[TCN] Monday, March 25, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, March 25, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) NTSB Scolds Boeing Over 787 Comments
Link to Bloomberg article:
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130322/BIZ/130329937/1005 

2) Boy Dies After Being Hit by Flight Information Display Board at Alabama Airport
Link to AP article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/2nd-airport-panel-removed-fatality-ala-18798864#.UVAil1toT2x

 

3) FAA May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics

Link to column in The New York Times:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/disruptions-f-a-a-may-loosen-curbs-on-fliers-use-of-electronics/

 

BICYCLES

 

4) Feasibility of Using GPS to Track Bicycle Lane Positioning

Link to report from the ITS Institute:

http://www.its.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/pdfdownload.pl?id=2268

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Apple Acquires Mapping Apps Startup WiFiSlam

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237866/Apple_acquires_mapping_apps_startup_WiFiSlam

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) Planners Will Use Intelligent Transport to Make Indian Cities More Livable

Link to article in The Indian Express:

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Planners-will-use-IT-to-make-cities-more-livable/1092813

 

7) Toronto Experiment Lets Traffic Lights Learn to Reduce Gridlock

Link to article in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/unlocking-the-gridlock/article10255098/

 

MARITIME

 

8) Send a Clear Message: Report Accidents, Incidents and Injuries Immediately

Link to column in MarineNews:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/immediately-accidents352777.aspx

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) Bill Aims to Lift Curtain on Maine Transportation Projects
Link to story on The Maine Public Broadcasting Network:
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/27017/Default.aspx

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) West Virginia Lawmakers Seek to Ban Google Glass on the Road

Link to column on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57575954-71/dont-glass-and-drive-lawmakers-seek-to-ban-google-glass-on-the-road/

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Louisiana's Capital Area Transit System CEO Says Bus-Tracking System Will Be Fixed
Link to AP article:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Transit-CEO-says-system-problems-will-be-fixed-4378811.php 

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) West Africans Turn to Technology to Tame the Traffic Beast

Link to AFP article:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-west-africans-technology-traffic-beast.html

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Your Car May Be Invading Your Privacy

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/car-spying-edr-data-privacy/1991751/

 

14) Ford Apologizes for Ads Showing Bound, Gagged Women

Link to article from The Detroit Bureau:

http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2013/03/ford-apologizes-for-ads-showing-bound-gagged-women/

 

15) Cars Could Be Next Victim of Cyber Attacks

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/59ccfbbe-90b9-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2OUEXGyll

 

16) Radio Fights Off Static from Rival Technologies

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/24/radio-future-pioneer-electronics/2009821/

 

17) Everybody's Talking About the Connected Car

Link to NXP Blog:

http://blog.nxp.com/everybodys-talking-about-the-connected-car/

 

18) What the Connected Car Means to Radio

Link to blog from Jacobs Media:

http://jacobsmediablog.com/2013/03/22/the-final-four/

 

 

News Releases

1) Smartphones and Cars Become One as the Telematics and M2M Ecosystem Accelerates Connected Cars Consumers Crave

2) Garmin Introduces New Avionics for Experimental Aircraft

3) Scottish Airport Group HIAL Introduces Free Wi-Fi

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar/Seminar: Advancing Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety and Trespass Prevention – April 9 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDOTVOLPE-71d4db

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1958 **55^th anniversary** The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, an interceptor aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force, made its first flight.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/science-technology/aviation/the-avro-arrow-canadas-broken-dream/unveiling-the-arrow.html

 

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