[TCN] Tuesday, July 30, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airports Are the Next Big Battleground in the Sharing Economy

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2013/07/29/airports-are-the-next-big-battleground-in-the-sharing-economy/

 

BUSES

 

2) Greyhound Rolls Out Streaming Movies and Music for Passengers

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/greyhound-rolls-out-streaming-movies-and-music-for-passengers/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Europe Permits Free Access to Sentinel Earth Observation Data

Link to article on Space News:

http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/36527taking-a-cue-from-us-landsat-and-gps-programs-europe-permits-free-access-to

 

MARITIME

 

4) New Irish Maritime Administration to Be Created

Link to article in Waypoint AirMed & Rescue Magazine:

http://www.waypointmagazine.com/story529

 

5) BBC World News Launches on Commercial Maritime Vessels

Link to article in The Maritime Executive:

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/BBC-World-News-Launches-On-Commercial-Maritime-Vessels-Via-Telemar-And-NSSLGlobal/

 

OTHER

 

6) Is @Transport the Way Forward?

Link to blog in the National Journal:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/insiders/transportation/is-transport-the-way-forward-20130729

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Takes Blame for I-75/71 Jam; Working to Improve Communications

Link to article in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013307290097

 

8) 'I'm Stuck' App Helps Delayed Commuters Stick It to Politicians

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-talk-im-stuck-0730-20130730,0,5998099.story

 

9) Crowdfunded Freedom of Information Act Machine Could Simplify Data Requests

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/data/Crowdfunded-FOIA-Machine-Could-Simplify-Data-Requests.html

 

RAILROADS

 

10) Articles from Latest Issue of Future Rail

 -  New Technologies Could Improve Crossing Safety

http://goo.gl/zzQs7q

 -  Deutsche Bahn Testing Drone to Tackle Graffitists

http://goo.gl/YE3njS

 

11) Unequal Pay for New York Penn Station Dispatchers

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/getting_railroaded_d9A15ayLx59XFAPnVWVeuM

 

12) Amtrak Video Ensures General Climate of Fear

Link to column in the Nelson Mail:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/opinion/columnists/naomi-arnold/8976240/Amtrak-videos-ensure-general-climate-of-fear

 

13) American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association Produces Video to Commemorate Centennial

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/prdailynews/news.asp?id=37030

 

ROADWAYS

 

14) Police Want 'Soft' Traffic Opening of Bridge Connecting Maine and New Hampshire

Link to article in the Portsmouth Herald:

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130730-NEWS-307300388 

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

15) Roswell, Georgia Tries New Method of Catching Red-Light Runners

Link to article in the Revue & News:

http://www.northfulton.com/Articles-NEWS-c-2013-07-30-199998.114126-sub-Blue-light-special-Roswell-tries-new-method-of-catching-red-light-runners.html

 

16) Michigan DOT Must Revise Safety Campaign

Newspapers says displaying traffic fatalities on electronic signs is distracting.

Link to editorial in the Times Herald:

http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20130729/OPINION01/307290025/MDOT-must-revise-safety-campaign

 

TELEMATICS

 

17) Gamification and Telematics

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/gamification-and-telematics

 

TRANSIT

 

18) Report: Transit Ticketing via Smartphone Will Triple in Next Five Years

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/07/smartphone-ticketing/

 

19) Interactive Totems Providing Access to Transit Schedules in Milan

Link to article on Digital Signage Connection:

http://www.digitalsignageconnection.com/interactive-totems-providing-access-transit-schedules-milan-637

 

20) Maryland Transit Administration Seeks Advertising Agencies

Link to article in the Baltimore Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2013/07/29/maryland-transit-administration-issues.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

21) Cape Cod Traffic Plan in Place for Hurricane Season

Link to article in The Republican:

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/cape_cod_traffic_plan_in_place.html

 

22) Study: No Exact Way to Measure Port of Entry Wait Times

Link to story on KOLD-TV:

http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/22961896/study-no-exact-way-to-measure-port-of-entry-wait-times

 

23) Kern County, California 511 Lets You Plan Your Trips

Link to story on KERN Radio:

http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x2042021996/First-Look-511-lets-you-plan-your-trips

 

VEHICLES

 

24) Software Experts Attack Cars, to Release Code as Hackers Meet

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/28/net-us-hackers-cars-idUSBRE96R06120130728

 

25) Technology Will Make or Break Oregon's Mileage Tracking Program

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/state/Technology-Will-Make-or-Break-Oregons-Mileage-Tracking-Program.html

 

26) iCar Dream Downsizes to Dashboards as Apple Takes on Foes

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-30/icar-dream-downsizes-to-dashboards-as-apple-takes-on-foes.html

 

27) Calling All 'Codaholics': Automakers Vie for Tech Talent

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-autos-engineers-idUSBRE96S0DL20130729

 

28) How Mercedes-Benz R&D is Using Google Glass

Link to article in the Silicon Valley Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/28/how-mercedes-benz-research.html

 

 

News Releases

1) New Operations Center to Manage Christchurch's Transport Network

2) Global Electronic Toll Collect Solution Revenues to Grow to $8.5 Billion by 2018; ETC to Become a Main Source of Funding for ITS and V2X

3) Toward Zero Deaths in Michigan

4) Volkswagen Launches First Generation of In-Car Assistance System on Select 2014 Models

 

 

Upcoming Events

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Today in Transportation History    

1863 **150^th anniversary** Henry Ford was born in Greenfield Township, Michigan.

http://www.thehenryford.org/events/henryFordAnniversary.aspx

 

1978 **35^th anniversary** Okinawa switches from driving on the right to driving on the left.

http://www.dc.ogb.go.jp/hokkoku/yan_koku/05fukki/106.html (in Japanese)

 

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