Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, December 24, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057
Merry Christmas!
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AVIATION
1) US DOT Inspector General to Study Staffing at Air Traffic Control Facilities
Link to Bloomberg article:
2) Airport Cuisine at the Touch of a Screen
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/21/travel/ipads-at-airports/index.html
3) Technology's Impact on Passenger Facilitation at Airports
Link to article in Airport World:
http://www.airport-world.com/publications/all-online-articles/item/1554-easy-travel
MARITIME
4) Vessel Traffic Management System Being Built Along Ghana's Coast
Link to article on GhanaWeb:
http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=260446
RAILROADS
5) Train Safety Too Costly for Some Chicago Suburbs
Link to article in the Daily Herald:
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121221/news/712219914/
ROADWAYS
6) Faded Marks on Scotland Roads Put Lives at Risk
Link to article in The Scotsman:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/faded-marks-on-roads-put-lives-at-risk-1-2705773
TRANSIT
7) Toledo Bus Riders to Get Real-Time Updates by Phone, Signs
Link to article in The Blade:
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/12/24/TARTA-bus-locator-to-be-ready-next-month.html
8) New Software System Proposed for Nashua, New Hampshire Buses
Link to article in the New Hampshire Union Leader:
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20121221/NEWS06/121229810
9) Experimental Bus-Guidance System on Hold in Oregon
Link to article in The Register-Guard:
http://www.registerguard.com/web/news/cityregion/29209319-41/bus-ltd-project-system-arnold.html.csp
10) Providing an Alternative to Google and Apple, Transit Hopes to Be Your Next Routing App
Link to article on BetaKit:
11) A Look Back at the Year in Transit Technology
Link to article on The Transit Wire:
http://www.thetransitwire.com/2012/12/24/a-look-back-at-the-year-in-transit-technology
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Electronic Signs for George Washington Bridge to Be Updated
Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121222/BIZ/212220314/-1/NEWS
13) Forecasting and Delivery of Highway Travel-Time Reliability Information
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168305.aspx
14) Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel-Time Reliability
Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168142.aspx
VEHICLES
15) Carmakers Developing High-Tech Sensors for Drivers
Link to story on Marketplace:
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/carmakers-developing-hi-tech-sensors-drivers
16) Think How Much Smarter Your Car Will Be in a Few Years
Link to blog in Forbes:
News Releases
1) Germany's DLR Researches Maritime Flight Missions Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Solicitation
- Funding Proposals – Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) – Transportation Research Board
http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168304.aspx
Upcoming Events
Exporail 2013 – Cancun, Mexico – January 27-29
http://exporail.com.mx/exporail2013e/index.html
Today in Transportation History
1777 **235th anniversary** Captain James Cook made the first European discovery of Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
http://www.kiribatitourism.gov.ki/index.php/aboutkiribati/history
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