[TCN] Wednesday, August 7, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, August 7, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) More Questions than Answers in FAA Data Distribution Policy

Link to article from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/August/06/FAA-data-distribution-policy.aspx

 

2) Guidebook on Integrating GIS in Emergency Management at Airports

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169302.aspx

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Qualcomm Develops System to Avoid Pedestrians, Cyclists

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130807/OEM06/130809885/qualcomm-develops-sytem-to-avoid-pedestrians-cyclists

 

OTHER

 

4) Traffic Ticket Spurs Fight Over State Services in Hawaiian Language

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/06/us-usa-hawaii-language-idUSBRE97516L20130806

 

5) New Mobile Audio Service Agogo Takes Aim at Satellite Radio

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57597367-93/new-mobile-audio-service-agogo-takes-aim-at-satellite-radio/

 

6) Someone Hacked NHTSA's Servers

Link to blog in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/someone-hacked-n-h-t-s-a-s-servers/?_r=0

 

7) Travel 3.0: Are We There Yet?

Link to blog on The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-mcpadden/travel-30-are-we-there-ye_b_3683313.html

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Rail Car and Locomotive Monitoring Technology Update

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/c_s/article/Rail-car-and-locomotive-monitoring-technology-update-part-1--36742 (part 1)

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) US Imposes Tough Penalties on Commercial Drivers Who Use Cellphones, But Tough to Tell if They're Working

Link to story on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/06/us-imposes-tough-penalties-on-commercial-drivers-who-use-cell-phones-but-tough/

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Improved Public Transport Signage Coming to New Zealand Capital

Link to article in The Dominion Post:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/9009916/Last-sign-approaching-in-couple-of-decades

 

11) South African Developer Launches Public Transport App to Ease Daily Commute

Link to article on Ventureburn:

http://ventureburn.com/2013/08/sa-developer-launches-public-transport-app-to-ease-the-daily-commute/

 

12) Using Bus Stop Touchscreens to Kill Time – and Help Out

Link to article in New Scientist:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21929286.300-use-a-bus-stop-touchscreen-to-kill-time--and-help-out.html

Link to further information: http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~jgoncalv/docs/ubi1402-goncalves.pdf

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Dynamic Messaging Part of Jacksonville, Florida Road Landscape

Link to story on WTLV/WJXX-TV:

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/322905/483/Dynamic-messaging-part-of-Jacksonville-road-landscape

 

 

News Releases

1) Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association Releases Recruiting Video

2) Operation Lifesaver Announces Grants to Eight Transit Agencies for Public Safety Campaigns

3) Lambert-St. Louis Airport to Offer Free Component to Its Wi-Fi Service

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Transportation Specialist (to Serve as National Expert on Traffic Incident Management) – FHWA – Washington, DC

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348535400 (all US citizens)

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/348533900 (US government employees)

 

 

Upcoming Events

Smart Cities Exhibition – October 16-18 – Bologna, Italy

http://www.smartcityexhibition.it/en

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

2008 **5^th anniversary** Andrea Pininfarina, former CEO of Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina, was killed in an auto crash.

http://www.corriere.it/english/08_agosto_08/pininfarina_213a5ac4-654b-11dd-ab30-00144f02aabc.shtml

 

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