Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, November 26, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) Airports Wrestle with Charging for Wi-Fi
Link to article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/nov/24/airports-wrestle-with-wi-fi-issue/
2) Ultramain Systems Digitalizes Flight Logs
Link to article from the Albuquerque Journal:
http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10833554/abq-firm-digitalizes-flight-logs
CAMERAS
3) Eight Alabama Traffic Cameras to be Available to Public By Early 2013
Link to article in the Times Daily:
http://timesdaily.com/stories/Eight-traffic-cameras-to-go-public-by-early-2013,198822
OTHER
4) Ahmedabad to Host Indo-Japanese ITS Seminar
Link to article in The Times of India:
5) Idaho Transportation Department Info Sales Pull In $5.4 Million
Link to AP article:
6) Thinking Aloud – Show 7
Link to podcast from Thinking Highways:
http://www.thinkingaloudpodcast.com/previous.php
ROADWAYS
7) Inrix Now Collects Traffic Data from 100 Million Drivers, Shows Black Friday Congestion Up 32.5% Despite E-Commerce
Link to article on TechCrunch:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/26/inrix/
8) Virginia Beach, Virginia Residents Upset About LED Traffic Signs
Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/11/va-beach-residents-upset-about-led-traffic-signs
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) US Department of Homeland Security Spent $430 Million on Radios Its Employees Don't Know How to Use
Link to article from ProPublica:
10) Illinois State Agencies, Telephone Companies and Superstars Come Together to End Distracted Driving
Link to article in Caution!:
http://www.cautionmagazine.org/Fall2012/Fall2012.html (page 11)
11) A Modest Rebuttal of the NTSB's 2013 Most Wanted List for Cars
Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:
http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2012/11/18/The-NTSB-should-choose-the-market-over-the-mandate-when-seeking-to-motivate-car-makers.aspx
12) 2012 eCall Newsletter
Link to newsletter:
http://www.ertico.com/2012-ecall-newsletter-published/
TELEMATICS
13) Ford Revamps Sync, MyFord Touch for Fiesta
Link to article in The Detroit News:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121126/AUTO0102/211260353/
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/pqahW
14) Chrysler Avoids Touch-Screen Woes By Letting Ford, GM Blunder
Link to Bloomberg article:
15) OnStar Gives Volt Owners What They Want: Their Data, in the Cloud
Link to article on Ars Technica:
TRANSIT
16) Sydney Transport Electronic Ticketing System Almost Here
Link to AAP article:
http://www.zdnet.com/au/sydney-transport-electronic-ticketing-system-almost-here-7000007855/
17) Every City with a Public Transit Network Should Copy Seattle's New Map
Link to column in Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/seattle-adopts-frequent-map-2012-11
18) Developing Regional Mobility Management Centers
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168118.aspx
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19) Wyoming DOT Looking for More Volunteers to Report Real-Time Road Conditions
Link to article in the Casper Star-Tribune:
20) Work Begins on Chennai Integrated Traffic Management System
Link to article in The Asian Age:
http://www.asianage.com/chennai/vvip-route-be-automated-first-329
21) New York State DOT Keeping Watch on Holiday Traffic in New Hartford
Link to article in the Observer-Dispatch:
http://www.uticaod.com/latestnews/x970312834/State-keeping-watch-on-New-Hartford-traffic
22) Electronic Traffic Signs Help Every Day
Link to commentary in the Poughkeepsie Journal:
23) Interview with Traffic Reporter and TCN Editor Bernie Wagenblast
Link to Let's Talk with Gary Gellman on FiOS 1:
http://www.gellman.tv/everythingnj/302-wagenblasttasymike
News Releases
1) Public Space Wi-Fi Provider ICOA Acquired by Google for $400 Million
2) Boston Universities Launch Campus Card Taxi Payments with CBORD and CMT
Solicitation
- Request for Bids – I-35 Corridor ITS Infrastructure Deployment Project – Iowa DOT
http://www.iowadot.gov/purchasing/lettingschedule.htm
Upcoming Events
Social Media Use By Transportation Agencies and Hurricane Sandy – November 27 – New York City
http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/rudin-11-27-2012
Today in Transportation History
1937 **75th anniversary** Boris Yegorov, the first physician to fly in space, was born in Moscow.
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/14/obituaries/boris-b-yegorov-57-first-physician-in-space.html
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