[TCN] Monday, December 30, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, December 30, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Names Six Sites for Testing Drones

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/30/drone-test-sites/4248771/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/vGhD14

 

2) Maine Aviation Startup Markets Recording Device for Small Airports

Link to article in Mainebiz:

http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20131223/CURRENTEDITION/312199993/1088

Link to additional information on G.A.R.D.: http://goo.gl/iKbq5t

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Ex-Google Engineer Reveals How Google Maps Figures Out Destination Times

Link to article on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-maps-times-2013-12

 

4) VisaMapper Shows You Which Countries Require Visas to Visit

Link to article on The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/27/visamapper_n_4508343.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) New Law All But Bars Russian GPS Sites in US

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/world/europe/new-law-all-but-bars-russian-gps-sites-in-us.html

 

6) China's Beidou Satellite Network Aims for 'Centimeters' Accuracy

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/cn/chinas-satellite-network-aims-for-centimeters-accuracy-7000024668/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

7) Des Algorithmes Pour Lutter Contre Les Embouteillages

Link to article in Atlantico:

http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/algorithmes-pour-lutter-contre-embouteillages-alain-bonnafous-937564.html (in French)

 

MARITIME

 

8) Apps to Alert Indian Fishermen About Sri Lanka Maritime Border

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/gadgets/apps-to-alert-fishermen-about-maritime-border/article5518911.ece

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) South Australia Government to Review Roadwork Signs

Link to article in The Times:

http://www.victorharbortimes.com.au/story/1996057/state-labor-government-reviews-roadwork-signs

 

10) Robot Cop Directs Traffic in Kinshasa, Congo

Link to story on WPEC-TV:

http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_12146.shtml

 

11) Colorado Researcher Designs 'Smart Plow' Technology for Pilot Program

Link to article in the Daily Camera:

http://www.dailycamera.com/science_environment/ci_24806589/boulder-researcher-designs-smart-plow-technology-pilot-program

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

12) Inside Virginia DOT's Operations Center: Responding to Problems on the Roadways

Link to story on WTKR-TV:

http://wtkr.com/2013/12/27/inside-vdots-operations-center-responding-to-problems-on-the-roadways/

 

13) Washington State Traffic Center Keeps Eyes, Ears on the Road

Link to article in The Columbian:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/30/traffic-center-keeps-eyes-ears-on-the-road/

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Michigan Governor OKs Self-Driving Vehicles on State's Roads

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131227/POLITICS02/312270067/1022/POLITICS/Snyder-OKs-self-driving-vehicles-Michigan-s-roads

 

15) Google to Compete with Apple Over Smart Dashboards

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10542094/Google-to-compete-with-Apple-over-smart-dashboards.html

 

16) Online Showrooms and Digital Dealerships Revolutionize Car Buying

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d13c6b1e-6e51-11e3-ac2a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2oxDQLRbw

 

 

News Releases

1) Michigan DOT Asks Public for Feedback on ITS Technology

2) Blue Water Bridge Now on Twitter @MDOT_BWB

 

 

Upcoming Events

Southwestern Rail Conference – January 23-24 – Dallas

http://texasrailadvocates.org/conference/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1853 **160^th anniversary** The US and Mexico signed a treaty for the US to pay $15 million for 45,000 square miles of territory.  A major reason for the purchase was to obtain territory to build a southern transcontinental railroad.

http://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/gadsden-purchase

 

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