[TCN] Monday, November 11, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, November 11, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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How Will Big Data Improve Transportation Planning & the Driver Experience?

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Register today:

1) Making Roads Work Smarter - Data behind Planning, Safer Roads & Emergency Response

     INRIX Webinar Nov 19, 2013

2) Future Mobility: The Internet of the Automobile…

     INRIX live-streaming panel discussion Nov 12, 2013

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Richard Witkin, Longtime Aviation Reporter Dies

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/business/richard-witkin-95-witness-to-the-history-of-aviation.html

 

2) Gogo Eyes International Expansion, Calls Global In-Flight Broadband 'Untapped Market'

Link to column on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/gogo-eyes-international-expansion-calls-global-in-flight-broadband-untapped-market-7000023040/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Selling the Public on Biking, Political-Campaign Style

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/11/selling-public-biking-political-campaign-style/7544/

 

CAMERAS

 

4) CCTV Watch Makes Roads Safer in Kolkata, India

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-09/kolkata/43854281_1_traffic-management-traffic-cops-traffic-police-officer

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Galileo Satellites Put to the Test

Link to article in GPS World:

http://gpsworld.com/galileo-satellites-put-to-the-test/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) Getting on the WAVE of Road Safety

Link to commentary on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/v2x-safety/viewpoint-getting-wave-road-safety

 

OTHER

 

7) New Street-Light System in Las Vegas Capable of Recording/Playing Video, Audio

Link to story on KSNV-TV:

http://www.mynews3.com/mostpopular/story/New-downtown-light-system-capable-of-more-than/226vPp0cdkyVfwul9kos9g.cspx

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

8) Autorickshaws, Taxis May Soon Have GPS, GPRS in Mumbai

Link to DNA article:

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-autos-taxis-may-soon-have-gps-gprs-systems-in-mumbai-1917169

 

TRANSIT

 

9) A Dead End for WhichBus: Seattle Transit App Pulls Plug

Link to article on GeekWire:

http://www.geekwire.com/2013/dead-whichbus-seattle-transportation-app-pulls-plug/

 

10) New MBTA Smartphone App Adds Pizzazz to Mobile Arena

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

http://boston.com/news/local/blogs/starts-and-stops/2013/11/08/new-mbta-smart-phone-app-adds-pizazz-mobile-arena/g0akDStOWXygFE2w2IX8MN/blog.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Google Maps Real-Time Incident Reports Rolling Out to 46 New Countries Starting Today

Link to article on Android Authority:

http://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-waze-315978/

 

12) Arizona Plans New I-10 Storm Monitors

Link to article in the Arizona Daily Star:

http://azstarnet.com/road-runner-state-plans-new-i--storm-monitors/article_31b0a5bc-8069-5f24-b9df-dc7269cadcc1.html

 

13) The Responder – November 2013

Link to newsletter from the Traffic Incident Management Network:

http://timnetwork.org/2013/11/the-responder-november-2013/

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Florida Aims to Lead Driverless Car Revolution

Link to article in The Tampa Tribune:

http://tbo.com/news/business/florida-aims-to-lead-driverless-car-revolution-20131110/

 

 

News Releases

1) Alaska Airlines Passengers Can Now Use Personal Electronic Devices Gate-to-Gate

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar & In-Person: Pre-Sandy Impact Modeling of Storm Surge – November 19 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOTVOLPE/bulletins/938a90

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1918 **95^th anniversary** Germany signed an armistice with the Allies in a railroad car in France, bringing an end to World War I.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Armisticetrain_(slight_crop).jpg

 

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