[TCN] Friday, October 17, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, October 17, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Rear Projection DLP™ Cubes with LED Light Source vs. Slim-Bezel LCD in Control Rooms

 

The two most commonly deployed control room technologies today are: Thin-bezel LCD display wall systems and Rear-projection DLP display wall systems with long-life LED light source. Check out Mitsubishi Electric's latest white paper which compares the technologies and highlights pros and cons of each to help customers make an informed choice for their investment in display technology. Click here to view the white paper: http://me-vis.com/white-paper-download/

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Rebuffs Congressmen on Bird Radar

Link to story on KNTV-TV:

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/FAA-Rebuffs-Congressmen-on-Bird-Radar-279510992.html

 

2) Air Traffic Control for Drones

Link to article in MIT Technology Review:

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531811/air-traffic-control-for-drones/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) President of American Road & Transportation Builders Association Says He Favors ITS But It Shouldn't Distract Us from Trust Fund

Link to interview in Roll Call:

http://blogs.rollcall.com/the-container/the-containers-friday-qa-artbas-peter-ruane-part-two/?dcz=

 

4) ITS California 2014 Thinking Aloud Show

Link to podcasts:

http://thinkinghighways.com/its-california-2014-thinking-aloud-show-1/ (Show 1)

http://thinkinghighways.com/its-california-2014-thinking-aloud-show-2/ (Show 2)

http://thinkinghighways.com/its-california-2014-thinking-aloud-show-3/ (Show 3)

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) High-Tech 'Wrong Way' Signs Up and Running on Several South Florida Highways

Link to story on WFOR-TV:

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/10/16/high-tech-wrong-way-signs-up-running-on-several-south-florida-highways/

 

TELEMATICS

 

6) Mary Barra, GM CEO, Repeat after Me: 'OnStar is the Answer'

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2014/10/11/It-is-time-for-GMs-OnStar-service-to-fulfill-its-destiny-as-an-18-year-old-Internet-of-Things-service.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

7) Florida Transit Chief in Hot Water for Liking Facebook Post

Link to article in the St. Petersburg Tribune:

http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/psta-chief-in-hot-water-for-liking-facebook-post-20141017/

 

8) Queensland Finds Cash for Real-Time Public Transport Tracking

Link to article on ITnews:

http://www.itnews.com.au/(S(twz0zpeqqeqq0mjozwlwvaex))/News/396899,qld-finds-cash-for-real-time-public-transport-tracking.aspx

 

9) New Edmonton Transit Control Center the Way of the Future, Mayor Says

Link to article in the Edmonton Journal:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/control+centre+future+Iveson+says/10299424/story.html

Link to news release

 

10) Los Angeles Metro to Sponsor One-Day Tech Roundtable

Link to article on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2014/10/17/la-metro-sponsor-one-day-tech-roundtable

 

11) Sign Fabrication at New York City Transit's Sign Shop

Link to photos on flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/sets/72157646487601054/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) The Scientific Solutions for Toronto's Traffic Congestion

Link to story on Global News:

http://globalnews.ca/news/1618261/the-scientific-solutions-for-torontos-traffic-congestion/

 

13) Iowa DOT to Feature More Snowplow Cameras on Updated Road Conditions Website

Link to story on Radio Iowa:

http://www.kmaland.com/news/more-snowplow-cameras-featured-in-updated-dot-road-conditions-website/article_4fe32abc-5537-11e4-83aa-001a4bcf6878.html

 

14) Researcher: Radio Needs to Do a Better Job with Traffic

Link to article in Radio Ink:

http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2851289&spid=24698

 

 

News Releases

1) FAA and Industry Announce Plan To Accelerate Delivery of NextGen Benefits

2) APTA Honors Creative Excellence in Public Transportation Marketing and Communications

3) West Virginia DMV to Receive National Digital Government Achievement Award

4) ANA to Expand Its In-Flight Wi-Fi Service

5) Christopher Reed Appointed as New Chief Executive of Chemtrec

6) Hit Rail 'Interoperability in Practice' Workshop Shows Feasibility of Interoperability

7) Boston University Leads Collaboration to Make Public Services 'Smarter'

8) Traffic Signs to Identify Two Lakes on Fond du Lac Reservation in English and Ojibwe

 

 

Friday Bonus

While street signs give you warnings and tell you what you have to do, these signs have a decidedly different message.

http://killykilford.com/streetsigns/haveagreatday/

 

 

Upcoming Events

European Conference on ICT for Transport Logistics – November 5-7 – Dortmund, Germany

http://www.ecitl.eu/index.php

 

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