[TCN] Tuesday, January 22, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Study: US Airports, Air Traffic Control System Should Be Self-Supporting

Link to article in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-air-transport-perspective/2013-01-21/study-us-airports-atc-system-should-be-self-supporting

Link to further information from the Reason Foundation: http://goo.gl/ZTVwQ

 

2) Social Media and the Airline Industry

Link to video from the Columbia Business School:

http://soc.li/8ygMTvf

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) The New Faces of GIS – LiDAR and the Intelligent 3D Map

Link to article in GeoWorld:

http://read.dmtmag.com/i/103965 (page 22)

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) 'Text Payment Option Needed' for New Zealand's Northern Gateway Toll Road

Link to article on Voxy:

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/text-payment-option-needed-northern-gateway-toll-road/5/144465

 

OTHER

 

5) Articles from Public Roads – January/February 2013

 -  Linking Drivers and Roads

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/13janfeb/01.cfm

 -  Why Drivers Do What They Do – FHWA's Human Factors Lab Studies Motorists' Behavior

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/13janfeb/03.cfm

 -  Unique Information Center in Seattle Helps Mitigate Impact of Tunnel Project

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/13janfeb/04.cfm

 

PARKING

 

6) University of Arizona Creates Tool to Track Parking Availability in Garages

Link to article in the Arizona Daily Wildcat:

http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2013/01/ua-parking-and-transportation-services-creates-tool-to-track-parking-availability-in-garages

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Using Video Well: Michigan DOT Uses Testimonials When Talking Transportation

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/using-video-well-michigan-dot-uses-testimonials-when-talking-transportation/

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Signs Help Stream Traffic to Blue Water Bridge in Ontario

Link to article on Blackburn News:

http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2013/01/21/signs-help-stream-traffic/

 

TELEMATICS

 

9) Q&A: Telematics and the Indian Market

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/navigation-and-lbs/qa-telematics-and-indian-market

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Electronic Signs to Give Real-Time Updates at Galway Bus Stops

Link to article in The Connacht Sentinel:

http://www.galwaynews.ie/29917-electronic-signs-give-%E2%80%98real-time%E2%80%99-updates-galway-bus-stops

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) British Rail Websites Criticized for Inaccurate Information During Snow

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/9815919/Snow-commuters-voice-anger-at-rail-websites.html

 

12) Proposal in Washington State to Let Localities Change Message Signs

Link to article in The Columbian:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/19/proposal-use-highway-signs-to-communicate/

 

13) DC Metropolitan Area Transportation Operations Coordination Program Monitors Inauguration Day Transportation

Link to video in The Washington Post:

http://goo.gl/EP3S0

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Toyota is Test-Driving Autonomous Vehicles in Michigan

Link to article on Talking Points Memo:

http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/toyota-test-driving-autonomous-vehicles-in-michigan.php

 

15) Mercedes-Benz Tech Warns Wrong-Way Drivers

Link to blog on MSN Autos:

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs/autosblogpost.aspx?post=3ea3aa6e-9f3a-46bd-a834-641f15f8d87a

 

16) Social Media Emerge as Tool to Find Vehicle Defects, Complaints

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130122/OEM11/130129984/social-media-emerge-as-tool-to-find-vehicle-defects-complaints&cciid=email-autonews-daily

 

17) A Digital Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/automobiles/a-digital-paradise-by-the-dashboard-light.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Amtrak Installs Hearing Loop Technology in New York and Washington

2) Lothian Buses Introduces Social Media Bus with Free Wi-Fi

3) Iteris Launches Vantage SmartSpan Video Detection for Span Wire Intersections

4) Kapsch TrafficCom Tops ABI Research's Intelligent Transportation Systems Competitive Assessment; Siemens and Hitachi Ending Second and Third

5) Delaware Transportation Secretary Chairs I-95 Corridor Coalition

6) Government of Western Australia Issues RFP for First Bus Station Using Dynamic Stand-Allocation System

7) California DOT Upgrades Trip Planning Website for Motorists

8) Switzerland's Skyguide Uses New Communication Tool to Exchange Electronic Data Between Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers

 

 

Solicitations

 -  Call for Abstracts – Western States Rural Transportation Technology Implementers Forum

http://www.westernstatesforum.org/Documents/2013/CallForAbstracts_WSRTTIF_2013.pdf

 -  Calls for Nominations – Roger Cyr Public-Rail Safety Award – Operation Lifesaver Canada

http://www.operationlifesaver.ca/general/2013/01/operation-lifesaver-calls-for-nominations-for-roger-cyr-public-rail-safety-award-2013/

 -  Request for Proposals – Form an Alliance for New Underground Wellington Street Bus Station – Western Australia Public Transport Authority

http://bit.ly/V5c26C

 

 

Upcoming Events

Louisiana Transportation Conference – February 17-20 – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

http://www.ltrc.lsu.edu/ltc_13/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1968 **45^th anniversary** Apollo 5 blasted-off.  The unmanned mission was the first test flight of the Lunar Module.

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1968-007A

 

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