Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) USDOT Committee Says Airlines Should Decide on Passenger Calls
Link to Bloomberg article:
2) Airlines Should Clearly Disclose Fees, Plane Seat Sizes, Federal Panel Says
Link to AP article:
3) Lounger is Like Tinder for Airports, Connecting You with Fellow Fliers
Link to article on The Huffington Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lounger-tinder-for-airports_55e5b9e5e4b0c818f61918fc
FREIGHT
4) How to Wirelessly Enable Your Supply Chain
Link to commentary in Inbound Logistics:
http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/how-to-wirelessly-enable-your-supply-chain/
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) Waze App Pushing Traffic Onto Park Roads in Los Angeles Area
Link to article in the Los Angeles Daily News:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6) Smart Transportation for Smart Cities
Link to blog from Accenture in India in The Economic Times:
OTHER
7) Volpe Center Tackles Train Crashes, Bike Traffic, and Booze
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
8) New System at Florida DMV Lets You Sign In, Get a Text When Your Number is Near
Link to story on WFTV-TV:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/new-system-lets-you-sign-dmv-get-text-when-your-nu/nnXHP/
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) Chairman Selected for Texas Transportation Transparency Effort
Link to article in the El Paso Times:
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_28741036/pickett-tapped-head-transportation-transparency-effort
10) Talking Audiences: You Can't Reach Them from There
Link to Talking Transportation blog:
11) Interview About Transportation Radio and Transportation Communications Newsletter
Link to PodUp Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/mathewpassy/ep18-pod-curious
RAILROADS
12) FRA Makes $10 Million Available to States for Rail Crossing Safety Projects
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
13) Capitol Corridor Debuts Rail Crossing Safety Video
Link to article in Progressive Railroading:
Link to news release
14) Railroad Police Officers Access to the Interoperability Channels
Link to FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/railroad-police-officers-access-interoperability-channels
ROADWAYS
15) Company Launches Initiative to Install Safety and Directional Signage in Myanmar City
Link to article in The Nation:
SAFETY / SECURITY
16) A Data Science Partnership for Safer Streets
Link to blog from Microsoft:
http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2015/08/28/a-data-science-partnership-for-safer-streets/
TELEMATICS
17) GM Signs On to Insurance Telematics Data Exchange
Link to article on Insurance Networking News:
Link to news release
TRANSIT
18) Ways to Improve Communication with Transit Customers Who Have Disabilities
Link to article in Metro:
VEHICLES
19) Rhode Island Governor Sinks New Sailboat License Plate Design
Link to story on WPRO Radio:
http://www.630wpro.com/2015/09/02/governor-sinks-new-sailboat-license-plate-design/
News Releases
1) GPO Group Enters Into Partnership with Sam Schwartz Consulting
2) Cloud-Based Technology to Drive Cost Savings and Customer Experience Enhancements at Perth Airport
3) Via Metropolitan Transit Expands Wi-Fi to Entire Fleet and Facilities
4) App Launched at Port of Boston Terminal to Improve Efficiency
5) More Than 500 Transportation Experts Gather in Dublin for IBTTA Annual Meeting
6) Progressive Insurance Launches Pilot Snapshot Mobile App
7) Delta Wins 'Best Self Check-In' Award from Latin Trade Magazine
8) New Jersey Transit to Equip Trains with Inward Facing Cameras from Apollo Video Technology
9) The Railway Engineering Company Ltd. Becomes Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe
10) Acer Acquires GPS Cycling Computer Brand Xplova
12) TomTom Launches the Trucker 5000
Job Postings
- Part-Time Adjunct Course Instructors – National Transit Institute – New Brunswick, New Jersey
http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12110100/nti-seeking-part-time-instructors
Upcoming Events
2015 Conference on Freight – September 14-16 – Cincinnati
http://ohiofreight.org/OCF.htm
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