[TCN] Wednesday, November 19, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Progress on NextGen Aviation System is Said to Be 'Stalled'

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/progress-on-nextgen-aviation-system-is-said-to-be-stalled/2014/11/18/fd77f58c-6f49-11e4-ad12-3734c461eab6_story.html

 

2) Japan to Use Facial Recognition Screening at Airports

Link to article in The Asahi Shimun:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/sci_tech/technology/AJ201411190048

 

3) Japan Airlines Tests Battery-Free Beacons at 13 Airports

Link to article on NFC World+:

http://www.nfcworld.com/2014/11/18/332746/japan-airlines-tests-battery-free-beacons-13-airports-ready/

 

4) New Study Finds Vulnerabilities in Mobile Information Cockpit Systems

Link to article in Avionics Today:

http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/New-Study-Finds-Vulnerabilities-in-Mobile-Information-Cockpit-Systems_83550.html

 

5) United's Newark Plans Will Reinvent New York Airport Tech, Food Offerings

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2014/11/18/uniteds-newark-plans-will-reinvent-new-york-airport-tech-and-food-offerings/

Link to news release

 

6) Signage Revamped at Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/4627-signage-at-lyon-saint-exupery-revamped.html

 

7) Inflight – November/December 2015

Includes a number of articles on passenger aircraft communications.

http://www.hmgaerospace.com/hmgmags/Inflight2014/novemberdecember/index.html

 

MARITIME

 

8) The Quantum of the Seas is a Floating Heaven for Tech Geeks at Sea

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2849567/the-quantum-of-the-seas-is-a-floating-heaven-for-tech-geeks-at-sea.html

 

OTHER

 

9) Internet of Things Helps Buffalo, Other Cities, with Snow Removal

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/data/Internet-of-Things-Helps-Buffalo-Other-Cities-with-Snow-Removal.html

 

10) Bill Ford, KPMG See Radical Change in Future Transport

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2014/11/19/ford-change-future-transport/19259737/

Link to news release from Ford

Link to news release from KPMG

 

11) News from 1^st IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition

 http://asiarc.irfnews.org/dailynews1/2014-AsiaRC1-Daily_News1.html (Day1)

 http://asiarc.irfnews.org/dailynews2/2014-AsiaRC1-Daily_News2.html (Day 2)

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) Massachusetts Equipping Highway Signs with Radar Technology

Link to story on WBZ-TV:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/11/18/mass-equipping-highway-signs-with-radar-technology/

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Google Transit Technology Fails Halifax Transit

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/google-transit-technology-fails-halifax-transit-1.2839825

 

14) Meet the Man Behind the Chicago Transit Authority's Tweets

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://chicagosuntimes.com/news/hold-hold-want-to-meet-the-man-who-reads-your-cta-tweets-have-it/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Traffic Management System in Swansea, UK to Cut Pollution from 2015

Link to story on BBC News:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-30103702

 

16) Rural Traveler Information Site Grows in Western US

Link to story on Transportation Radio:

http://transportationradio.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/rural-traveler-information-site-grows/

 

17) Louisville Cameras Watch Traffic Flow, Not Red-Light Runners

Link to story on WAVE-TV:

http://www.wave3.com/story/27422856/louisville-cameras-watch-traffic-flow-not-red-light-runners

 

VEHICLES

 

18) Mercedes-Benz Steps Up Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Link to article on PerformanceDrive:

http://performancedrive.com.au/mercedes-benz-steps-autonomous-vehicle-technology-1913/

 

 

News Releases

1) Little Rock's Clinton National Airport Announces It Provides Fastest, Free Wi-Fi of Any US Airport

2) ITS Virginia Launches New Website

3) Telefónica and Geotab Partner to Launch M2M Plug-and-Play Fleet Management Solution

4) NextGen Procedures Deliver Promised Efficiency for Airlines and Passengers Traveling through North Texas

5) Rhode Island DOT Launches Winter Weather Page as Snow Season Gets Underway

6) Network of Highway Webcams Expands in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

7) NATS Unveils Real-Time Flight Efficiency Tool

 

 

Upcoming Events

2015 Texas Transportation Forum – January 14-16 – Austin, Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/ttf15/

 

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