Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, June 13, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) FAA Controllers Working Exhausting Schedules
Link to AP article:
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/316/3641303/FAA-controllers-working-exhausting-schedules
2) Probe Launched Into Aircraft Tracking Fail in Europe
Link to article in Air Traffic Management:
http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2014/06/probe-launched-into-aircraft-tracking-fail/
3) To Speed Up Security Lines, Airports Start Tracking Your Smartphone
Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
4) How You Know Where You're Going When You're in an Airport
Link to article in The Atlantic:
5) Why the Same Three Typefaces Are Used In Almost Every Airport
Link to article on Gizmodo:
http://gizmodo.com/why-the-same-three-typefaces-are-used-in-almost-every-a-1589943687
6) Assessing ACI Europe's New Passenger Experience Guidelines for Airports
Link to article on Future Travel Experience:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
7) Crowdsourcing Gets Pedestrian
Link to blog in Baseline:
http://www.baselinemag.com/blogs/crowdsourcing-gets-pedestrian.html
Report: Exploring How Mobile Technologies Impact Pedestrian Safety
CAMERAS
8) Florida Supreme Court: Red-Light Cameras Pre-2010 Were Illegal
Link to story on WFTS-TV:
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/fla-court-red-light-cameras-pre-2010-were-illegal
FREIGHT
9) Texting System to Help Truckers Receive Terminal Information at Port of Virginia
Link to article in the Daily Press:
http://www.dailypress.com/business/ports/dp-nws-motorcarrier-20140612,0,4759029.story
10) Media Accused of Vilifying Trucking Industry After Fatal Accident
Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:
PARKING
11) Articles from Parking Today – June 2014
- Intelligent Technologies Help Put 'Service' Back Into Parking Services
http://www.parkingtoday.com/s_article.php?id=802
- Embracing and Adopting Parking Technology Best Practices
http://www.parkingtoday.com/articledetails.php?id=1668
- Parking Technology Today Debuts
http://www.parkingtoday.com/articledetails.php?id=1670
- From Paid Parking to Fine Arts, Norwalk, Connecticut Brands Public Parking
http://www.parkingtoday.com/articledetails.php?id=1659
- Making Parking Sexy
http://www.parkingtoday.com/articledetails.php?id=1658
- Parking Equipment Technology: Is It the Magic Pill?
http://www.parkingtoday.com/articledetails.php?id=1656
RAILROADS
12) Positive Train Control is Beset by Delays, High Costs
Link to article in the Omaha World-Herald:
13) Citizen Oil-Train Spotters Challenge Railroad Secrecy
Link to article in The Daily Herald:
ROADWAYS
14) Feds Demonstrate Bridge Inspection Robot to Pennsylvania DOT
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
15) How Innovation Will Drive Your Future on the Illinois Tollway
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
16) The Hidden Genius and Influence of the Traffic Light
Link to article in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-hidden-genius-and-influence-of-the-traffic-light/
SAFETY / SECURITY
17) Ribbon Cut for Port of Guam's New Command Center
Link to story on KTGM/KEQI-TV:
TELEMATICS
18) Progressive Ships Location-Tracking Devices to Volunteer Policyholders
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-progressive-snapshot-gps-0613-biz-20140613,0,995660.story
TRANSIT
19) Carnegie Mellon University Expands Phone Line to Include Pittsburgh-Area Port Authority Transit Information
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Business Times:
Link to news release
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20) Blimps Will Soon Hover Over US Highways and Monitor Traffic Around the Clock
Link to article on Motherboard:
21) Malaysia's Astro Radio Partners with Waze for Traffic Coverage
Link to article on Marketing:
http://www.marketing-interactive.com/astro-radio-partners-waze-for-traffic-coverage/
News Releases
1) Here Plans to Acquire Medio Systems
2) Singapore's Changi Airport to Provide Live Screening of All World Cup Matches
Friday Bonus
Today is the 16th anniversary of the TCN. Thank you to all those who have supported me over the years by being subscribers, advertisers, contributors and news providers! Here's a link to the first message ever sent:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/transport-communications/conversations/messages/1
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Trucking Industry Technology Showcase – June 26
Today in Transportation History
1944 **70th anniversary** The German Luftwaffe launched the first V1 flying bomb at London.
http://coalhousefort-gallery.com/V1-flying-bomb-Vengance-weapon-site-Hazebrouck
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