[TCN] Thursday, November 28, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, November 28, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING & HAPPY HANUKKAH!

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Map Combines Airport Delays and Weather so Your Travel Misery Can Have Company

Link to article on Consumerist:

http://consumerist.com/2013/11/27/map-combines-airport-delays-and-weather-so-your-travel-misery-can-have-company/

Link to FlightAware MiseryMap: http://flightaware.com/miserymap/

 

2) There's Finally a Good Way to Detect Birds on Runways Before They Damage Planes

Link to column on Business Insider Australia:

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/new-way-to-detect-birds-and-debris-on-airport-runways-2013-11

Link to further information on Xsight: http://www.xsightsys.com/fodetect.htm

 

CAMERAS

 

3) New Zealand HOV Cameras Find Tots Hard to Spot

Link to article in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11164394

 

4) Erie, Pennsylvania-Area Traffic Cameras Still Aren't Working

Link to article in the Erie Times-News:

http://www.goerie.com/erie-area-traffic-cameras-still-arent-working

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) Tolltrans 2014

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/27eefa29#/27eefa29/1

 

MARITIME

 

6) Rhodes Communications Celebrates a Milestone

Link to article in Maritime Reporter & Engineering News:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/communications-celebrates361436.aspx

 

OTHER

 

7) Indonesians Urged to Photograph Traffic Violators

Link to Reuters article:

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/28/indonesia-traffic-idINL4N0JC0Z520131128

To get a better appreciation of Jakarta traffic, check the photos on the Jakarta Police TCM's Twitter page: https://twitter.com/TMCPoldaMetro

 

PARKING

 

8) Park this Way: Colleges Find High-Tech Solutions

Link to article in University Business:

http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/park-way-colleges-find-high-tech-solutions

 

RAILROADS

 

9) Freight Railroads Use Facebook, Twitter to Expand Communication Options

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industry_trends/article/Freight-railroads-use-Facebook-Twitter-to-expand-communication-options--38368

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Telematics Debate Dominates Institute of Car Fleet Management Conference

Link to article in BusinessCar:

http://www.businesscar.co.uk/news/2013/icfm-conference-2013-telematics-debate-dominates-conference

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Google Launches Public Transport Mapping for Ireland

Link to article in The Irish Times:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/technology/google-launches-public-transport-mapping-for-ireland-1.1609265

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Automotive Big Data, Big Problems – and How to Solve Them

Link to podcast from Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/podcasts/podcast-big-data-big-problems-%E2%80%93-and-how-solve-them

 

 

News Releases

1) EU and Ukraine Skies to Join Forces

2) 2013 Intelligent Transport Systems Australia Awards Winners

3) International Road Dynamics Awarded CDN $1.74 Million Weigh-in-Motion Contract in California

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webcast: Integrated Technology – Connecting Mass Transit Agencies with Data and Visibility Toward Efficiency, Awareness and Safety – December 10

https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1024580

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1943 **70^th anniversary** President Franklin Roosevelt flew to Tehran, Iran for meetings with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin to discuss World War II strategy.

http://www.fdrheritage.org/fdr_museum_feature_Mar05.htm

 

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