[TCN] Monday, December 2, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, December 2, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) US Tells Airlines to Notify China Before Flying in New Air-Defense Zone

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-30/u-s-tells-airlines-to-heed-china-air-zone.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) At the New School's New Building, a Sign Isn't Just a Sign

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/nyregion/at-the-new-schools-new-building-a-sign-isnt-just-a-sign.html

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Five-Year Snapshot in Tacoma, Washington: Red-Light Cameras Cut Wrecks

Link to article in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/11/30/2921885/5-year-snapshot-in-tacoma-red.html

 

4) Map Shows Every DC Traffic-Enforcement Camera

Link to article on InTheCapital:

http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2013/12/02/map-shows-every-dc-traffic-enforcement-camera/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) ITS New Jersey to Hold Annual Meeting December 16

Link to story on Transportation Radio:

http://www.buzzsprout.com/18472/133642-its-new-jersey-2013-annual-meeting

 

OTHER

 

6) Latest Issue of Mobility Lab Express

Link to newsletter:

http://mobilitylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Mobility-Lab-Express-27-December-1-2013.pdf

 

PARKING

 

7) Secret Weapon in Mall Battle: Parking Apps

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/business/secret-weapon-in-mall-battle-parking-apps.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) US DOT Meets Executive Order, Opens Data for Public Use

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.dot.gov/fastlane/dot-meets-executive-order-opens-its-data

 

RAILROADS

 

9) CN Rail to Invest $10 Million for Monitoring Technology as Part of Safety Effort

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Rail+invest+million+monitoring+technology+part+safety+effort/9224149/story.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/I12Dov

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Columbus, Ohio Likely Won't Ban Protest Signs Over I-71

Link to article in The Columbus Dispatch:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/12/02/city-likely-wont-ban-protest-signs-over-i-71.html

 

11) Major Upgrade Planned for Directional Signage in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic/crda-plans-to-update-atlantic-city-signs/article_1c97205a-5b0f-11e3-8933-0019bb2963f4.html

 

12) Added Visibility Comes to I-5 Express Lanes in Washington State

Link to blog from WSDOT:

http://wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2013/12/added-visibility-comes-to-i-5-express.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

13) Overuse, False Alarms Threaten Impact of Amber Alert

Link to article in the Santa Fe New Mexican:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/overuse-false-alarms-threaten-impact-of-amber-alert/article_cf506975-4bf1-5be8-85b1-3c0bcc96455f.html

 

14) Safe Commuting in Philippines? There's an App for That

Link to article on Tech in Asia:

http://www.techinasia.com/pasahero-app-drives-passengers-worries-promotes-safe-commuting-philippines/

Link to story on ABS-CBN: http://goo.gl/wjbkFT (in Filipino)

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) High-Tech Signal System Helps Speed Traffic in New Jersey's Meadowlands

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/traffic_meadowlands_commission_roads_new_jersey.html?page=all

 

16) Pandora-Like News Radio App Will Have Hyperlocal Traffic Reports for Chicago Area

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-01/business/ct-biz-1201-confidential-levy-20131201_1_traffic-report-traffic-information-app

Link to additional information on HearHere Radio: http://h2radio.com/about/

 

17) Burlington County Bridge Commission Sends Alerts to Warn of Drawbridge Lifts

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-01/news/44622764_1_burlington-bristol-bridges-tacony-palmyra-burlington-county-bridge-commission

 

VEHICLES

 

18) Volvo to Launch World's First Large-Scale Self-Driving Car Test

Link to article in Autocar:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motoring/volvo-launch-worlds-first-large-scale-self-driving-car-test

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/ZnU7gu

 

19) How Analytics Helped Ford Turn Its Fortunes

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244363/How_analytics_helped_Ford_turn_its_fortunes

 

20) 'Automatic' Connects Your iPhone to Your Car to Make You a Smarter Driver

Link to review on The Mac Observer:

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/review/automatic-connects-your-iphone-to-your-car-make-you-a-smarter-driver

 

21) ITS Podcast: Daimler and KIT Berta Benz Route Autonomous Drive

Link to podcast from IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society:

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=348

 

 

News Releases

1) Free Trip Home for the Holidays for Those Who Can't Afford It

2) KPIT Launches India's First ARAI-Certified On-Bus ITS for JnNURM II

3) UN-Habitat Partners with TomTom to Ease Urban Congestion

4) Strong Interest in New In-Car Technologies by Consumers in Emerging Economies Could Influence Demand, Accelerate Rollout of Next-Generation Connected Vehicle Technologies

 

 

Upcoming Events

National Evacuation Conference – January 7-10 – New Orleans

http://internationaldisasterconference.com/national-evacuation-conference/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1898 **115^th anniversary** Indra Lal Roy, the first Indian flying ace, was born in Calcutta.

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/india/roy.php

 

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