[TCN] Friday, April 19, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, April 19, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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GEWI To Exhibit New TIC Browser, Data Quality and Relation Features at ITS America

GEWI will be exhibiting many new features of its TIC3 software product designed to improve data quality, speed operator performance, and provide the same advanced features of the TIC Smart Client in HML5 compatible browsers using TIC Smart Client for Web Browsers. Mobile users may also enter traffic using TIC Smart Client for the iPad. All of these GEWI projects will be available for demonstration at ITS America.

 

Founded in 1992, GEWI is the world leader in software for the collection, storage, creation, monitoring and distribution of traffic related data. The TIC3 product is a result of 15 years of product development and all of the new features are a result of feedback from GEWI customers worldwide.

 

GEWI will exhibit in booth #206 at ITS America at the Gaylord Exhibition Center in Nashville, Tennessee April 22nd – 24th. For more information or to schedule a demonstration, contact jim.oneill@gewi.com.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Planes on the Same Runway More Often, US DOT Inspector General Warns

Link to article in USA Today

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/04/18/runway-incidents/2094051/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

2) US DOT Launches Geographic View of National ITS Deployment

Link to further information from ITS Joint Program Office:

http://www.its.dot.gov/assetviewer/index.htm

 

PARKING

 

3) Technology Helps Stressed Montclair State University Students Locate Parking

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/203727491_Technology_helps_stressed_MSU_students_locate_parking.html

 

4) Parking Leaflets Move in Scotland Slated as 'Dangerous'

Link to article in The Courier:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/parking-leaflets-move-slated-as-dangerous-1.85742

 

ROADWAYS

 

5) South Korean Network Bans Psy Music Video for Traffic Cone Abuse

Link to article on The Hollywood Gossip:

http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2013/04/psy-gentleman-video-banned-by-south-korean-network-for-traffic-c/

 

SPACE

 

6) NASA Launching Space Apps Hackathon this Weekend

Link to article on Space.com:

http://www.space.com/20738-nasa-space-apps-challenge.html

 

TRANSIT

 

7) Google Maps Now Offers Transit Directions in Israel

Link to article in Haaretz:
http://www.haaretz.com/travel-in-israel/travel-news/google-maps-now-offers-transit-directions-in-israel.premium-1.516353

 

8) E-Displays Coming to Bus Stops of Delhi Metro

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-18/delhi/38646479_1_bus-routes-dtc-bus-network

 

9) Three Creative Ways to Visualize Urban Public Transportation

Link to blog in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681868/3-creative-ways-to-visualize-urban-public-transportation

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) New Traffic Control Hub Opens in Scotland

Link to article in The Courier:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/sturgeon-hails-traffic-control-hub-as-exciting-new-chapter-1.85716

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/5iZXT

 

11) Municipality of Koege in Denmark to Use Bluetooth System to Ease Traffic Flow

Link to article in Road Traffic Technology:

http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/news/newsmunicipality-koege-denmark-use-bluetooth-system-ease-traffic-flow

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Oregon Robo-Car Bill Stalls as ODOT Moves Forward with 'Connected Car' Study

Link to article in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/04/oregon_driverless_car_bill_sta.html

 

 

News Releases

1) ITS America's 2013 Annual Meeting to Begin National Discussion on Next-Generation Transportation Solutions to Improve Infrastructure, Reduce Gridlock, Save Lives

2) FCC Chairman's Remarks at Distracted Driving Technology Showcase

3) Improving Communication to Aid the Efficiency of Public Transport

4) OmniAir Consortium Transitions to New Interim Executive Director

5) Transit Media to Account for 45% of the Indian Advertising Market By 2016

 

 

Friday Bonus

You won't see this on Cake Boss, but it's every bit as creative as those baked masterpieces.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/airport-employee-pens-resignation-letter-cake-213626978.html

 

 

Upcoming Events

International Municipal Signal Association Annual Conference and School – July 16-23 – Scottsdale, Arizona

http://www.imsasafety.org/2013conf/conf2013.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1993 **20^th anniversary** South Dakota governor George Mickelson, and seven others died when their plane crashed in Iowa.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/21/obituaries/george-mickelson-52-governor-of-south-dakota-dies-in-a-crash.html?pagewanted=1

 

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