[TCN] Friday, October 4, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, October 4, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) European Air-Traffic Controllers Call Off October 10 Strike

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/European_air_traffic_controllers_call_off_October_10_strike.html?cid=37048506

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

2) Tanzania Advised to Install ITS to Ease Dar es Salaam Traffic Jams

Link to article from The Guardian:

http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=60016

 

3) India and Japan Sign ICT Agreement Which Includes ITS

Link to article in FutureGov:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2013/oct/04/india-and-japan-sign-ict-agreement/

 

OTHER

 

4) TIDE (Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe) Newsletter – October 2013

Link to newsletter:

http://tide-innovation.eu/en/upload/Newsletter/TIDE-newsletter-2-FINAL.pdf

 

PARKING

 

5) The Parking Revolution Will be Digitized

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/The-Parking-Revolution-Will-Be-Digitized.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Extending the Service Life of Pavement Markings: Iowa Applies Innovation and Technology to Reduce Costs, Increase Safety

Link to article from the Transportation Research Board:

http://trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169551.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

7) Chicago Transit Authority Moves Ahead on Upgrading Subway Wireless to 4G

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/22943303-418/cta-moving-ahead-with-subway-wireless-upgrade-to-4g.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/H8Rxqj

 

8) Coming to Manhattan: Finding Your Bus by Phone

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/coming-manhattan-finding-your-bus-phone/

 

9) Delaware County (Pennsylvania) Transportation Management Association Creates Travel Instruction Video for People with Disabilities

Link to video:

http://www.dctma.org/2013/09/26/introducing-dctmas-travel-instruction-video/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Indonesian Police Launch Tablet-Based Traffic Management

Link to article in The Jakarta Post:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/10/04/police-launch-tablet-based-traffic-management.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Egis: A First Toll Interoperability Contract in the US

2) New University of Florida Transportation Institute to Focus on Interdisciplinary Research

3) California DOT Making State Route 12 and I-5 Safer and Smarter

 

 

Friday Bonus

A time-lapse video shows what happened when a ship broke loose from its moorings in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

http://youtu.be/WNs9a5SZgrY

 

 

Upcoming Events

Workshop & Webinar: Connected Vehicle Applications for Speed Harmonization with Queue Warning – October 22-23 – Romulus, Michigan

http://www.itsa.org/infloworkshop2013

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1983 **30^th anniversary** Richard Noble set a land-speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019.47 kmh).

http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/news/thrust-2-30

 

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