[TCN] Tuesday, August 6, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) 'Disagreement Stalls US-EU Aviation Talks'

Link to article on Presseurop:

http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4032881-disagreement-stalls-us-eu-aviation-talks

 

2) Sabre Reservation System Outage Delays Flights

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/06/travel/sabre-outage-flight-delays/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Rise in Pedestrian Deaths May Be Due to Texting While Walking

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pedestrian-safety-20130806,0,643932.story

 

4) New Smartphone App Connects Bicycle Owners with Renters

Link to Reuters article:

http://tech2.in.com/news/apps/new-smartphone-app-connects-bicycle-owners-with-renters/910136

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) 'Hill Mapper' Helps San Francisco Bicyclists Avoid Steepest Climbs

Link to article on The Atlantic Cites:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/08/san-francisco-has-needed-long-time-hill-mapper/6431/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) Manual to Help Indian Cities Install ITS

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130806/jsp/nation/story_17200371.jsp#.UgFbFWRoT2w

 

MARITIME

 

7) How a Misplaced Reef on a Digital Chart Helped Destroy a US Navy Minesweeper

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/08/how-misplaced-reef-digital-chart-destroyed-navy-minesweeper/68126

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Cop Cardboard Cutout Used to Cut Crime at Massachusetts Transportation Hub

Link to AP article:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/06/cardboard-cutout-police-officers-being-used-to-cut-crime-at-mass-transportation

 

9) Chicago Mayor's Digital Billboard Deal: A Roadside Distraction?

Link to article in the Chicago Reader:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/digital-billboards-signs-expressways-rahm-alderman-fioretti/Content?oid=10525399

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

10) Transport for London Approves Cab Wi-Fi Symbol as Study Reveals 75% More Likely to Flag Down a Wi-Fi Taxi

Link to article in The Drum:

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/08/06/transport-london-approves-london-cab-wi-fi-symbol-study-reveals-75-people-more

 

11) Slow Start for Taxi-Hailing Apps, New York City Data Show

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/nyregion/slow-start-for-taxi-hailing-apps-city-data-show.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) GM Had a Version of OnStar in 1966

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/g-m-had-a-version-of-onstar-in-1966

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Technology Will Monitor Wellington, New Zealand Bus Drivers

Link to article in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10908988

 

14) Florida Transit Agency Rejects Bus Ad on Religious Grounds

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/transit-board-rejects-bus-ad-from-cair-on-religious-grounds/2134975

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Connected Cars Take Another Step with New Concept

Link to blog on cars. com:

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013/08/connected-cars-take-another-step-with-new-concept.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/JNhPDm

 

 

News Releases

1) New US Navy Transportation Web-Based Tool Helps Move Personnel and Equipment

2) Frost & Sullivan: ICT to Transform Transportation as a Prelude to Smart Cities

3) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to Install Additional Customer Welcome Centers at Its Facilities

4) inthinc Becomes Founding Sponsor of News Aggregator Website 'Telematics Daily'

 

 

Upcoming Events

APTA Annual Meeting – September 29-October 2 – Chicago

http://www.apta.com/mc/annual

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1913 **100^th anniversary** John Henry Mears completed an around the world trip in a record 35 days, 21 hours and 35 minutes.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F4061FFC3B5B157B93C5AB178CD85F428585F9

 

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