[TCN] Wednesday, August 15, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Could the New Air Traffic Control System Be Hacked?

Link to story on NPR's All Things Considered:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/08/14/158758161/could-the-new-air-traffic-control-system-be-hacked

 

2) Report: Flight Ops Role Overlooked in NextGen

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2012/08/flight-ops-role-overlooked-in-nextgen/

 

3) Pilots Love Apple iPads, Flight-Planning Apps Like ForeFlight, and Air-Streaming In-Flight Entertainment

Link to blog on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/08/15/news/pilots-love-apple-ipads-flight-planning-apps-like-foreflight-and-air-streaming-in-flight-entertainment

 

4) United Airlines' Recent Fails Cannot be Fixed by Social Media

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/uniteds-recent-fails-cannot-be-fixed-by-social-media-7000002647/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Uber Boston Promises to Fight Cease-and-Desist Order

Link to article on CNET News:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57493358-93/uber-boston-promises-to-fight-cease-and-desist-order/

 

6) When GPS Leads to SOS

Link to commentary in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/opinion/when-gps-leads-to-s-o-s.html

 

OTHER

 

7) Test Procedure Generator: A New Tool for the Standards Development and Deployment Communities

Link to further information from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:

http://www.its.dot.gov/standards/tpg_announcement.htm

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) It's Time for Trucking Industry to Walk the Walk with Public Image

Link to commentary in Commercial Carrier Journal:

http://www.digitalmagazinetechnology.com/a/?KEY=ccj-12-08august#page=7

Link to referenced news report on WTSP-TV:

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/256123/250/INVESTIGATORS-Truckers-admit-to-running-like-outlaws

 

9) Video Rising: News Consumers, Mobile Devices Make Video Critical Storytelling Tool

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/video-rising-news-consumers-mobile-devices-make-video-critical-storytelling-tool/

 

RAILROADS

 

10) FRA Recommends Congress Extend Positive Train Control Deadline

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

http://www.joc.com/regulation/fra-recommends-congress-extend-ptc-deadline

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Countdown Clock System Being Installed at Some Boston T Stops

Link to story on WBZ-TV:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/08/15/countdown-clock-system-being-installed-at-some-t-stops/

 

12) Moscow Metro to Relax Secrecy for Foreign Investors

Link to RIA Novosti article:

http://en.ria.ru/business/20120814/175202943.html

 

13) 'Savage' Ads on San Francisco Muni Stir Debate

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/transportation/2012/08/savage-ads-muni-stir-debate

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Virginia DOT's Chester Nerve Center Upgraded, Expanded

Link to article in the Chesterfield Observer:

http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2012-08-15/News/VDOTs_Chester_nerve_center_upgraded_expanded.html

 

15) Colorado DOT Upgrades Electronic Signs Around State

Link to article in the Summit Daily News:

http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20120815/NEWS/120819896

 

16) Salem, New Hampshire Selectmen See New ITS Program in Action

Link to article on Salem Patch:

http://salem-nh.patch.com/articles/selectmen-see-new-its-program-in-action

 

VEHICLES

 

17) 'Black Box' Standards Coming for Cars

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/243529-nhtsa-says-black-box-standards-for-autos-will-take-effect-september-1

 

18) Who Needs a License? Self-Driving Cars Coming Our Way

Link to Reuters article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/needs-license-self-driving-cars-050527690.html

Study: Future Impact of Self-Driving Cars

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/factbox-future-impact-self-driving-050527971.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Smart Technology for Victoria's West Gate Freeway

2) ParknCloud Geoparking Service Introduced by Mylaensys

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposals – ITS ePrimer Module Authors – US DOT, ITE, ITS America

http://tinyurl.com/d4x3y4g

 

 

Upcoming Events

2012 National Rural ITS Conference and Gulf Region ITS Annual Meeting – September 16-19 – Biloxi, Mississippi

http://www.nritsconference.org/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary**

The Red Sails aerobatic team of the Royal Australian Air Force collided during a maneuver killing four pilots and two passengers.

http://goo.gl/uoQPX

 

Vostok 3, piloted by cosmonaut Andriyan G. Nikolayev, landed after completing 64 orbits.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1962-036A

 

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