[TCN] Monday, January 7, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, January 7, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) New Group Targets New York City's 'Embarrassing' Airports

Link to article in Crain's New York Business:

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130104/TRANSPORTATION/130109964

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

2) Dubai RTA Unveils Revamped Salik Website

Link to article in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/transport/rta-unveils-revamped-salik-website

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) Intelligent Transportation May Be Big Focus at CES

Link to story on KGO-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/business&id=8942874

 

MARITIME

 

4) Marine Communication Systems Used in the Maritime Industry

Link to article on Marine Insight:

http://www.marineinsight.com/marine/marine-news/headline/marine-communication-systems-used-in-the-maritime-industry/

 

OTHER

 

5) Documenting 24 Hours in the Lives of Transportation Workers Across the Globe

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681141/documenting-24-hours-in-the-lives-of-transportation-workers-across-the-globe

Link to further information from the Global Lives Project: http://goo.gl/HSXlF

 

6) Mobile App for Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

Link to further information:

http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting2013/mobileappdownload.aspx

 

PARKING

 

7) Parking in 140 Characters or Less: New Signs Simplify New York City Parking Rules

Link to article in The New York Observer:

http://observer.com/2013/01/parking-in-140-characters-or-less-new-signs-simplify-parking-rules/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) Can Humor Reduce Jaywalking?

Link to column in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/transportation/road_warrior/185629062_Road_Warrior__Can_humor_reduce_jaywalking_.html?page=all

 

RAILROADS

 

9) Mapping of BNSF Railroad Tracks to Be Modernized

Link to article in The Topeka Capital-Journal:

http://cjonline.com/news/business/2013-01-03/railroad-mapping-project-adds-100-jobs-topeka-one-year

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Researchers Say Waze Data Could Help Prevent Accidents

Link to article on GigaOM:

http://gigaom.com/data/researchers-say-waze-data-could-help-prevent-accidents/

Link to article:

http://www.academia.edu/1790382/Data_Mining_Opportunities_in_Geosocial_Networks_for_Improving_Road_Safety

 

SPACE

 

11) The Tech Behind NASA's Martian Chronicles

Link to article in GCN:

http://gcn.com/articles/2013/01/04/tech-behind-nasa-martian-chronicles.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Revised Ad Policies Helping Transit Agencies

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/article/story/2012/12/revised-ad-policies-helping-transit-agencies.aspx

 

13) Unofficial Tweeter Still Driving Info to Hamilton, Ontario Bus Service Riders

Link to article from The Hamilton Spectator:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10849208/on-tweeter-still-driving-hsrs-info-to-riders

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Lexus Shows Off Road-Aware Safety Research Prototype

Link to article on CNET:

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34438_1-57562516/lexus-shows-off-road-aware-safety-research-prototype/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/LY4Bk

 

15) Automakers Open Their In-Car Platforms: First Up, Ford, and Soon, GM

Link to article on All Things D:

http://allthingsd.com/20130107/automakers-open-their-in-car-platforms-first-up-ford-and-soon-gm

 

16) Driving Lessons

Connected cars represent a major opportunity in the M2M future.

Link to article in Mobile Communications International:

http://www.telecoms.com/58772/driving-lessons/

 

 

News Releases

1) US DOT Proposes New Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

2) Swedish Study Shows Digital Billboards Distract Drivers

3) Inrix Introduces the Industry's First Global Parking Navigation Service

4) Inrix and CenNavi Team to Deliver Premium Traffic Services in 28 Cities Across China

5) Latest Inrix Global Index of Road Congestion Mirrors Slowly Improving US Economy

6) Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network and Toyota Team Up to Bring Instant Traffic and Weather Updates to Drivers' Dashboards

7) Rhapsody Hits the Road with Ford Sync AppLink

8) BeCouply and Ford Demonstrate New Sync AppLink App Providing Drivers with Date Suggestions While on the Go

9) Aha by Harman Added to Ford Sync AppLink

10) Ford First with Kaliki App In-Car Integration for Audio Playback of Major Newspapers and Magazines

11) Glympse Launches First In-Car, Voice-Activated Location-Sharing App for Ford Sync AppLink

12) First eCall Testing Center Launched in Japan

 

 

Upcoming Events

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http://aviationproslive.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1968 **45^th anniversary** Surveyor 7, the last in the Surveyor series to explore the Moon, was launched.

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/621-Surveyor-7-Americas-Last-Lunar-Unmanned-Lander.html

 

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