[TCN] Thursday, May 30, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, May 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Most EU Airports Not Accessible for Deaf People, Research Finds

Link to article on Reduced Mobility Rights:

http://www.reducedmobility.eu/20130530316/The-News/most-eu-airports-not-accessible-for-deaf-people-research-finds.html

 

2) OTG to Install 7,000 iPads at Airport Gates in North America

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2013/05/30/news/smarter-airports-otg-to-install-7000-ipads-at-gates-in-north-america/

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Jakarta Police Want Greater Surveillance of Crime, Traffic

Link to article in the Jakarta Globe:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/jakarta-police-want-greater-crime-traffic-surveillance-2/

 

4) New Traffic Cameras to Aid in Beaufort County, South Carolina Evacuation

Link to story on WSAV-TV:

http://www.wsav.com/story/22451817/new-traffic-cameras-to-aid-in-beaufort-county-storm-evacuation

 

5) Photos to Be Taken of License Plates of Vehicles Entering and Leaving Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Link to story on WBTW-TV:

http://www.wbtw.com/story/22451612/pawleys-island-cameras-big-help-or-big-brother

 

OTHER

 

6) Utah DMV Reveals Data Breach Discovered in March

Link to article in The Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56383382-78/dmv-roberts-employee-breach.html.csp

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Maryland Derailment Response Gets High Marks

But misidentification of chemicals caused confusion in early hours.

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/bs-md-hazardous-manifests-20130528,0,2336204.story

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Electronic Train Warning Signs Coming Soon to Langley, British Columbia

Link to article in the Langley Times:

http://www.langleytimes.com/news/209532011.html

 

TAXIS

 

9) Beijing Transport Authority to Ban App Which Allows Riders to Bargain with Taxi Drivers

Link to article in China Daily:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-05/30/content_16546668.htm

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) OnStar: GM's Not-So-Secret-Weapon

Link to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-30/onstar-gms-surprisingly-strong-toehold-in-the-tech-world

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to Launch Real-Time Developer Platform

Link to article in The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2013/05/30/mbta-to-launch-real-time-developer-platform

 

12) Pregnant Boys? New Chicago Transit Ads Spark Dialogue

Link to story on WTTW-TV's Chicago Tonight:

http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2013/05/29/pregnant-boys-new-transit-ads-spark-dialogue

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Feds to Study Self-Driving Cars, Urge State Caution

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/05/30/nhtsa-google-self-driving-cars/2372113/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/uc8o3

 

14) How Mobile Technology is Accelerating the Auto Industry

Link to commentary on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/viewpoint-how-mobile-technology-accelerating-auto-industry

 

 

News Releases

1) International Association of Public Transport Gives Awards for Innovation

2) GEWI Attends, Exhibits and Presents at ITS Canada 2013

3) Clear Channel Airports Wins 2013 International Digital Signage Award for Interactivity

4) Transit Screen Launches First Real-Time Multimodal Transportation Information Display in Washington, DC

 

 

Upcoming Events

Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation – September 4-6 – Stockholm

http://www.kth.se/en/abe/centra/cts/heart

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1883 **130^th anniversary** Twelve people are trampled to death on the Brooklyn Bridge due to a stampede.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1883-05-31/ed-1/seq-1.pdf

 

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