[TCN] Wednesday, June 26, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Air Canada to Unveil Wireless In-Flight Entertainment System with Rouge Launch

Link to article in the Financial Post:

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/06/25/air-canada-to-unveil-wireless-inflight-entertainment-system-with-rouge-launch/

 

2) Routehappy Unveils Report Card for In-Flight Wi-Fi

Link to column in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/06/25/routehappy-unveils-report-card-for-in-flight-wi-fi/2454565/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) San Francisco MTA Tests Bike/Ped Wayfinding Signs During America's Cup

Link to San Francisco Streetsblog:

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/06/25/sfmta-tests-bikeped-wayfinding-signs-during-americas-cup/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) MBTA Map Designer Says Playstation Video Game Used His Image Without Asking

Link to article in Boston:

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/06/25/mbta-map-last-of-us-transit-map/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) Smart Road Technologies Workshop Urges Development of Transportation Systems in Oman

Link to article in Muscat Daily:

http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Smart-Road-Technologies-workshop-urges-development-of-transportation-systems-2d5i

 

6) Smart Technology 'Readdresses' Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Link to article on AMEinfo:

http://www.ameinfo.com/smart-technology-re-addresses-emirate-abu-dhabi-346543

 

7) Intelligent Transport Corridors

Traffic flows between Helsinki and St. Petersburg being developed with cross-border IT solutions.

Link to article in VTT Impulse:

http://issuu.com/mcipress/docs/impulse0113?e=2237972/3057565 (page 77)

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) Lawmaker Relents: Bay Bridge Task Force Won't Be Exempted from California Open-Government Laws

Link to Bay Area News Group article:

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_23538356/lawmaker-relents-bay-bridge-task-force-wont-be

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Everybody Press Record: Navigating the Influx of Media Evidence

Link to article in Law Enforcement Technology:

http://www.officer.com/article/10945985/everybody-press-record-navigating-the-influx-of-media-evidence

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Designing In-Vehicle Infotainment for the Non-Premium Car Owner

Link to interview on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/qa-designing-vehicle-infotainment-non-premium-car-owner

 

TRANSIT

 

11) FBI's Bus Ads in Seattle Area Taken Down Over Muslim/Terrorist Stereotyping

Link to article in The Seattle Times:

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021268829_fbiadsxml.html

 

12) US Army, West Point Vet Easing Transportation Headaches with App

Link to story on ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/06/army-west-point-grad-easing-transportation-headaches/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) New CCTV Control Center Opens in York, England

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-23064085

 

14) Chesapeake, Virginia to Install Cameras and Road Sensors to Improve Traffic

Link to story on WVEC-TV:

http://www.wvec.com/my-city/chesapeake/Chesapeake-to-install-cameras-and-road-sensors-to-improve-traffic-213019091.html

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Pandora Hits 2.5 Million In-Car Activations, Quadruple Last Year's Mark

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57590852-93/pandora-hits-2.5m-in-car-activations-quadruple-last-years-mark/

 

16) Car-Sharing Grows with Fewer Strings Attached

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/business/global/one-way-car-sharing-gains-momentum.html

 

17) Livio Launches Two New In-Vehicle Products for Traffic, Deals

Link to article on MLive:

http://www.mlive.com/auto/index.ssf/2013/06/metro_detroit_startup_launches.html

 

 

News Releases

1) APTA Sues to Halt Frivolous Patent Claims

2) OnStar Services Now Available in Mexico

3) Canadian and Nova Scotian Governments Plan Inshore Weather Buoy at Herring Cove

 

 

Upcoming Events

Passenger Trains on Freight Railroads Conference – October 15-16 – Washington, DC

http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/conferences/ptfr2013.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1948 **65^th anniversary** The Berlin Airlift began.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/

 

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