Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, June 28, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057
AVIATION
1) FAA on NextGen: Steady as She Goes
Link to article in AINalerts:
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2013-06-27/faa-nextgen-steady-she-goes
2) Airport Security Systems Put the Spotlight on Passenger Data
Link to article in Airport Technology:
http://www.airport-technology.com/features/featureairport-security-systems-spotlight-passenger-data
3) Private Jet Airports – A New Media Space Taking Off?
Link to commentary on MediaTel:
http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2013/06/28/private-jet-airports-a-new-media-space-taking-off/
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4) Illinois Tollway Say New System Will Improve Customer Service, Violation Processing
Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) India to Launch First Dedicated Navigational Satellite on Monday
Link to article in the Jagran Post:
http://post.jagran.com/india-to-lunch-first-dedicated-1372387380
OTHER
6) Why Ridesharing is Booming in Europe, But Not the US
Link to article on GigaOm:
http://gigaom.com/2013/06/26/why-ride-sharing-is-booming-in-europe-but-not-the-u-s/
RAILROADS
7) Railroads Ask Congress to Delay Crash Technology Mandate
Link to Bloomberg article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) New Jersey Transit to Work to Reduce Suicides
Link to article in the Courier-Post:
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130628/NEWS02/306280013/NJ-Transit-work-reduce-suicides
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
9) South Carolina DOT Launches Enhanced 511 System
Link to article in the Carolina Forest Chronicle:
http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/local/horry_county/article_ca88fdd4-df66-11e2-94f3-0019bb30f31a.html
VEHICLES
10) Internet Car Start-Ups Look to Los Angeles' New Mayor for a Helping Hand
Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:
11) GPS-Controlled Headlights Turn Before You Do
Link to blog in Wired:
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/06/2013-audi-a8-leds/
News Releases
1) Polis Issues Position Paper on Open Transport Data
2) MediaShift Launches Premier Airport Network with 20 Major US Airports
3) DWI Crash Victims Lend Their 'Faces' to Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
4) Charleston, South Carolina Harbor Becomes 23rd to Use NOAA PORTS Data System
5) Schneider National Installs New Container- and Trailer-Tracking Technology Across Fleets
6) Keep America Moving Campaign Launches to Promote Local Leadership on National Highway Issues
Friday Bonus
Here's an optical illusion you can experience in your car in Moncton, New Brunswick. My family and I did this a number of years ago and it's very strange. Similar phenomena exist around the world.
Solicitation
- Request for Proposal – Development of Web-Based Traffic Demand Management, Road Safety and Enforcement Project 2013-2015 for State of Kuwait – United Nations Development Programme
http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=11757
Upcoming Events
Telematics Japan – October 8-10 – Tokyo
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/japan/index.php
Today in Transportation History
1913 **100th anniversary** The Lötschberg Tunnel in Switzerland formally opened.
http://www.bls.ch/100/unternehmen/100-jahre-loetschbergbahn.html (in German)
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