Jumat, 12 Oktober 2012

[TCN] Friday, October 12, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, October 12, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057


 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA to Test Data-Communication Innovations with Federal Express, United and Delta Airlines

Link to article on Avionics Intelligence:

http://www.avionics-intelligence.com/articles/2012/10/faa-data.html

 

2) Articles from Airport World

 -  Special Report: Marketing & Communications

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0c6223e3#/0c6223e3/33 (continues through page 61)

 -  The Power of Communication

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0c6223e3#/0c6223e3/3

 -  Airports Must Become Tech Savvy or Get Left Behind

http://www.airport-world.com/news-articles/item/1982-blog-airports-must-become-tech-savvy-or-get-left-behind

 

3) Pub Near Dulles Airport Lets Patrons Listen In as Air-Traffic Controllers Talk to Pilots

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/pub-near-dulles-airport-lets-patrons-listen-in-as-air-traffic-controllers-talk-to-pilots/2012/10/11/be1363fc-139f-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html

 

BICYCLES

 

4) Bike-Counter Installed at Seattle's Fremont Bridge

Link to article on seattlepi:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Bike-counter-installed-at-Fremont-Bridge-3937146.php

 

CAMERAS

 

5) Washington State DOT Camera Spots More Than Just Traffic

Link to story on KOMO-TV:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Watch-DOT-traffic-cam-catches-pair-of-suspects-red-handed--173887431.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) Two Satellites Launched from French Guiana for Europe's Galileo Navigation System

Link to AP article:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/satellites+launched+from+French+Guiana+Europes+Galileo+navigation/7382840/story.html

 

7) GPS Apps That Fight Obsolescence

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/12/automobiles/ford-and-chevy-introduce-smartphone-gps-connections.html

 

OTHER

 

8) Some Pennsylvania DOT Centers Providing Wrong Information About State's Voter ID Law

Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/some-penndot-centers-providing-wrong-information-about-pennsylvania-voter-id-law-657155/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) FHWA Launches New Information-Sharing Initiative to Help Local Public Agencies Manage Their Federal-Aid Projects

Link to article in Public Roads:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/12septoct/03.cfm]

 

10) Blue Scholars Team with Sound Transit on Train Safety Video

Link to blog in the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce:

http://www.djc.com/blogs/SeattleScape/

 

ROADWAYS

 

11) New Jersey Agri-Tourism Signing Program Ramping Up

Link to story on WKXW Radio:

http://nj1015.com/new-jersey-agri-tourism-program-ramping-up-audio/

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Topeka Metro Offering More High-Tech Services

Link to article in The Capital-Journal:

http://cjonline.com/news/2012-10-11/topeka-metro-offering-more-hi-tech-services

 

13) How the Chicago Transit Authority Leverages Twitter, Social Media

Link to blog in Urgent Communications:

http://urgentcomm.com/blog/when-dinner-awaits-social-media-can-be-your-friend

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Nissan's New Safety Tech Knows When You Hit the Gas By Mistake

Link to article on The Car Connection:

http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1079788_nissans-new-safety-tech-knows-when-you-hit-the-gas-by-mistake

 

 

News Releases

1) Iowa DOT Releases Android Version of Its Driver's License Practice Test #dltest

 

 

Upcoming Events

National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting & Convention – October 30-November 1 – Orlando

http://nbaa.org/events/amc/2012/

 

 

Friday Bonus  

Perhaps this could revive the idea of drive-in movies.

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2012/10/automobile-innovation-day-hood-mounted-projector/3493/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50th anniversary**

The Bridge of the Americas opened over the Panama Canal.

http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000448

 

The Columbus Day Storm hit the North American west coast. 

http://www.kirotv.com/weblogs/sam-argiers-weather-blog/2012/oct/10/columbus-day-storm-50th-anniversary/

 

======================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. 

To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications  

Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

 

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.      

© 2012 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net

--
 
 

Tidak ada komentar:

Posting Komentar