[TCN] Wednesday, January 30, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Next in Spectrum Wars: Broadband for Airplanes

Link to article in Politico:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/next-in-spectrum-wars-broadband-for-airplanes-86843.html

 

2) American Airlines Goes on Tour to Sell Its New Look

Link to article in the Chicago Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2013/01/29/american-airlines-goes-on-tour-to-sell.html

 

3) Study: American Ranks as Chattiest US Airline

Link to story on CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100420320

 

BICYCLES

 

4) Traffic Sensors Give Columbus, Ohio Bicyclists Green Lights

Link to article in The Columbus Dispatch:

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/30/bicyclists-given-green-lights.html

 

CAMERAS

 

5) In Slovenia, Traffic Cameras Become a Flash Point

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/01/29/slovenia-traffic-cameras/1874685/

 

MARITIME

 

6) California's Port of Hueneme Pushes Ahead with Marketing Strategy

Link to article in the Ventura County Star:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jan/29/port-pushes-ahead-with-marketing-strategy/

 

OTHER

7) Business and Social Media: The Good and the Ugly

Traveler compares how WMATA and Amtrak responded to his tweets.

Link to blog on Tech.pinions:

http://techpinions.com/business-and-social-media-the-good-and-the-ugly/14083

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Federal Railroad Administration Extends Comment Period for Proposed PTC Rulemaking

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=34998 

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) TSA Forms Industry 'Engagement' Group

Link to article in Washington Technology:

http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2013/01/29/tsa-industry-engagement-group.aspx

 

10) Families of Crash Victims Urge Texas Lawmakers to Ban Texting While Driving

Link to article in the Austin American-Statesman:

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/families-of-crash-victims-urge-lawmakers-to-ban-te/nT9hG/

 

11) Thwarting Cargo Theft While Boosting Efficiency Through Technology

Link to article in Fleet Owner:

http://fleetowner.com/technology/thwarting-cargo-theft-while-boosting-efficiency-through-technology

 

12) Smartphone App Steers Drivers Toward Safety

Link to article from the Association of University Technology Managers:

http://www.betterworldproject.org/Drive_Scribe_Jan_2013.htm

 

TAXIS

 

13) Some Las Vegas Taxi Companies Push Back on Tracking

Link to article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.lvrj.com/business/some-taxi-companies-push-back-on-tracking-188975391.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) Electric Vehicle Telematics Bring the Cloud to the Car

Link to article on PluginCars:

http://www.plugincars.com/ev-telematics-bring-cloud-car-126274.html

 

TRANSIT

 

15) SEPTA's Trains All Wrapped Up, Ready to Roll

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20130130_SEPTA_s_trains_all_wrapped_up__ready_to_roll.html

 

16) Boston T Conductors Turn to iPhones for Updates

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/29/for-commuter-rail-conductors-reprogrammed-iphones-level-playing-field-for-information/IxIgIIDRXX1T6ifyuf1mfN/story.html

 

17) New York MTA Picks Finalists for Second Avenue Subway Line Video

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/vid_important_announcement_finalists_WOPx9eLFr7vCTGqqPP8diM

 

18) Crowdfixing: Improving Transit with Social Media

Link to Switchboard blog from the National Resources Defense Council:

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/lgo/crowdfixing_improving_transit.html

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Honda Puts Siri in Three 2013 Models

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130130/OEM06/130139990/honda-puts-siri-in-three-13-models&cciid=email-autonews-daily#axzz2JUv9ZIzc

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/pDLw2

 

20) Network RTK for Intelligent Vehicles

Link to article in GPS World:

http://www.gpsworld.com/network-rtk-for-intelligent-vehicles/

 

 

News Releases

1) IBM Report Identifies Ways Nashville Region Can Improve Transportation, Economic Growth

2) Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg Chooses Be-Mobile for Traffic and Mobility Information for Navigation Systems

 

 

Upcoming Events

Smart Parking Symposium – March 18-19 – Berkeley, California

http://goo.gl/EOlro

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1948 **65^th anniversary** Orville Wright died in Dayton, Ohio.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9503E2DB173DE03ABC4950DFB7668383659EDE

 

1993 **20^th anniversary** Los Angeles Metro's Red Line opened.

http://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/january-30-2/

 

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