[TCN] Monday, January 20, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, January 20, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Traffic Analytics That Provides Minute-by-Minute Data Visualization, Volume Data and User Delay Costs:  New with INRIX Analytics

 

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Register for the INRIX Analytics Webinar: January 23, 2014 @ 2:00 pm PST.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Poised to Sell Lottery Tickets on iPads at Airport Gates

Link to article in the Star Tribune:

http://www.startribune.com/local/241102221.html

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Smile, Rhode Island – You're On Surveillance Video

Link to article in The Providence Journal:

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140118-cameras-everywhere-smile-r.i.--youre-on-surveillance-video.ece

 

3) Cameras Will Capture Every License Plate that Comes Into Lookout Mountain in Georgia and Tennessee

Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2014/jan/20/lookout-mountain-is-looking-at-you/

 

4) Upgraded E-ZPass Toll Cameras Installed in New Hampshire

Link to article in Foster's Daily Democrat:

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140120/GJNEWS_01/140129978/-1/fosnews

 

OTHER

 

5) Journalism Professor Says FAA Drone Rules Hurt Reporting

Link to interview on Here & Now on WBUR Radio:

http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/01/15/drone-journalism-regulation

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) New Online Map Tracks Washington State Transportation Spending

Link to article in The Daily News:

http://tdn.com/news/local/new-online-map-tracks-state-transportation-spending/article_a30d411e-817a-11e3-9e60-001a4bcf887a.html

Link to map: http://fiscal.wa.gov/WebMaps.aspx

 

7) Ohio Private Police Exempt from Records Law

Link to AP article:

http://www.limaohio.com/news/news/3423490/Ohio-private-police-exempt-from-records-law

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Canada and US to Share Real-Time Border-Crossing Information

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/39975?c=border_security

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Smartphone Real-Time Bus Locator Apps Are Coming to Halifax

Link to article in The Coast:

http://www.thecoast.ca/RealityBites/archives/2014/01/16/smart-phone-real-time-bus-locator-apps-are-comingreally-this-time

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Australian Capital Territory Government Plans for High-Tech Traffic System Revealed

Link to article in The Canberra Times:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/act-government-plans-for-hightech-traffic-system-revealed-20140119-312x7.html

 

11) Anchorage, Alaska Uses Technology to Keep Traffic Moving

Link to story on KTBY-TV:

http://www.youralaskalink.com/news/City-Officials-say-traffic-could-be-worst-240974071.html

 

12) Interview with New York City Helicopter Traffic Reporter Tom Kaminski

Link to story on Cranford Radio:

http://goo.gl/kS8z02 (Part 2)

http://goo.gl/jTtzdY (Part 3)

 

VEHICLES

 

13) The Smartest Cars Will Need 5G, Ericsson Says

Link to IDG News Service article:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9245529/The_smartest_cars_will_need_5G_Ericsson_says

 

14) New Car Technology Could Slash Your Commute Time

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/traffic-tech-new-car-technology-slash-commute-time-article-1.1585435

 

15) In-Car Privacy: What the Auto Industry Can Do Now

Link to editorial in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140120/OEM06/301209936/in-car-privacy-what-the-industry-can-do-now

 

 

News Releases

1) New Jersey State Police Unveils 'Getting to the Game' Website for Super Bowl

2) New Online Weather and Wave Forecasting Tool Enhances Safety at Port of Halifax

3) Missouri Newspaper Launches Online Traffic Accident Page

 

 

Upcoming Events

Systems Engineering for ITS Workshop – February 18-19 – Shoreview, Minnesota

http://goo.gl/LzuQmt

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1959 **55^th anniversary** The Vickers Vanguard made its first flight.

http://youtu.be/lTZEyjRuHZ0

 

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