[TCN] Friday, August 9, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, August 9, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Radio Rules in Area of 2011 Alaska Crash Nearly Standardized

Link to article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce:

http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/August-Issue-2-2013/FAA-radio-rules-in-area-of-2011-crash-nearly-standardized/

 

2) Alaska DOT&PF Releases Video Describing Challenges of Building Rural Airports

Link to article in The Tundra Drums:

http://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2013/08/08/alaska/video-describes-challenges-of-building-rural-airports/806.html

 

3) A Captive Wi-Fi Audience Pays Off

Link to article from GigaOM:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-09/a-captive-wi-fi-audience-pays-off

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Would This Insanely Complex Diagram Help You Navigate a Subway System?

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/08/would-diagram-help-you-navigate-subway-system/6485/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Every Three Years Someone Gets Busted for Using a GPS Jammer

Link to column on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/whats-brewin/2013/08/every-three-years-someone-gets-busted-using-gps-jammer/68348

 

OTHER

 

6) Seattle Jeweler's Sidewalk Advertising Seen as 'Defacing Public Property'

Link to story on KOMO News:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Jeweler-learns-difference-between-advertising-and-defacing-public-property-218867941.html

 

PARKING

 

7) San Francisco Parking Officers Now Snapping Shots of Your Infractions

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/san-francisco-parking-officers-now-snapping-shots-of-your-infractions/Content?oid=2540246

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Lawmakers to FCC: Allow Trains to Be Run Automatically

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/316273-lawmakers-to-fcc-allow-trains-to-be-run-automatically

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) British Columbia Professor Honored for Role in Emergency Communications

Link to article in The News:

http://www.mapleridgenews.com/community/218916591.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Progressive Insurance Seeks to Monitor More Drivers as 40% Say No

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-08/progressive-seeks-to-monitor-more-drivers-as-40-say-no-way.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Inside Florida DOT's High-Tech Road Monitoring Program

Link to article in Naples Florida Weekly:

http://naples.floridaweekly.com/news/2013-08-08/Top_News/EYES_ON_THE_ROAD.html

 

12) Twitter Creates New Wave of Radio Stars in UK, Including Traffic Reporters

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/something-in-the-air-twitter-creates-new-wave-of-radio-stars-8754918.html

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Ford Working on System to Display Brake Light Warning in Following Car

Link to article on IOL:

http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/cars/ford/ford-working-on-amazing-future-tech-1.1560013#.UgVVxGRoT2w

 

 

News Releases

1) Automotive Safety Group Hosts Technology Fair on Capitol Hill

 

 

Friday Bonus

Guess where the world's smallest drawbridge is located?  I crossed it last month and had no idea.

http://goo.gl/3t5Bd5

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Information – Connected Vehicle - Next Stage Certification Environment – FHWA

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7dc0a89ceb599a34ae7e4882aaad2517

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Attract Developers to the Connected Car – August 14

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/content-services-mobile-apps/webinar.php

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1892 Thomas Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph.

http://edison.rutgers.edu/quad.htm

 

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