[TCN] Thursday, December 5, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, December 5, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Survey: Indian Airlines Need to Catch Up with Technology and Social Media

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/article/indian-airlines-still-play-catchup-game-comes-technology-social-media/

 

2) Airports Still Catching Up with Hearing Aid Technology

Link to column in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/airports-still-catching-up-with-hearing-aid-technology/Content?oid=2641985

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Want to Text and Walk? New Cellphone Says No

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57614638-71/want-to-text-and-walk-new-cell-phone-says-no/

 

OTHER

 

4) Washington State Woman Unknowingly Live-Tweets Husband's Fatal Crash

Link to story on KATU-TV:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/Vancouver-woman-unknowingly-live-tweets-husbands-fatal-crash-234520581.html

 

PARKING

 

5) Toronto Mall Offers Live Streaming Cameras, App to Ease Parking Problems

Link to article in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/trouble-parking-theres-an-app-for-that/article15766940/

Link to further information: http://yorkdale.com/visit/parking/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Research for Transportation Decision-making

Link to Talking Transportation:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/research-for-transportation-decision-making/ 

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) Roadside Bluetooth, Wi-Fi Sensors Increase Traffic Flow in Ontario

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Roadside-Bluetooth-Wi-Fi-Systems.html

 

8) Better Signage Coming for Nova Scotia Provincial Parks

Link to article in The Queens County Advance:

http://www.theadvance.ca/News/2013-12-05/article-3530971/Better-signage-coming-for-provincial-parks/1

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Safety Technology Could Transform Trucking, Tech Leaders Say

Link to article in Transport Topics:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=33631

 

10) European Blind Union Calls for Noisier Cars to Improve Pedestrian Safety

Link to article on Euractiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/health/blind-people-eu-fear-basic-human-news-532121

Link to position paper: http://goo.gl/4Ya6nv

 

11) This Video Game Could Improve Airport Security

Link to blog in Slate:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/12/04/airport_scanner_mobile_game_helps_researchers_evaluate_real_life_tsa_screeners.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) These Two Insurers Are Stretching Telematics Boundaries

Link to article on Insurance & Technology:

http://www.insurancetech.com/business-intelligence/these-two-insurers-are-stretching-telema/240164461

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Derailed Metro-North Train Had Warning System, Just Not in Operator's Cab

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/nyregion/as-metro-north-resumes-service-riders-get-back-to-routine.html

 

14) DC Metro Criticized for 'Sexist' Ads

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/public-transit/192069-dc-metro-criticized-for-sexist-ads

 

 

News Releases

1) APTA Calls on Congress to Fund Positive Train Control Implementation for Commuter Railroads

2) NHTSA Announces New Five-Year Traffic Safety Plan and Guidelines for Older Drivers and Passengers

3) New Roadside 'Safety Patrol' Being Introduced on New Hampshire's Central Turnpike

4) Digi International Launches Wireless Vehicle Bus Adapter to Provide Vehicle Data via Wi-Fi and Web

5) Aeroporti di Roma and Clear Channel Form Advertising Partnership (in Italian)

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Director, Office of Infrastructure Finance and Innovation – US DOT – Washington, DC

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/355640900

 

 

Upcoming Events

Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference – December 11-13 – State College, Pennsylvania

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/transportation/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1958 **55^th anniversary** The Preston bypass opened.  It was the first motorway in the UK.

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/prestonbypassopening.pdf

 

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