[TCN] Wednesday, July 10, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airlines Devise Own Ticket Price Comparison Tool

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/07/09/airlines-ticket-prices/2503413/

 

2) Yelp-Style Ratings for Airline Pilots Could Be on the Way

Link to article on MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-pilot-safety-records-be-public-2013-07-09

 

3) Kiosk Teaches CPR at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Link to article in the Fort Worth Business Press:

http://fwbusinesspress.com/fwbp/article/1/1379/Breaking-News/Learn-CPR-while-waiting-for-flights-at-DFW-Airport.aspx

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/5vgqg

 

4) Queensland Airports Looks to Cloud for Disaster Recovery

Link to article on iTnews:

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/349561,queensland-airports-looks-to-cloud-for-dr.aspx

 

5) Iberia Becomes First Airline to Allow Passengers to Download and Print Luggage Tags

Link to article on TravelDailyNews:

http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/55626/iberia-becomes-first-airline-to

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

6) Tests Advance US Program for New GPS Satellites

Link to UPI article:

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2013/07/10/Tests-advance-US-program-for-new-GPS-satellites/UPI-98331373478469/

 

OTHER

 

7) A Wienermobile Road Rally, Mapped Out By Fans on Social Media

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/business/media/a-wienermobile-road-rally-mapped-out-by-fans-on-social-media.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) NTSB Chairwoman Defends Release of Information from Asiana Airlines Probe

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/aviation/309853-ntsb-chief-defends-release-of-plane-crash-info

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Colorado DOT Adds Signs Asking Drivers to Merge Late

Link to story on KMGH-TV:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorado-department-of-transportation-adds-signs-asking-drivers-to-merge-late

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) 'Randomizers' to Randomly Route Passengers to Screening Lines

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/30506

 

11) Twitter for Disaster Responders

Link to article in FCW:

http://fcw.com/articles/2013/07/09/fema-social-media.aspx

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) Coroner: Insurer's Rules May Have Contributed to Death of Teenagers

Link to article on WalesOnline:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/south-wales-companys-car-tracking-4921567

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Tracker Could Make Halifax Metro Transit Waiting Game Obsolete

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2013/07/09/ns-metro-transit-gps.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Utah DOT Develops Traffic App for Smartphones

Link to article in the Deseret News:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865582858/UDOT-develops-traffic-app-for-smartphones.html

 

15) Drivers Report Lack of A3 Warning Signs in Weekend Traffic Chaos

Link to article in the Surry Advertiser:

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/drivers-report-lack-a3-warning-4923921

 

16) Active Traffic Management for Arterials

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169212.aspx

 

 

News Releases

1) European Commission Acts to Unblock Congestion in Europe's Airspace

2) Singapore Airlines Introduces World's Most Advanced In-Flight Entertainment System

3) Newly Launched Website Provides One-Stop Shop for Commercial Driver Fatigue Management

4) US Airways Offers Tool to Track Checked Bags

5) DC Metro Launches New Twitter Feeds; @metrorailinfo and @metrobusinfo

6) IBM and Sprint Velocity Drive Connected Car Into the Future

 

 

Upcoming Events

Transportation and Development Institute Green Streets, Highways and Development Conference – November 3-6 – Austin, Texas

www.green-streets-highways.org

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1938 **75^th anniversary** Howard Hughes set a new world record by flying around the world in 91 hours.

http://saltofamerica.com/contents/displayArticle.aspx?17_189

 

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