[TCN] Friday, November 2, 2012

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, November 2, 2012 - ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Tampa International Sues Over Hernando Airport's Use of the Word 'Tampa'

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/airlines/tampa-international-sues-over-hernando-airports-use-of-the-word-tampa/1259358

 

2) US DOT Consumer Committee Recommends Transparency of Airline Fees

Link to blog in The Dallas Morning News:

http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/2012/11/dot-consumer-committee-recommends-transparency-of-airline-fees.html/

 

OTHER

 

3) ITS World Congress – Closing Speech by Professor Eric Sampson

Link to text from ERTICO:

http://www.ertico.com/its-world-congress-closing-speech-by-professor-eric-sampson/

 

PARKING

 

4) User Attitudes Toward Real and Synthetic Speech

Link to report from the Centre for Communication Interface Research at the University of Edinburgh:

http://spotlight.ccir.ed.ac.uk/public_documents/technology_reports/No.11%20TTS.pdf

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) AASHTO Report Helps State DOTs Better Communicate Issue of Transportation Funding

Link to article in the AASHTO Journal:

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/110212PeerReport.aspx

 

6) Owner of Florida Parking Garage Demands $7,500 for Photos from Artist

Link to blog in the Broward/Palm Beach New Times:

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2012/11/1111_lincoln_parking_garage_hester_esquenazi.php

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) TR News September-October 2012: Blueprints to Improve Highway Safety

Link to further information from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/168048.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

8) Lost? Follow That Voice!

Link to interview with Bernie Wagenblast on NEWDradio:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/newd/2012/11/02/the-naked-truth (interview starts at 37:35)

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

9) Virginia Beach/Old Dominion University Traffic Planning Center Opens

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2012/11/virginia-beachodu-traffic-planning-center-opens

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/H0hJJ

 

 

Upcoming Events

2012 Airport Exchange – November 26-28 – Amsterdam

http://www.airport-exchange.com/conferences/airport-operations/

 

 

Friday Bonus  

I think they're missing the point.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=5022b7953e&view=att&th=133c7258623f5967&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1947 **65^th anniversary** Howard Hughes made the first and only flight of a plane known as the 'Spruce Goose.'

http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/the-museum/aircraft-exhibits/the-spruce-goose/

 

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