Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, December 23, 2011 – ISSN 1529-1057
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
AVIATION
1) Airplane Internet Provider Gogo Files for $100 Million IPO
Link to article in Forbes:
BICYCLES
2) City of Los Angeles Releases Interactive Bike Lane Map
Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/la-bike-map.html
Link to site: http://bicyclela.org/maps_main.htm
GPS / NAVIGATION
3) Kochi Likely to Become First City in India with GPS-Enable Transport System
Link to article in The Hindu:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2741106.ece
OTHER
4) NORAD's Santa Trackers Pull Out High-Tech Stops
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/story/2011-12-22/santa-tracking-norad/52166662/1
5) Content Marketing … We Are the Media
Link to Talking Transportation blog:
http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/content-marketing-we-are-the-media/
6) Resources for Transportation Communications Pros
Link to Talking Transportation blog:
7) Documents from the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office Added to National Transportation Library
Link to documents:
PARKING
8) Parking Today – December 2011
Issue focused on parking technology.
Link to magazine:
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Seattle Working on New Wireless Public Safety Network
Link to article in Government Technology:
http://www.govtech.com/wireless/Seattle-New-Wireless-Public-Safety-Network.html
VEHICLES
10) Volkswagen Turns Off BlackBerry Email After Work Hours
Link to BBC News story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16314901
11) BMW Adds Integrated Yelp App to Nav Systems
Link to article in Motor Trend:
http://wot.motortrend.com/bmw-adds-integrated-yelp-app-to-nav-systems-150059.html
12) The Complexity of Automotive M2M Connectivity
Link to article in Wireless Design & Development:
News Releases
2) US DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics Announces Data Visualization Student Challenge Winners
3) Raytheon to Provide Improved Surveillance Capability for National Airspace System
4) Independent Lab Tests Verify High-Precision GPS Devices Can Coexist with LightSquared
5) Magneti Marelli: First Open-Source Platform for the 'Connected Car'
6) Arriva's Trapeze Mobile Ticketing Solution Wins Innovation Award at UK Bus Awards
Upcoming Events
37th Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference – March 8-9 – Washington, DC
http://www.faa.gov/news/conferences_events/aviation_forecast_2012/
Friday Bonus
These transportation photos might enhance your holiday mood.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/have_yourself_a_merry_transit_2.html
Today in Transportation History
1961 **50th anniversary** A train car filled with Christmas travelers plunged from the Fiumarella viaduct in Italy killing 71 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiumarella_rail_disaster
1986 **25th anniversary** Voyager landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, becoming the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop without refueling. The plane was piloted by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19880548000
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