[TCN] Tuesday, October 23, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) The Airline Baggage Tag – A Masterpiece of Design

Link to article in Slate:

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/design/2012/10/airline_baggage_tags_how_their_brilliant_design_gets_bags_from_point_a_to_point_b_.single.html

 

OTHER

 

2) Daily News from ITS World Congress

Link to newsletter:

http://campaign.route2email.com/view.aspx?id=366

 

3) How Social Media Moves New York: Twitter Use By Transportation Providers in the New York Region

Link to report from NYU Wagner:

http://wagner.nyu.edu/faculty/publications/publications.php?pub_id=2282

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

4) Mobile Apps for Government: Three Questions to Get You Moving

Link to the Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/mobile-apps-for-government-three-questions-to-get-you-moving/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Ohio State, Honda Team Up on Driving Simulation Lab

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012310230059 

Link to news release: http://www.osu.edu/news/newsitem3537

 

6) Texting While Driving Could Raise Insurance Premiums

Link to article in the Deseret News:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865564829/Texting-while-driving-could-raise-insurance-premiums.html

 

TAXIS

 

7) Dubai Taxis to Accept Nol Cards from 2013

Link to article in the Khaleej Times:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/transport/2012/October/transport_October33.xml&section=transport

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

8) Do High-Tech Traffic Tools Work? California DOT Hopes They'll Ease I-80 Traffic Mess

Link to blog on KQED Radio:

http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2012/10/22/do-high-tech-traffic-tools-work-caltrans-hopes-theyll-ease-i-80-traffic-mess/

 

VEHICLES

 

9) Google, Carmakers Discuss Self-Driving Cars with US Regulators

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-23/google-carmakers-discuss-self-driving-cars-with-u-s-regulators.html

 

10) Intel Readies for Programmable Smart Cars

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232781/Intel_readies_for_programmable_smart_cars

 

11) California at Technology Forefront with Passage of Driverless Cars Bill

Link to article and podcast on Peninsula Press:

http://peninsulapress.com/2012/10/18/california-at-technology-forefront-with-passage-of-driverless-cars-bill-podcast/

 

12) US DOT Works with World Partners to Improve Connected Vehicles, Deliver Safety Benefits

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2012/10/usdot-works-with-world-partners-to-improve-connected-vehicles.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Cincinnati Metro Wins Advertising Award from American Public Transportation Association

2) England's Highways Agency Selects Inrix Real-Time Traffic and Travel Time Information for Its National Traffic Information Service

3) BMW Presents the Opportunities for Intelligent Networking in Urban Situations at ITS World Congress

4) Flight Safety Foundation Recognizes Aviation Safety Contributions in Award Ceremony

5) Siemens and Streetline Bring Next-Generation, Smart Parking Technology to Braunschweig, Germany

6) Single European Sky Must Be Implemented without Further Delay, Urge MEPs

7) Traffic Alert Canada App Now Available in Ottawa

8) Pioneer to Kick Off First AppRadio Hackathon at 2012 SEMA Show

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Presolicitation Notice – Advanced Solutions to Capture Mobility Data-BAA – US DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4dbd987cccb15ddb6141c740b560253b

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Towards Optimization – Transit Asset Management Strategies – November 8

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s121108_opt.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1942 **70^th anniversary** An American Airlines flight and a US B-34 bomber collided near Palm Springs, California.  All 12 people aboard the DC-3 died while the US Army Air Forces plane landed safely.  Among those to die was Ralph Rainger, composer of Thanks for the Memory.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=06AKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7165%2C2132022

 

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