[TCN] Thursday, October 18, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, October 18, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Cathay Pacific Partners with Klout to Provide Access to Business Discounts

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/10/18/news/the-scan-cathay-pacific-partners-with-klout-for-new-klout-card-via-passbook-and-more-news

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/4ptDR

 

OTHER

 

2) Canadian Trucking Firms Missing Out on Social Media Opportunities

Link to article in Truck News:

http://www.trucknews.com/news/canadian-trucking-firms-missing-out-on-social-media-opportunities/1001776189

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

3) Queensland Transport Minister Coy on Public Transport Data

Link to AAP article:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/qld-minister-coy-on-public-transport-data/story-fn3dxiwe-1226498500442

 

4) The Transportation Communications Newsletter

Two different interviews with Bernie Wagenblast about the newsletter and traffic reporting.

Link to interview on WFME Radio's WFME Reports:

http://www.wfme.net/fm/pa/mp3/bernie_wagenblast.mp3

Link to interview on WFME-TV's Community Impact:

http://www.wfme.net/fm/pa/video/bernie_wagenblast.html

 

5) My Engineering Epiphany: Communication is Not the Plan, It is the Data

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/my-engineering-epiphany-communications-is-not-the-plan-it-is-the-data/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

6) Virginia 'Socializes' Public Safety

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/Virginia-Socializes-Public-Safety-.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/y5PKs

 

SPACE

 

7) Satellite to Watch for Space Junk

Link to article in the Ottawa Citizen:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Coming+soon+traffic+reports+space/7411110/story.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

8) Viewpoint: Telematics, Cognitive Dissonance and Distracted Driving

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/viewpoint-telematics-cognitive-dissonance-and-distracted-driving

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

9) Virginia's 495 Express Lanes Unveil New Ops Center

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://transportationnation.org/2012/10/18/virginias-495-express-lanes-unveil-news-ops-center/

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Maryland Transit Administration Recording Bus Conversations to Eavesdrop on Trouble

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-mta-bus-safety-20121016,0,4501380.story

 

11) California's SamTrans Misses the Bus on Real-Time Info

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SamTrans-misses-the-bus-on-real-time-info-3957372.php

 

12) DC Metro: Full Wireless Access Delayed Until 2015

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/metro-full-wireless-access-delayed-until-2015/2012/10/16/a5c3dc4a-17ce-11e2-9855-71f2b202721b_story.html

 

13) Newsletter No. 1 from POLITE (Policy Learning in Information Technologies for Public Transport Enhancement)

Link to newsletter:

http://goo.gl/s74Fr

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Traffic Eyes in the Sky Aim High Over Metro Vancouver

Link to article on Surrey Now:

http://www.thenownewspaper.com/sports/Traffic+eyes+high/7407829/story.html

 

15) Real-Time Traffic Services Heating Up in Turkey

Link to article in GPS Business News:

http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/Real-Time-Traffic-Services-Heating-up-in-Turkey_a3904.html

 

16) The Problems with Measuring Traffic Congestion

Link to commentary on Reuters:

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/17/the-problems-with-measuring-traffic-congestion/

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Why Your Next Car Should – and Shouldn't – Be a Wi-Fi Hotspot

Link to article in Popular Mechanics:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/industry/why-your-next-car-should-and-shouldnt-be-a-wi-fi-hotspot-13852868

 

 

Upcoming Events

RailTrends 2012 – November 1-2 – New York City

http://www.railtrends.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

2007 **5^th anniversary** A motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was bombed in Karachi.  The attack killed at least 139 people and injured nearly 500.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7051804.stm

 

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