[TCN] Monday, January 21, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, January 21, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Smoothing the Airport Wait

At LaGuardia Airport, Delta use iPads to fill the wait time.

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/business/at-la-guardia-delta-uses-ipads-to-fill-the-wait-time.html

 

2) Naples, Florida Airport Misses a Chance to Bond with Public

Link to editorial in the Naples Daily News:

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/jan/21/editorial-naples-airport-misses-a-chance-to-bond/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) ERTICO eMagazine – January 2013

Link to magazine:

http://issuu.com/ertico/docs/emagazine_jan_21_lowres

 

MARITIME

 

4) Communications and Single Point Failures: What's Your Back-Up Plan?

Link to article in Marine News:

http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/pubs/nwm/marinenews/201301/ (page 22)

 

PARKING

 

5) Bad Parking Job? Text the Driver Through the License Plate

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57564983-1/bad-parking-job-text-the-driver-through-the-license-plate/

 

RAILROADS

 

6) Concerns Raised Over Warning System for Amtrak Acela Trains in Mansfield, Massachusetts

Link to story on WBZ-TV:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/18/mansfield-raises-concerns-over-amtrak-acela-warning-system/

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) Understanding the Contributions of Operations, Technology, and Design to Meeting Highway Capacity Needs

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/166939.aspx

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Voice-Operated Texting While Driving: As Unsafe as It Ever Was

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/01/voice-operated-texting-while-driving-unsafe-it-ever-was/4444/

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Bill Seeks to Block Maryland Transit Administration from Recording Passengers' Conversations

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-mta-bus-recording-20130118,0,218512.story

 

10) Port Authority of Allegheny County to Launch New Service for Arrival Information

Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/transportation/service-to-launch-for-port-authority-riders-671296/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/8eJ5Z

 

11) New York MTA Turns Off Blue Lights on Buses to Avoid 'Confusing' Drivers

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://transportationnation.org/2013/01/18/to-avoid-confusing-drivers-mta-turns-off-sbs-bus-lights/

 

12) An App That Uses Frustrated Riders' Phones to Tell You the Bus Will Be Late

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681190/an-app-that-uses-frustrated-riders-phones-to-tell-you-that-the-bus-will-be-late

 

13) Articles from Mass Transit

 -  Deciphering Google's Offerings in Today's Fast-Paced Environment

http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/10830880/deciphering-googles-offerings-in-todays-fast-paced-environment

 -  Smarter Security

http://www.masstransitmag.com/article/10831711/smarter-security

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) University of Maryland Lab Helps Keep Inauguration Traffic on Track

Link to article on Ellicott City Patch:

http://ellicottcity.patch.com/articles/umd-lab-helps-keep-inauguration-traffic-on-track-875cc10e

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Top Car Tech from CES and the Detroit Auto Show

Link to video on CNET on Cars:

http://cnettv.cnet.com/8301-34133_53-57564804-314/top-car-tech-from-ces-and-the-detroit-auto-show-cnet-on-cars-episode-10/

 

16) The Beast: President Barack Obama's High-Tech Super-Limo

Link to article on The Car Connection:

http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1060453_the-beast-president-barack-obamas-high-tech-super-limo

 

 

News Releases

1) Omnitrans Launches Live Bus Prediction Technology

2) University of Pennsylvania Drives Transportation Research Forward

3) US Airways Names John Gustafson Vice President, eCommerce, Mobile and Distribution

4) Boeing to Upgrade US Air Force Combat Survivor Evader Locator Radios, Base Stations  

 

 

Upcoming Events

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals 2013 Conference – March 19-21 – New Orleans

http://www.irpt.net/features/annual-conference/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1968 **45^th anniversary** A US Air Force B-52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed at Thule Air Base in Greenland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Thule_Air_Base_B-52_crash

 

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