[TCN] Friday, December 27, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, December 27, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

1) San Francisco Added to a Burgeoning 'Street View for Bikes'

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/12/san-francisco-added-burgeoning-street-view-bikes/7966/

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Vandals Knock Out 35 Oahu Traffic Cameras

Link to story on KHON-TV:

http://www.khon2.com/news/thieves-knock-traffic-cameras-offline

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) New Freeway Toll-Collection System Symbolically Inaugurated on Taiwan

Link to article on Focus Taiwan:

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201312270031.aspx

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) Nokia Removes Here Maps from Apple App Store

Link to article in The Indian Express:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/exclusive-nokia-pulls-out-buggy-here-maps-app-from-apple-store/1211314/0

 

OTHER

 

5) 'Multiviewers' Allow Ops Centers to Display Multiple Video Feeds

Link to article in Government Video:

http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/ops-centers-install-a-clearer-view-of-the-world/114887

 

PARKING

 

6) New York City Plans Pay-By-Phone Parking System

Link to article in Crain's New York Business:

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131226/TRANSPORTATION/131229947

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) TSA Gathering Contact and Incident-Related Info from Pipeline Operators

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/39731

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

8) Crowd-Sourced Text-Messaging App Helps Nairobi Motorists Avoid Traffic Jams

Link to article on SciDev:

http://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/icts/news/kenya-text-message-app-helps-users-avoid-traffic-jam.html

 

9) Video Tour of New Macomb County, Michigan Emergency Ops and Surveillance Center

Link to article and video on MLive:

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2013/12/video_tour_of_macomb_countys_n.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Smart Railways Industry 2013 Analysis and 2018 Forecast in New Research Report

 

 

Friday Bonus

FedEx mechanics not only keep the planes flying; they do it with a smile.

http://www.quickmeme.com/p/3vqlfy

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITE Technical Conference and Exhibit – March 9-12 – Miami

http://www.ite.org/conference

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1968 **45^th anniversary** Apollo 8 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

https://archive.org/details/Apollo_8_-_Go_For_TLI

 

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