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Selasa, 30 Juli 2013

[TCN] Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airports Are the Next Big Battleground in the Sharing Economy

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/07/29/airports-are-the-next-big-battleground-in-the-sharing-economy/

BUSES

2) Greyhound Rolls Out Streaming Movies and Music for Passengers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/greyhound-rolls-out-streaming-movies-and-music-for-passengers/

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Europe Permits Free Access to Sentinel Earth Observation Data

Link to article on Space News:

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/36527taking-a-cue-from-us-landsat-and-gps-programs-europe-permits-free-access-to

MARITIME

4) New Irish Maritime Administration to Be Created

Link to article in Waypoint AirMed & Rescue Magazine:

http://www.waypointmagazine.com/story529

5) BBC World News Launches on Commercial Maritime Vessels

Link to article in The Maritime Executive:

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/BBC-World-News-Launches-On-Commercial-Maritime-Vessels-Via-Telemar-And-NSSLGlobal/

OTHER

6) Is @Transport the Way Forward?

Link to blog in the National Journal:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/insiders/transportation/is-transport-the-way-forward-20130729

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Takes Blame for I-75/71 Jam; Working to Improve Communications

Link to article in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013307290097

8) 'I'm Stuck' App Helps Delayed Commuters Stick It to Politicians

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-talk-im-stuck-0730-20130730,0,5998099.story

9) Crowdfunded Freedom of Information Act Machine Could Simplify Data Requests

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/data/Crowdfunded-FOIA-Machine-Could-Simplify-Data-Requests.html

RAILROADS

10) Articles from Latest Issue of Future Rail

- New Technologies Could Improve Crossing Safety

http://goo.gl/zzQs7q

- Deutsche Bahn Testing Drone to Tackle Graffitists

http://goo.gl/YE3njS

11) Unequal Pay for New York Penn Station Dispatchers

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/getting_railroaded_d9A15ayLx59XFAPnVWVeuM

12) Amtrak Video Ensures General Climate of Fear

Link to column in the Nelson Mail:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/opinion/columnists/naomi-arnold/8976240/Amtrak-videos-ensure-general-climate-of-fear

13) American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association Produces Video to Commemorate Centennial

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=37030

ROADWAYS

14) Police Want 'Soft' Traffic Opening of Bridge Connecting Maine and New Hampshire

Link to article in the Portsmouth Herald:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130730-NEWS-307300388

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Roswell, Georgia Tries New Method of Catching Red-Light Runners

Link to article in the Revue & News:

http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-NEWS-c-2013-07-30-199998.114126-sub-Blue-light-special-Roswell-tries-new-method-of-catching-red-light-runners.html

16) Michigan DOT Must Revise Safety Campaign

Newspapers says displaying traffic fatalities on electronic signs is distracting.

Link to editorial in the Times Herald:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20130729/OPINION01/307290025/MDOT-must-revise-safety-campaign

TELEMATICS

17) Gamification and Telematics

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/gamification-and-telematics

TRANSIT

18) Report: Transit Ticketing via Smartphone Will Triple in Next Five Years

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/smartphone-ticketing/

19) Interactive Totems Providing Access to Transit Schedules in Milan

Link to article on Digital Signage Connection:

http://www.digitalsignageconnection.com/interactive-totems-providing-access-transit-schedules-milan-637

20) Maryland Transit Administration Seeks Advertising Agencies

Link to article in the Baltimore Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2013/07/29/maryland-transit-administration-issues.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) Cape Cod Traffic Plan in Place for Hurricane Season

Link to article in The Republican:

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/cape_cod_traffic_plan_in_place.html

22) Study: No Exact Way to Measure Port of Entry Wait Times

Link to story on KOLD-TV:

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/22961896/study-no-exact-way-to-measure-port-of-entry-wait-times

23) Kern County, California 511 Lets You Plan Your Trips

Link to story on KERN Radio:

http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x2042021996/First-Look-511-lets-you-plan-your-trips

VEHICLES

24) Software Experts Attack Cars, to Release Code as Hackers Meet

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/net-us-hackers-cars-idUSBRE96R06120130728

25) Technology Will Make or Break Oregon's Mileage Tracking Program

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/state/Technology-Will-Make-or-Break-Oregons-Mileage-Tracking-Program.html

26) iCar Dream Downsizes to Dashboards as Apple Takes on Foes

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-30/icar-dream-downsizes-to-dashboards-as-apple-takes-on-foes.html

27) Calling All 'Codaholics': Automakers Vie for Tech Talent

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-autos-engineers-idUSBRE96S0DL20130729

28) How Mercedes-Benz R&D is Using Google Glass

Link to article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/28/how-mercedes-benz-research.html

News Releases

1) New Operations Center to Manage Christchurch's Transport Network

2) Global Electronic Toll Collect Solution Revenues to Grow to $8.5 Billion by 2018; ETC to Become a Main Source of Funding for ITS and V2X

3) Toward Zero Deaths in Michigan

4) Volkswagen Launches First Generation of In-Car Assistance System on Select 2014 Models

Upcoming Events

Webinar - Social Media: The Meeting of Online and Offline – August 1

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/436912014

Today in Transportation History

1863 **150^th anniversary** Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan.

http://www.thehenryford.org/events/henryFordAnniversary.aspx

1978 **35^th anniversary** Okinawa switches from driving on the right to driving on the left.

http://www.dc.ogb.go.jp/hokkoku/yan_koku/05fukki/106.html (in Japanese)

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Senin, 29 Juli 2013

[TCN] Monday, July 29, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, July 29, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Funding Schemes in Congress Could Ground Drones; FAA Pressured Over Privacy

Link to article in The Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/28/funding-schemes-in-congress-could-ground-drones

2) FAA Tells Foreign Pilots to Use GPS When Landing in San Francisco

Link to story on KNTV-TV:

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/FAA-Tells-Foreign-Pilots-to-Use-GPS-When-Landing-at-SFO-217338431.html

3) Airlines Take Different Routes to TV

Link to article from The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/jul/26/airlines-take-different-routes-to-tv/

4) Libraries Partner with Local Airports

Link to article in Library Journal:

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/07/marketing/libraries-partner-with-local-airports/

CARTOGRAPHY

5) This Guy's Never Met a Subway Map He Didn't Want to Fix

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2013/07/guys-never-met-map-he-didnt-want-fix/6340/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) North Carolina Quick Pass and Florida SunPass Are Now Interchangeable

Link to article in the News & Observer:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/29/3067076/nc-quick-pass-and-florida-sunpass.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Intel Closes Navigation App Developer Telmap

Link to article on Globes:

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000865885&fid=1725

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

8) Industry Forums on the Next ITS Strategic Plan; Notice of Public Meeting

Link to further information in the Federal Register:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-07-29/html/2013-18020.htm

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) 'Hobo Cop' Helps Distracted Drivers in Edmonton

Link to article in the Edmonton Journal:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Hobo+helps+ticket+distracted+drivers/8713795/story.html

TRANSIT

10) Tackling Sexual Harassment on England's Transit

Link to story on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=206310516

11) HopStop Transit App Receives First Update Following Its Acquisition By Apple

Link to story on AppAdvice:

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/07/hopstop-transit-app-receives-first-update-following-its-acquisition-by-apple

12) New HD Penn Station Signs to Help Commuters, Long Island Rail Road's Bottom Line

Link to article from Newsday:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11070232/new-hd-penn-station-signs-to-help-commuters-lirrs-bottom-line

13) Seattle-Area Transit System's New Foreign Language Plan Off to a Bumpy Start

Link to The Seattle Globalist:

http://www.seattleglobalist.com/2013/07/29/metros-new-language-plan-off-to-bumpy-start/15048

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) South Carolina Taxpayers Pay $675,000 for Traffic Control, Mostly at Sports Events

Link to AP article:

http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/28/2886302/sc-agency-spends-635k-to-provide.html

15) Chandigarh, India Officials Mull Traffic Management Center to Ease Congestion

PA system at traffic signals would provide real-time information to the public.

Link to article in the Hindustan Times:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/UT-Admn-mulls-traffic-management-centre-to-ease-congestion/SP-Article1-1100031.aspx

16) FCC Updates TIS Rules to Benefit Public Safety

Link to article in The Source:

http://www.theradiosource.com/articles-news-2013-jul.htm

News Releases

1) Advances to the Intelligent Access Program Drives Interest from Transport Operators

2) TrafficLand Reaches Agreement with Texas DOT for Statewide Access to Traffic Cameras

3) Early Bird Registration Ends August 8 for IRF World Meeting & Exhibition

Upcoming Events

ITS Georgia Annual Meeting – September 15-17 – Pine Mountain, Georgia

http://www.itsga.org/2013-annual-meeting.html

Today in Transportation History

1958 **55^th anniversary** President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which created NASA.

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/spaceact.html