[TCN] Wednesday, October 31, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Air Carriers New Early Warning Policy Gives Passengers Chance to Book Options

Link to AP article:

http://durangoherald.com/article/20121030/NEWS04/121039962/-1/s

 

2) The Airport of the Future

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/publications/all-online-articles/item/2034-reality-bytes

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) Just Wave and Go with Electronic Tolls at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

Link to article in The Windsor Star:

http://goo.gl/JmuN4

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

4) New York MTA Filmmaker Documents Sandy's Disastrous Effects

Link to article on Indiewire:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/nycs-transit-authority-filmmaker-documents-sandys-disastrous-effects

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

5) Study Launched to Determine Effects of Wildlife Warning Reflectors on Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Wyoming

Link to article on County 10:

http://county10.com/2012/10/30/study-launched-to-determine-effects-of-wildlife-warning-reflectors-on-wildlife-vehicle-collisions/

 

6) TSA Wants a Firm to Supply it Twice a Week with Complete Airline Flight Data

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/27714?c=airport_aviation_security

 

TRANSIT

 

7) Nashville Buses May Go High-Tech with Real-Time Data, GPS

Link to article in The Tennessean:

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20121031/NEWS01/310310124/Nashville-buses-may-go-high-tech

 

VEHICLES

 

8) Communications Help Trucking Weather the Storm

Link to article in Fleet Owner:

http://fleetowner.com/technology/communications-help-trucking-weather-storm

 

9) Honda ITS Lets Cars/Motorcycles Communicate

Link to article on Motorcycle USA:

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/583/14750/Motorcycle-Article/Honda-ITS-Lets-Cars-Motorcycles-Communicate.aspx

 

 

News Releases

1) Ford Tops OEM Automotive Infotainment Competitive Assessment, BMW and Toyota Ending Second and Third

2) Open Roads Consulting Wins the Next Generation Advanced Transportation Management System Deployment for Pennsylvania DOT

3) Summary of Outcomes from the 40^th Meeting of the International Organization for Standardization's Technical Committee 204 (ISO/TC204) for Intelligent Transport Systems

4) Highlights from the 19^th ITS World Congress in Vienna from ITS America

 

 

Upcoming Events

First HeERO International Conference – November 15 – Zagreb, Croatia

http://www.heero-pilot.eu/preview/en/events/heeroconf_nov2012.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1962 **50^th anniversary** The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge over the St. Marys River between Canada and the US officially opened to traffic.

http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9618_48384-23856--,00.html

 

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