[TCN] Thursday, March 14, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, March 14, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Unlicensed Radio Station Shut Down in Massachusetts After Interfering with Aviation

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/03/12/federal-officials-seize-equipment-for-reported-pirate-radio-station-brockton/enjD6SUmZP2NMuxTvFEBqK/story.html

 

2) Chicago Mayor Pushes Digital Ad Expansion at Airports

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-city-council-roundup-0314-20130314,0,7822743.story

 

3) How Air Traffic Control Can Use Television Signals to Plot Aircraft

Link to article in The Economist:

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21573527-how-air-traffic-control-can-use-television-signals-plot-aircraft-programme

 

4) Adding Harvey Milk's Name to San Francisco Airport Could Cost Less Than Anticipated

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2013/03/adding-harvey-milk-s-name-sfo-could-cost-less-anticipated

 

5) Exicon: Airlines Must Tailor Mobile Solutions for the Passenger Experience

Link to article on Future Travel Experience:

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2013/03/exicon-airlines-must-tailor-mobile-solutions-for-the-passenger-experience

 

6) How Heathrow Airport Uses Social Media – Part I

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/home/general-news/item/2405-social-media-blog-q-a-with-heathrow-s-head-of-passenger-communications-part-1

 

7) Finnair Travelers Can Use Facebook to 'Check-In' On Flights and See Who Else is Aboard

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/home/general-news/item/2435-aviation-social-media-how-to-check-in-using-facebook

 

CAMERAS

 

8) Red-Light Camera Company to Pay $4.2 Million to New Jersey Motorists

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/red-light_camera_company_to_pa.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

9) Mapping the Growth of OpenStreetMap

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/03/mapping-growth-openstreetmap/4982/

 

OTHER

 

10) Mobile Travel Apps a Target for Patent Trolls

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2013/03/14/news/mobile-travel-apps-a-target-for-patent-trolls

 

11) LED Concrete Walls Could Be Used for Communication and Advertising

Link to article on World Architecture News:

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=22041&region=3

 

12) The Streetlight of the Future Will Do So Much More Than Light Your Street

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/03/streetlight-future-will-do-so-much-more-light-your-street/4958/

 

13) Traffic Technology International – February/March 2013

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/29d51362#/29d51362/1

 

PARKING

 

14) Pre-Paid Stickers Hard to Spot on Seattle Parking Meters

Link to story on KIRO-TV:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/pre-paid-stickers-hard-spot-parking-meters/nWrMQ/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

15) Want to Track Hazardous Chemicals in Train Cars? Good Luck

Link to article in the Winona Daily News:

http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_8d334dd4-8c57-11e2-9ffc-0019bb2963f4.html

 

16) US DOT Gets 'D' in Report on Responding to Freedom of Information Act Requests

Link to article in The Daily Caller:

http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/14/obama-administration-fails-watchdogs-transparency-test/

 

17) New Jersey Transit Attempts Transparency with New 'Sandy Recovery' Page on Website

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/NJ_Transit_approves_17M_more_for_Sandy_recovery.html

 

18) Oil and Gas Lobby Starts Ad Campaign Defending Tax Breaks

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/287901-oil-and-gas-lobby-starts-ad-campaign-defending-tax-breaks

 

19) Games in the Classroom: Teaching Transportation Planning with Board Games

Link to article in Catalyst:

http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/catalyst/2013/march/games/

 

ROADWAYS

 

20) Bombay High Court Directs Traffic Signs and Markings Be Put Up Across Mumbai

Link to TNN article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/High-court-directs-BMC-to-put-up-traffic-signs-across-Mumbai/articleshow/18962561.cms

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

21) More US than European Drivers Are On the Phone

Link to AP article:

http://seattletimes.com/html/politics/2020556968_apusdistracteddrivingusvseurope.html

 

22) California Earthquake Showcases Merits of Early Warning System

Link to McClatchy News article:

http://www.governing.com/news/state/mct-ca-earthquake-shows-merits-of-early-warning-system.html

 

23) Florida State Senator Simulates Accident to Show Why Texting Ban is Needed

Link to article in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-texting-ban-advances-20130313,0,3727598.story

 

24) Newspaper Gets Reaction to Photo of Girl Walking on Railroad Track

Link to commentary in The Pilot:

http://www.thepilot.com/news/2013/mar/13/railroad-photo-reaction-just-keeps-rolling-along/

 

TELEMATICS

 

25) Telematics Providing Food Shippers with Better Product Visibility

Link to article in Truck News:

http://www.trucknews.com/news/telematics-providing-food-shippers-with-better-product-visibility/1002142958/

 

TRANSIT

 

26) Software Collapse Behind Lunch-Hour Shutdown of Montreal Metro System

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/montreal/Software+collapse+behind+lunch+hour+shutdown+m%C3%A9tro/8090301/story.html

 

27) MARTA Begins Website Ad Pilot Project

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/news/story/2013/03/marta-begins-website-ad-pilot-project.aspx

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

28) Using Facebook Login, Waze Has Been on the Road to Success

Link to AllFacebook blog:

http://allfacebook.com/waze-developer-spotlight_b112938

 

 

News Releases

1) British Transport Police Officers in Wales Get New Body-Worn Video Cameras

2) Aviation Week Wins Two Neal Awards for Editorial Excellence

3) Metro Aviation Launches App to Decrease Medical Helicopter Response Time

4) Human Recognition Systems Maps Out the Airport Passenger Experience of the Future

5) GEWI's TIC Generates Graphical Images for Variable Message Signs

6) US DOT to Offer Training on Connected Vehicles at ITS America Annual Meeting

7) Seattle Mayor Advances Work Toward Adaptive Traffic Signal System

8) Alaska and Southwest Airlines Lead Industry in 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings

9) Report: Connected Car Market Worth $98.42 Billion by 2018

10) Orbcomm to Acquire MobileNet, Inc.

11) Now! Innovations to Partner with BMW to Provide Billing and Payment Platform

12) Hyundai First to Offer Real-Time Traffic Updates in New Zealand

 

 

Upcoming Events

World Low Cost Airlines Americas – April 9-10 – Coral Gables, Florida

http://www.terrapinn.com/2013/low-cost-airlines-world-americas/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1863 **150^th anniversary** Casey Jones, a railroad engineer who died while trying to stop his passenger train from colliding with a stalled freight train, was born in Missouri.

http://www.taco.com/roots/caseyjones.html

 

1903 **110th anniversary** The US Senate ratified the Hay-Herrán treaty between the US and Columbia.  The treaty would have allowed the US to build a canal across the Panamanian isthmus, and to lease a strip of land in perpetuity.  The treaty was never ratified by the Columbian congress.

http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/PanamaCanal.html

 

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