[TCN] Thursday, September 20, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, September 20, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) American Airlines to Begin Tablet Roll Out to Flight Attendants Later this Year

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/09/20/mobile/american-airlines-to-begin-tablet-roll-out-to-flight-attendants-later-this-year

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) US Department of Homeland Security Eyes Toll Booths to Automatically Detect GPS Jammers

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/mobile/2012/09/dhs-eyes-toll-booths-automatically-detect-gps-jammers/58226

 

MARITIME

 

3) Port Metro Vancouver Use GPS-Based System to Track Trucks

Link to article in The Province:

http://www.theprovince.com/news/vancouver/Tracking+trucks+Port+Metro+Vancouver+officials+based+system/7267503/story.html

 

OTHER

 

4) EU Hatching New Plan for Transport R&D

Link to article on Science|Business:

http://bulletin.sciencebusiness.net/news/75868/EU-hatching-new-plan-for-transport-R-and-D

Link to report: http://goo.gl/p1os9

 

5) Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss Moving from WTOP Radio to WRC-TV in DC

Link to article on TVSpy:

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/transportation-reporter-adam-tuss-joins-wrc_b62145

 

PEDESTRIANS

 

6) Look Out! New York City DOT Creates Crosswalk Decals, Ad Campaign to Prevent Pedestrian Accidents

Link to article in The New York Observer:

http://observer.com/2012/09/look-out-dot-creates-crosswalk-decals-ad-campaign-to-prevent-pedestrian-accidents/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/juEgY

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Advocates Try to Bridge Gap in Public Awareness of Infrastructure

Link to article in Engineering News-Record:

http://enr.construction.com/infrastructure/transportation/2012/0924-8220critical-crossings-where-are-we-now8221.asp

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Swiss Federal Railways Accuses Apple of Copying Its Railway Clock Design for iPad Clock App

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/20/swiss-federal-railways-accuses-apple-of-copying-its-railway-clock-design-for-ipad-clock-app/

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Ohio DOT to Launch Ads at Rest Stops, Sell Naming Rights to Roads and Bridges

Link to article in The Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/09/odot_to_launch_ads_at_intersta.html

 

10) New Kinds of Traffic Signs Promise to Keep Everything Flowing

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444443504577601803630881684.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) Apple's Secret Plan to Join iPhones with Airport Security

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/19/travel/mobile-airport-travel-apps

 

12) TSA Analyzes Mobile Needs Before Deployment

Link to story on WFED Radio:

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/482/3045776/TSA-analyzes-mobile-needs-before-deployment

 

TELEMATICS

 

13) Telematics and the Future of Automotive Apps

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/telematics-and-future-automotive-apps

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Court Rules New York MTA Must Run Anti-Jihad Ad

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://transportationnation.org/2012/09/19/court-rules-that-ny-mta-must-run-anti-jihad-ad/

 

15) iOS 6 Maps Come Without Transit Directions

Link to column on The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/ios-6-maps-no-transit-directions-apple_n_1896684.html

 

16) Garmin Looks to Fill an iOS 6 Void, Updates Navigation Apps with Public Transit, Street View

Link to article on The Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/20/3362498/garmin-navigon-streetpilot-public-transportation-ios-6

 

17) Halifax Metro Transit Lacking Onboard Announcements

Link to article in The Chronicle Herald:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/137650-metro-transit-lacking-onboard-announcements

 

18) Rural Transit and Technology: A Report from the National Rural ITS Conference

Link to article on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2012/09/20/rural-transit-and-technology-the-news-from-biloxi/

 

 

News Releases

1) FAA Achieves Major NextGen Milestone with Contract for Digital Communications in Aircraft

2) FAA Announces Effort to Enhance Safety, Increase Efficiency and Reduce Aircraft Emissions in Florida Airspace

3) New Airport System Facilitates Smoother Take-Offs and Landings

4) BMW Group's UR:BAN Research Initiative Developing Driver Assistance and Traffic Management Systems for Urban Driving Environment

5) DC Metro Seeks Input on Newly Redesigned Metrobus Maps

6) RFID Technology Coming to Port of New York and New Jersey to Identify Vehicles

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Call for Papers and Presentations – 23^rd Annual Meeting & Exposition – ITS America

http://itswc.confex.com/itswc/AM2013/cfp.cgi

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Rural Traffic Incident Management – October 16

https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=25048

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1912 **100^th anniversary** The first transcontinental truck delivery was completed.  The trip took 91 days.

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/index.php/blog/article/tuesday_may_25_2010_the_alco_trucks

 

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