey/1735579/
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/6eJIx
9) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – December 2012
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2012/2012-Dec.pdf
ROADWAYS
10) New Hampshire Lawmakers May Look at Selling Naming Rights to Bridges, Overpasses
Link to article in the Concord Monitor:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/3063110-95/naming-rights-bill-state
TAXIS
11) Taxi Documentary Brings Cabbie Grit and Wisdom
Link to article on Transportation Nation:
http://transportationnation.org/2012/11/30/taxi-documentary-brings-cabbie-grit-and-wisdom-video/
News Releases
1) Urban Transport Experts Meet at Polis Conference
2) GEWI to Participate in ITS America TPEG Webinar
3) TRN Indian Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management Market, 2012-17
TCN Contributions
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Friday Bonus
Here's a sidewalk that will literally put a bounce in your step.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57556003-1/feeling-jumpy-bounce-down-a-trampoline-sidewalk/
Solicitation
- Call for Presentations – ITS Australia Summit 2013 – ITS Australia
https://www.its-australia.com.au/events/its-summit-2013/
Upcoming Events
Intertraffic China – March 4-6 – Beijing
http://www.intertraffic.com/intertraffic-china/Pages/default.aspx
Today in Transportation History
1962 **50th anniversary** Eastern Airlines Flight 512 crashed while attempting to land at New York International Airport (Idlewild). Of the 51 people aboard, 25 were killed.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19621130-0
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