[TCN] Thursday, July 4, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, July 4, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

 

1) Want That Traffic Camera Footage? Forget It. It isn't Recorded

Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-traffic-cameras-20130704,0,3412508.story

 

2) Police in Australia Hope Speed-Camera List Puts Brakes on Hoons

Link to Australian Broadcasting Corporation story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-04/police-hope-speed-camera-list-puts-brakes-on-hoons/4799006

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) GPS Can't Kill the Good Old-Fashioned Road Map

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/07/04/wdr-road-maps-gps.html

 

MARITIME

 

4) Meet the Port of Oakland's New Director of Social Responsibility: Amy Tharpe

Link to article on Oakland Local:

http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/07/interview-with-amy-thorpe-port-social-responsibility-624/

 

PARKING

 

5) Santa Monica, California Officials Hope New Real-Time Parking Signs Could Ease Weekend Traffic

Link to article on Santa Monica Lookout:

http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2013/July-2013/07_04_2013_Officials%20Hope%20New%20Parking_Signs_Could_Ease_Weekend_Traffic_in_Santa_Monica.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Transport for London's Responsive Website Redesign

Link to blog on E-consultancy:

http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/63013-engineering-works-transport-for-london-s-responsive-website-redesign

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Is Chicago Electronic Billboard Deal a Sign of Danger?

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-03/news/ct-met-billboard-safety-20130703_1_digital-signs-electronic-billboards-jerry-wachtel

 

8) High-Tech Safety and Enforcement Topics at Next Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

Conference

Link to article in Land Line:

http://www.landlinemag.com/Story.aspx?StoryID=25416

 

TAXIS

 

9) Uber Vies for Global Ubiquity

Link to article in Inc.:

http://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/car-hailing-global-transit-industry-shake-up.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Telematics and Commercial Electric Vehicles

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/telematics-evs/telematics-and-commerical-evs

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Birds Eye Systems Launches Paid On-Demand Traffic Update Service in India

Link to article on Techcircle:

http://techcircle.vccircle.com/2013/07/04/birds-eye-systems-launches-paid-on-demand-service-for-traffic-updates/

 

 

News Releases

1) Maine DOT Adds Cameras to 511 Site

2) Airport Transit Guide Now an Android App

 

 

Upcoming Events

Ocean Innovation 2013 – October 20-23 – Rimouski, Québec

http://www.oceaninnovation.ca/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1998 **15^th anniversary** Japan launched Nozomi, a probe designed to orbit Mars.

http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/nozomi/

 

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