[TCN] Wednesday, November 14, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Orders Airlines to Install Automated Flight Information Reporting System in Aircraft

Link to article in This Day:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ncaa-orders-airlines-to-install-safety-device-in-aircraft/130576/

 

2) Military Aircraft ID Enters New Era

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2012/11/mil-aircraft-id-enters-new-era/

 

3) Londoners Set to Tweet Their Thoughts on Airport Capacity

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news-articles/item/2084-londoners-to-tweet-their-views-on-airport-capacity

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Japan Readies Nav System to Augment GPS

Link to article in EE Times:

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4401374/Japan-readies-Quasi-Zenith-Satellite-System-to-augment-GPS

 

5) GPS Makers Look to In-Car Navigation for Respite

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/gps-makers-look-to-in-car-navigation-for-respite-7000007386/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Board Member Blasts New York State Thruway Authority for Secrecy Over Toll Hike

Link to article in The Buffalo News:

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121113/CITYANDREGION/121119722/1010

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Norfolk Southern Seeks to Improve Railroad Safety by Cultivating a New Safety Culture

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/norfolk_southern/article/Norfolk-Southern-seeks-to-improve-railroad-safety-by-cultivating-a-new-safety-culture--33270

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Variable Speed Limits to Be Introduced in Scotland

Link to article in The Scotsman:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/variable-speed-limits-to-be-introduced-in-scotland-1-2632800

 

9) IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Technology to Reduce Traffic Jams on the Road

Link to article on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2012/11/14/ibm-analytics-traffic/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/B02Lh

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) NTSB Urges Safety Technologies Be Made Standard

Link to AP article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAZBFZ502IvMfL8tyV05ilmLNBaQ?docId=ce5477c03c15461da3b263b6236d7a0d

Link to news release: http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2012/121114.html

 

11) Arizona Agencies Collaborate to Reduce Dust Storm Crashes

Link to Cronkite News Service article:

http://www.mohavedailynews.com/articles/2012/11/14/news/state/doc50a348dce3ad0487428951.txt

 

12) Australia National Transport Commission: Technology Could Cut Road Toll by 25%

Link to article on Transport & Logistics News:

http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2012/11/14/article/technology-could-cut-the-road-toll-by-25-per-cent-ntc/

 

TAXIS

 

13) Uber Faces Another Legal Challenge, This Time at Home in San Francisco

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-32973_3-57549874-296/uber-faces-another-legal-challenge-this-time-home-in-s.f/

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) OnStar Prepares for Mexican Business in Course of 2013

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

http://www.automotiveit.com/onstar-prepares-for-mexican-business-in-2013/news/id-007249

 

TRANSIT

 

15) Real-Time and Route Planning Information Now Available to Cape Town Transit Users

Link to Independent Newspapers article:

http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/internet/logging-on-to-public-transport-1.1423164

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Do We Need Cyber Cops for Cars?

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/11/do-we-need-cyber-cops-cars/59477

 

17) Aftermarket Mirror Gets Smartphone-Like Screen

Link to article on CEoutlook:

http://www.ceoutlook.com/2012/11/14/aftermarket-mirror-gets-smartphone-like-screen/

 

 

News Releases

1) Easytrip Teams Up with O2 For First Mobile Toll Payments Solution

2) Nokia Introduces HERE as New Brand for Its Location and Mapping Service

3) Telefónica and Streetline to Offer M2M Smart Parking Solution

 

 

Upcoming Events

Urban Traffic Management and Control Conference and Exhibition – December 11-12 – Reading, UK

www.utmc.travel2020.co.uk/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1912 **100^th anniversary** Tung-Yen Lin, a structural engineer and pioneer in the standardization of prestressed concrete, was born in Fuzhou, China.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2003/11/18_lin.shtml

 

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