[TCN] Tuesday, August 20, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Pennsylvania DOT May Be First Agency in State to Deploy Drones

Link to article in The Patriot-News:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/08/state_of_drones_in_pas_air_fle.html

 

2) Real Estate Agents Using Drones to Showcase Properties

Link to story on KABC-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/consumer&id=9211755

 

3) Merchandise, Mobile and Other Elements on the Airline Digital Wishlist

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2013/08/20/news/merchandise-mobile-and-other-elements-on-the-airline-digital-wishlist

 

CAMERAS

 

4) New Jersey Red-Light Cameras Ensnaring Motorists with Quick Yellow Lights, Lawmaker Says

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/nj_red-light_cameras_ensnaring_motorists_with_quick_yellow_lights_lawmaker_says.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) Improving Your Commute, One (Smarter) City at a Time

Link to commentary from IBM:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naveen-lamba/ibm-improving-your-commute_b_3745637.html

 

OTHER

 

6) Faster Broadband Coming to Planes, Trains and Ships as UK Eyes Spectrum Changes

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/faster-broadband-coming-to-planes-trains-and-ships-as-uk-eyes-spectrum-changes-7000019624/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) West Virginia DMV Agrees to Offer Redaction Option for Residency Requirements

Link to story on HuntingtonNews.net:

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/69919

 

8) Talking Transportation Connections: Four Tips for Growing Social Media Audiences

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/talking-transportation-connections-four-tips-for-growing-social-media-audiences/

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Tokyo to Replace Romanized Japanese with English on Traffic Signboards for Tourists

Link to article in The Asahi Shimbun:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201308200054

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Abu Dhabi Traffic Safety Campaign Reaches Out to Over 3 Million

Link to article in The National:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/abu-dhabi-traffic-safety-campaign-reaches-out-to-over-3-million

 

11) Three Reasons Smartphones Aren't Ready to Replace Police Radios

Link to article in GCN:

http://gcn.com/articles/2013/08/16/smartphones-cant-replace-police-radios.aspx

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) From Pay-per-Click to Pay-per-Drive

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/navigation-and-lbs/pay-click-pay-drive

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Include Public in Chicago-Area Transit Reforms, Panel Urged

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-metra-lipinski-20130820,0,787673.story

 

14) Verizon to Get On Board New York City Subways

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57599352-94/verizon-to-get-on-board-nyc-subways/

 

15) Tweets Let Riders Express Rage at Long Island Rail Road Delays

Link to editorial in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/opinion/riding-and-raging-on-the-rail-road.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

16) Google Maps Adds Waze Traffic Reports

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57599315-93/google-maps-adds-waze-traffic-reports/

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Smart Driving Cars – August 20

Link to newsletter:

http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/SDC082013.pdf

 

 

News Releases

1) University of Wyoming Transit and Parking Offers Real-Time Bus Tracking Service

2) GM Unlocks RemoteLink for Microsoft Windows Phones

3) I-405 Bridge Bash – 'Where Did the Traffic Go?'

4) Minnesota State Agencies, Including DOT, Create New Silica Sand Website

 

 

Upcoming Events

US DOT Connected Vehicle Public Meeting – September 24-26 – Arlington, Virginia

http://www.itsa.org/connectedvehicleworkshop

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1968 **45^th anniversary** Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops began their invasion of Czechoslovakia.

http://www.radio.cz/en/section/czechs/the-soviet-invasion-of-czechoslovakia-and-the-crushing-of-the-prague-spring

 

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