[TCN] Wednesday, June 6, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES

 

1) App Lets Bicyclists Share Info with Planners in Oregon

Link to story on KVAL-TV:

http://www.kval.com/news/local/App-lets-bicyclists-share-info-with-local-transit-planners-157063825.html

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Indian Transport Department to Install 700 Cameras on National Highway in Kerala

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Transport-department-to-install-700-cameras-on-National-Highway-in-Kerala/articleshow/13860283.cms

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Google Flexes Its Mapping Muscle

Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-06/google-flexes-its-mapping-muscle

Link to further information from Google: http://goo.gl/hqptz

 

OTHER

 

4) As Wireless Spectrum is Squeezed, Sharing is Seen as Solution

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/technology/as-wireless-spectrum-is-squeezed-sharing-is-seen-as-solution.html

 

5) Technology Shapes Fleets' Mobile Use

Link to article in Light & Medium Truck:

http://lmtruck.com/articles/lmtbase.aspx?storyid=1889&t=Technology-Shapes-Fleets-Mobile-Use

 

6) Articles from Public Roads – May/June 2012

 -  Learning from Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami with Tips for US Transportation Agencies

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/12mayjune/04.cfm

 -  Michigan Study Sheds Light on Strategies to Curtail Wrong-Way Crashes

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/12mayjune/05.cfm

 -  Institutional Arrangements to Improve Performance of Multistate Freight Corridors

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/12mayjune/06.cfm

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Russian Railways Look to Improve Image

Free Internet one planned improvement.

Link to article in The Moscow Times:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/railroads-look-to-improve-image/459954.html

 

8) Israel Railways Planning to Add Wireless Internet

Link to article in Haaretz:

http://www.haaretz.com/business/all-aboard-soon-wireless-internet-and-bicycles-1.434671

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Utah DOT Engineer Develops 'Safety T-Shirt' for Construction Workers

Link to story on KSL-TV:

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=20712848

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Use of Facebook, Twitter in Vehicles a Low Priority for Consumers, Researcher Says

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20120606/BUSINESS01/120606054/In-vehicle-Facebook-Twitter-use-low-priority-telematics-conference

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Open-Loop Transit on the Rise

Link to article on ContactlessNews:

http://www.contactlessnews.com/2012/06/06/open-loop-transit-on-the-rise

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Want to Avoid I-75, I-24 Traffic Jams? Tennessee Governor Says App on the Way

Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jun/05/want-avoid-i-75-i-24-traffic-jams-gov-bill-haslam-/

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Verizon Joins Automakers in Promoting Internet-Connected Cars

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/157484475_Verizon_joins_automakers_in_promoting_Internet-connected_cars.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/9jE9y

 

14) Three Key Questions Facing 'Connected Vehicle' Leaders

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/article/20120606/BUSINESS01/206060417/4-key-questions-facing-connected-vehicle-leaders

 

15) Volkswagen Exec Explains Company's New Infotainment Architecture

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

http://www.automotiveit.com/hackenberg-in-interview-explains-vws-new-infotainment-architecture/news/id-005987

 

 

News Releases

1) University of South Florida Transportation Researchers Patent New Technologies to Turn Cellphone Into Storm and Emergency Aids

2) BMW of North America Selects Inrix Real-Time Traffic Information for Its Next Generation Advanced Real-Time Traffic Information Service

3) US Vets Offered Free Membership to WTS International

4) Connectivity Will Change the Future of Mobility Services, Says Frost & Sullivan

5) London 2012 Olympic Games to Benefit from Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communications

6) Ford Enables Industry's First In-Car Voice Control of MOG Smartphone App via Sync AppLink

7) Telematics Update Awards 2012 Winners Announced

8) TuneIn and Livio Connect Give Drivers the World of Radio

9) QNX Brings Power of Personalization to In-Car Infotainment

10) Operation Lifesaver Cites Safety Gains, Continued Need for Education on Crossing Awareness Day

 

 

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Upcoming Events

Workshop: Liability Aspects Related to ITS Applications – June 13 – Brussels

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/events/2012_06_13_liability_en.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1892 **120^th anniversary** The Chicago 'L' began revenue operations.

http://www.chicago-l.org/history/chron_south.html

 

1932 **80^th anniversary** The first national gasoline tax was signed into law by President Herbert Hoover.  The rate was one cent per gallon.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/gastax.cfm

 

1942 **70^th anniversary** In the Battle of Midway, US bombers sunk the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.  A Japanese sub sunk the USS Hammann and torpedoed the aircraft carrier Yorktown.

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-1.htm

 

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