Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, June 24, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA Says It Will Be Months Before In-Flight Electronics Ban is Lifted
Link to article on TechCrunch:
2) Cellphone Lots Becoming a Key Airport Feature
Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
3) Tracking Dreamliners' Every Move Inside the 787 Ops Center
Link to story on CNBC:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100838334
4) Brisbane Airport Introduces Big Screen to Display Passengers' Texts
Link to article in Airport World:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) Federal Trade Commission to Review Google's Acquisition of Waze
Link to article on Tech Week Europe:
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/ftc-google-waze-acquisition-119853
OTHER
6) Report Identifies Innovations That Will Change Transportation
Link to article on DC Velocity:
7) Would an Hourglass Traffic Light Work Better?
Link to blog on Good:
http://www.good.is/posts/would-an-hourglass-traffic-light-work-better
PEDESTRIANS
8) Installation of Neighborhood Maps Begins in New York City
Link to blog in Crain's New York Business:
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130624/BLOGS04/130629947
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) Public Kept in the Dark on Chicago Red-Light Camera Bids
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-red-light-secrecy-20130624,0,577260.story
10) Queensland Invites Developers to Create Transport Apps
Link to article on ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/au/qld-follows-nsws-lead-on-developing-transport-tracking-apps-7000017179/
RAILROADS
11) Articles from June Issue of Progressive Railroading
- How Information Technology Helps Connect the Strategic Dots at Union Pacific Railroad
- R&D Key to the IT Evolution at Union Pacific
- Passenger Rail Executives Cite Barriers to Meeting PTC Deadline
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Buses in Cuttack, India Required to Display Phone Numbers of Police Stations
Link to article in The New Indian Express:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13) Spokane, Washington Begins Installing Message Signs on City Streets
Link to article in The Spokesman-Review:
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/24/work-begins-to-install-city-signs-meant-to-keep/
VEHICLES
14) California DMV Forced to Make Rules for Google's Car
Link to story on KFSN-TV:
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/national_world&id=9147124
15) Nebraska Railroad License Plate Named Best in Nation
Link to AP article:
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/24/neb-railroad-license-plate-named-best-in-nation/
News Releases
1) Temecula, California Introduces 'Reserved Combat Wounded' Parking Signs
2) South Australia Police Providing Online Access to Red-Light Camera Photos
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Connectivity for Trucks – July 18
Today in Transportation History
1918 **95th anniversary** The first airmail flight in Canada took place.
http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Canada/first_airmail_flight.htm
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