[TCN] Thursday, July 24, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, July 24, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Family Booted Off Southwest Airlines After Dad Tweeted About 'Rude' Gate Agent

Link to story on ABC's Good Morning America:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-booted-off-southwest-airlines-dad-tweeted-rude/story?id=24685645

 

2) Articles from Future Travel Experience

 -  Turkish Airlines Uses iBeacons to offer Free Access to Digital Sky Library

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2014/07/turkish-airlines-uses-ibeacons-offer-free-access-digital-sky-library

 -  Copenhagen Airport Asks Travelers to Help Define the Airport of the Future

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2014/07/copenhagen-airport-asks-travellers-help-define-airport-future

 -  Qantas Launches Interactive Digital Experience in Australian Airport Lounges

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2014/07/qantas-launches-interactive-digital-experience-australian-airport-lounges

 -  Improving Airport Security and Immigration Pain Points with a Risk-Based Approach, Automation and More Choice

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2014/07/improving-airport-security-immigration-pain-points-risk-based-approach-automation-choice

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Q&A: Nokia Here Targets iOS and Android, Expanding Its Role as the 'Location Cloud'

Link to article on GeekWire:

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/nokia-here-ceo-maps-broader-strategy-including-ios-android/

 

4) Paper Maps Have Kept Their Usefulness, Fans Say

Link to article in the Hartford Courant:

http://www.courant.com/travel/hc-vann-shopping-around-0727-20140727,0,7531950.story

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) GM CEO to Keynote Detroit Forum on 'Smart' Cars

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140724/AUTO0103/307240072/1361/GM-CEO-to-keynote-Detroit-forum-on--smart--cars

Link to news release

 

OTHER

 

6) New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Florida Pizza Restaurants Spar Over Logo

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/nj_turnpike_authority_florida_pizza_restaurants_spar_over_logo.html

 

7) Congressman Bill Shuster: Technology Plays Key Role in Transportation

Link to commentary in The Washington Times:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/technology-plays-key-role-in-transportation/

 

PARKING

 

8) New Site, App Posts Parking Garage Rates in Portland, Oregon

Link to story on KOIN-TV:

http://koin.com/2014/07/23/new-site-app-posts-portland-parking-garage-rates/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) Michigan Transportation Officials Delay I-94 Modernization Project to Seek Extensive Public Input

Link to article on MLive:

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/07/state_transportation_officials_1.html

 

10) Los Angeles Gets Snarky About Obama Traffic Delays: #ThanksObama

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-obama-social-media-commuters-20140723-story.html

 

11) US Transportation Secretary Joins Push to Prevent 'Hot Car' Deaths

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/213260-foxx-joins-push-to-prevent-hot-car-child-deaths

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) Better Traffic-Light Timing Will Get You There Faster

Link to article in Smithsonian:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/better-traffic-light-timing-will-get-you-there-faster-180952123/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

13) US Terror Watchlist Can Include Dead, Acquitted Suspects

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/213165-terror-watchlist-can-include-dead-acquitted-suspects

 

14) To Snag Hit-and-Run Drivers, California Officials Want to Tap Technology

Link to McClatchy News Service article:

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/To-Snag-Hit-and-Run-Drivers-Calif-Officials-Want-to-Tap-Technology.html

 

15) Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not Reducing Crashes, Hard to Enforce

Link to article on IowaWatch.org:

http://iowawatch.org/2014/06/08/iowas-texting-while-driving-ban-not-reducing-crashes-hard-to-enforce/

 

16) California Highway Patrol Removes Motorcycle Lane-Splitting Safety Guidelines

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Motorcyclists-revved-up-about-removal-of-5642436.php

 

17) Safety Changes Made in Newfoundland Following Highway Worker's Death

Link to article in The Gulf News:

http://www.gulfnews.ca/News/Local/2014-07-23/article-3810801/Transportation-workers-death-has-led-to-safety-changes%3A-Department-of-Transportation/1

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

18) Flywheel App Launches Advance Taxi Booking to San Francisco Airport

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/flywheel-app-launches-advance-taxi-booking-to-airport/Content?oid=2856062

Link to news release

 

TRANSIT

 

19) Hampton Roads Transit Agencies Turning to Apps that Provide Real-Time Bus Schedule Information

Link to article in the Daily Press:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/traffic/dp-nws-regional-transit-apps-20140723,0,30025.story

 

20) New York City Subway Riders Group Proposes New Signage for Service Changes

Link to article in amNew York:

http://www.amny.com/transit/mta-subway-riders-group-proposes-new-signage-for-service-changes-1.8877306

 

21) Idea for Smarter Transit Fares Wins George Mason Competition

Link to article Mobility Lab:

http://mobilitylab.org/2014/07/23/idea-for-smarter-transit-fares-wins-george-mason-competition/

 

22) Voiceover Veteran to be Voice of Tucson's Sun Link Streetcar

Link to article in the Arizona Daily Star:

http://tucson.com/lifestyles/recreation/voiceover-veteran-is-talk-of-the-town/article_d6275e14-196a-53a5-9a64-1478f1f52172.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

23) Does Toronto's New Transportation Operations Center Have Power to Fix Gridlock?

Link to article in the National Post:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/23/does-torontos-new-transportation-operations-centre-have-the-power-to-fix-gridlock-in-canadas-biggest-city/

 

24) How Accurate Are Portland, Oregon's New 'Travel Time' Highway Signs?

Link to column in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2014/07/joseph_rose_how_accurate_are_p.html

 

VEHICLES

 

25) Industry Wants Green Light for Smart Cars

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/213141-industry-wants-more-freedom-to-develop-smart-cars

 

26) GM Rolling Out 2015 Vehicles with Wireless Hotspots

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20140723/BUSINESS0101/307230134/Chevrolet-4G-LTE

 

News Releases

1) Toronto Transit Riders, blogTO Readers Choose Transit App as Favorite

2) Jacksonville, Florida Dedicates New PORTS Real-Time Data System

3) Case Study: ITS Canada Website

4) DC Metro to Start Running New Ads for New Silver Line

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Open Data Policy Guidelines for Transit-Part II – August 7

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s140807_open_dataII.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1904 **110^th anniversary** James Rhyne Killian, Jr., who played a key role in the establishment of NASA and was the 10^th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was born in Blacksburg, South Carolina.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/317775/James-Rhyne-Killian-Jr

 

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