[TCN] Monday, October 14, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, October 14, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) EU Transport Ministers Extend SESAR Mandate

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/10/eu-transport-ministers-extend-sesar-mandate/ 

2) US Airport Wi-Fi Networks; Who Soars? Who Fails to Take Flight?

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/network/US-Airport-Wi-Fi-Networks-Who-Soars-Who-Fails-to-Take-Flight.html 

CAMERAS

3) Semis, Others with No Rear Plates Can Avoid Iowa Traffic Camera Tickets

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://thegazette.com/2013/10/12/semis-others-with-no-rear-plates-can-avoid-iowa-traffic-camera-tickets/

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) St. Petersburg, Florida Police Try GPS System to Reduce High-Speed Chases

Link to story on WTSP-TV:

http://www.wtsp.com/news/topstories/article/339688/250/GPS-system-designed-to-reduce-high-speed-chase

OTHER

5) Iowa State Awarded $5.2 Million Grant to Establish Midwest Transportation Center

Link to article in The Des Moines Register:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131011/NEWS/131011011/Iowa-State-awarded-5-2-million-grant-to-establish-Midwest-Transportation-Center?Frontpage

6) Philippine Transit App Challenge Finalists to Demonstrate Efforts

Link to article from the Philippine Information Agency:

http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1781381723670

7) Enhanced Communications Are Turbo Boosting Formula One Race Teams

Link to article on TechWeekEurope:

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/formula-one-f1-communications-129269

8) Traffic Technology International - October/November 2013

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ecd7d66f

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Can Technology Help in Battle Against Distracted Driving?

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/20131013-can-technology-help-in-battle-against-distracted-driving.ece

10) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University Improve Transportation Safety

Link to article in The Tartan:

http://thetartan.org/2013/10/14/scitech/grant 

TRANSIT

11) How Montreal Transport Skirted Privacy Laws

Link to blog on iTnews:

http://www.itnews.com.au/BlogEntry/360480,how-montreal-transport-skirted-privacy-laws.aspx/0 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) New Online Service Tells Glasgow Drivers When Roads Have Been Gritted

Link to article in the Evening Times:

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/new-online-service-tells-drivers-when-roads-have-been-gritted-139200n.22390418

News Releases

1) Minnesota DOT Launches Website for Transportation Funding Outreach Effort

2) IntelliTrac Technology in Australia's First Telematics Car Insurance

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