[TCN] Monday, September 2, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, September 2, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airport Wait Times Set to Drop with New Technology, Arinc Says

Link to article from Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/airport-wait-times-set-to-drop-with-new-technology-arinc-says.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

2) Three States Join Hands to Upgrade Lower Mississippi River Bridges with ITS

Link to article in Better Roads:

http://www.betterroads.com/rolling-river/

 

MARITIME

 

3) Philippine Government Opens Maritime Hotline for Seafarers' Rights

Link to story on GMA News:

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/324673/pinoyabroad/news/govt-opens-maritime-hotline-for-seafarers-rights

 

OTHER

 

4) Online Paying of Traffic Tickets Eases New Jersey Court Loads

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/221970161_Online_paying_of_traffic_tickets_eases_N_J__court_loads.html

 

5) Hertz Revamps Car Rental Sites with iPad Kiosks

Link to article in TabTimes:

http://tabtimes.com/case-study/traveltourism/2013/09/02/hertz-revamps-car-rental-sites-ipad-kiosks

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/8Q9Umw

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Nigerian Police Charge Man for Taking Photographs of Policemen and Traffic Management Officials

Link to article in P.M. News:

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2013/09/02/police-charge-man-for-taking-offensive-photograph/

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Wi-Fi Access in Works for Amtrak's Hiawatha Line Trains

Link to article in the Journal Sentinel:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/wi-fi-access-in-works-for-amtraks-hiawatha-line-trains-b9987565z1-222003301.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Colorado DOT Wants Remote Blasting System to Fight Avalanche Road Closures

Link to article in The Denver Post:

http://www.denverpost.com/environment/ci_23986871/cdot-wants-remote-blasting-system-fight-avalanche-road

 

TRANSIT

 

9) 'Patent Trolls' Put Brakes on San Francisco Transit App

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/technology/dotcommentary/article/Patent-trolls-put-brakes-on-S-F-transit-app-4778304.php

 

10) Visalia Transit Experimenting with Wi-Fi for Buses

Link to article in the Visalia Times-Delta:

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20130902/NEWS01/309020011/Visalia-Transit-experimenting-Wi-Fi-buses

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Malaysian Highway Authority Mulls Traffic Radio Station

Link to article on CBT Online:

http://www.cbt.com.my/2013/09/02/malaysian-highway-authority-mulls-traffic-radio/

 

12) Managed Motorway System Being Tested on M62 in West Yorkshire, UK

Link to article in the Wakefield Express:

http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/business/business-news/managed-motorway-system-to-be-tested-on-final-stretch-of-m62-in-west-yorkshire-1-6003050

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Israeli Company to Present First Safety-Savvy Chip for Cars

Link to Xinhua article:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-09/02/c_125294415.htm

 

14) Transportation Advocate: Canada Needs to Get Ready for Self-Driving Cars

Link to Canadian Press article:

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+needs+ready+selfdriving+cars+transportation+advocate/8857445/story.html

 

15) HD Artist Experience Now in More Digital Dash Displays

Link to article in Radio World:

http://rwonline.com/article/hd-artist-experience-now-in-more-digital-dash-displays/221098

 

16) Eight Excellent Car Technologies for Safer Driving

Link to photo-essay on CNET:

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-10863_7-10018013-1.html

 

 

News Releases

1) TomTom Technology Now Alerts Drivers to Slow Down When Approaching a Jam

 

 

Upcoming Events

4^th Conference on Intelligent Transport in Europe – December 2 – Brussels

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/its/events/2013_12_02_its_conference_en.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1948 **65^th anniversary** Christa McAuliffe, a teacher who was aboard the Challenger space shuttle, was born in Boston.

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html

 

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