[TCN] Tuesday, February 19, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, February 19, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) SESAR Live SWIM Demonstration in Madrid

Link to information from presentations:

http://sju.fb.emakina.addemar.com/c61/e466592/hfaaf8/t0/s0/index.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Smartphone Game Supports Bike Advocacy

Link to article in The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2013/02/18/gaming-for-good-smart-phone-game-supports-bike-advocacy

 

3) New Signs Help Visitors Get Around Galveston, Texas

Link to story on KUHF Radio:

http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/1361200268-New-Signs-Help-Visitors-Get-Around-Galveston.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) Tokens Being Displaced by Electronics at Detroit Windsor Tunnel

Link to article on TOLLROADSnews:

http://tollroadsnews.com/node/6415

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Navigating with Devices that Know Landmarks

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/automobiles/navigating-with-devices-that-know-landmarks.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) Plans to Make Chennai's Transport Smarter

Link to article in The New Indian Express:

http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1469846.ece

 

7) The 'Internet of Mobility' – Building Better ITS Services in Europe

Link to commentary from ERTICO:
http://www.ertico.com/the-internet-of-mobility-building-better-its-services-in-europe/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Using Transportation Data to Predict Pandemics

Link to article in Infection Control Today:

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/02/using-transportation-data-to-predict-pandemics.aspx

 

SPACE

 

9) NASA Lost Communications with the International Space Station

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/02/nasa-lost-communications-international-space-station/61372/

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) 70% of Insurers Planning, Piloting or Implementing Telematics

Link to article on Insurance Networking News:

http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/70-percent-insurers-planning-piloting-implementing-telematics-31840-1.html

 

11) Q&A: Telematics in India – The Road to Profitability

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/qa-telematics-india%E2%80%94-road-profitability

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

12) Group Challenges Use of Quebec Highway Safety Code to Break Up Protests

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/02/14/highway-safety-code-challenge-protests.html

 

TRANSIT

 

13) A 'Little Disappointment' That Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus is Behind the Times with Technology

Link to article on Santa Monica Patch:

http://santamonica.patch.com/articles/a-little-disappointment-that-big-blue-bus-is-behind-the-times 

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Self-Driving Google Car a Big Hit at Texas Transportation Forum

Link to article in the Star-Telegram:

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/18/4628106/self-driving-google-car-a-big.html 

 

15) British Researchers on the Road to an Affordable Self-Driving Car

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9871743/British-researchers-on-the-road-to-an-affordable-self-driving-car.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Rutgers, Partners to Build National 'Transit Virtual Career Network'

2) Greyhound Lines Deploys DriveCam Across Entire Fleet with Five-Year Contract

3) Accel Telecom Launches First Standalone Connected-Car Smartphone

4) Siemens and Acyclica Team Up to Deliver Travel-Time and Origin-Destination Measurement Solutions for Intelligent Transportation Systems

5) New Categories Announced for 2013 Telematics Update Awards

6) Iowa DOT Uses Message Signs to Get More Eyes on the Road #iatraffic

 

 

Upcoming Events

International Aviation Snow Symposium – April 20-24 – Buffalo, New York

http://www.snowsymposium.org/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1978 **35^th anniversary** Egyptian and Cypriot forces fought a gun battle at the Larnaca airport.  The Egyptians planned to force the release of hostages aboard a Cypriot Airlines DC8.  Fifteen Egyptian commandos were killed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/19/newsid_2565000/2565701.stm

 

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