[TCN] Tuesday, February 18, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, February 18, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Memphis Airport Uses Twitter, Facebook to Connect to Passengers

Link to story on WREG-TV:

http://wreg.com/2014/02/17/memphis-airport-uses-twitter-facebook-to-connect-to-passengers/

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Toll Camera Lens Cleaners in Place on Illinois Tollway; Remote-Controlled System First in US

Link to story on WLS-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local/illinois&id=9435283

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) How Mapping Software Gathers and Uses Traffic Information. The Key Element is You.

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/how-mapping-software-gathers-and-uses-traffic-information-the-key-element-is-you/2014/02/14/693606d4-9263-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) Smart Highways and the Work of the Southwest Research Institute

Link to story on KSTX Radio's The Source:

http://tpr.org/post/source-smart-highways-sapd-safd-city-budget

 

5) Surveillance System Planned for Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Link to article in ITS International:

http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/enforcement/news/surveillance-system-planned-for-mumbai-pune-expressway/

 

MARITIME

 

6) Mississippi's Port of Pascagoula Creates $125 Communications Fee

Link to article in The Mississippi Press:

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2014/02/port_of_pascagoula_creates_125.html

 

OTHER

 

7) Woman Who Recorded Florida Traffic Stop Spends Night in Jail

Link to story on WPLG-TV:

http://www.local10.com/news/woman-who-recorded-traffic-stop-spends-night-in-jail/24532912

 

8) Frustrated by Traffic, New York Filmmaker Explores Streets' Future

Link to article in The Epoch Times:

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/514666-frustrated-by-traffic-local-filmmaker-explores-streets-future

 

PARKING

 

9) An App That Promises to Get You Out of Parking Tickets

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/how-get-out-parking-tickets/8412/

 

RAILROADS

 

10) State of Play of the Implementation of the ERTMS Deployment Plan in Europe

Link to document from the European Commission:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/rail/interoperability/ertms/doc/edp/swd(2014)48-ertms-deployment-plan.pdf

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They're Watching You

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/business/at-newark-airport-the-lights-are-on-and-theyre-watching-you.html

 

12) Sochi Airport Security Tool: Coming to an Airport Near You?

Link to McClatchy News article:

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/safety/Sochi-Airport-Facial-Recognition-Software.html

 

13) Traffic Safety Expo Opens in Salalah, Oman

Link to article in the Oman Daily Observer:

http://main.omanobserver.om/?p=57892

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Techies Work to Merge Data from Multiple Transit Agencies

Link to blog from Mobility Lab:

http://mobilitylab.org/2014/02/18/techies-work-to-merge-data-from-multiple-transit-agencies/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Bluetooth Vehicle Tracking Could Soon Be on Windsor, Ontario Streets

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/bluetooth-vehicle-tracking-could-soon-be-on-windsor-streets-1.2542012

 

16) Internet Boston Traffic Radio Station Prefers Humans to High-Tech

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/02/18/new-traffic-app-uses-older-time-tech-humans/777uU0x2k3lcZIiDnjBiMJ/story.html

Link to transcript of sample broadcast

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Autonomous Vehicle Technology Initiative Gets Into Gear at Texas Transportation Institute

Link to article in The Eagle:

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_490c181d-6ef7-5baa-95f8-caf7e2778ae4.html

 

18) Bottom Line with Driverless Cars: Will People Buy Them?

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/bottom-line-with-driverless-cars-will-people-buy-them/2166010

 

 

News Releases

1) Virginia Tech Researchers to Design Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Integration Framework

2) Social Innovation Forum in Turkey Will Look at 'Smart' Technologies

3) NTSB Calls on Metro-North to Take Action on Recorders and Speed Signs

4) AT&T and IBM Join Forces to Deliver New Innovations for the Internet of Things

 

 

Upcoming Events

Teens in the Driver Seat Summit – May 18-20 – San Antonio, Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tds14/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1964 **50^th anniversary** Joseph-Armand Bombardier, the founder of Bombardier and inventor of the snowmobile, died in Sherbrooke, Canada.

http://www.bombardiermuseum.com/en/content/jab/jab.htm

 

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