Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) Senator McCaskill Questions Traffic Controllers in Botched Missouri Plane Landing
Link to story on KSMU Radio:
http://ksmu.org/article/mccaskill-questions-traffic-controllers-botched-plane-landing-75813
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
2) M4 and M5 Managed Motorway Project Near Bristol is Completed
Link to BBC News story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-25730843
OTHER
3) South African Transport Minister Pushes for Reliable Road Incident Data
Link to article in Business Day:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
4) Mississippi Transportation Report Says Mississippi DOT Needs More Spending Clarity
Link to AP article:
5) Baltimore Councilman Urges City to Release Speed-Camera Audit
Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bs-md-speed-camera-audit-20140114,0,5269362.story
SAFETY / SECURITY
6) Moscow Region to Boost Protection of Computer Networks to Prevent Hacker Attacks Such as One Which Disabled Traffic Cameras
Link to ITAR-TASS article:
http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/714674
7) Data Tells a Safety Story
Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
http://www.dot.gov/blog/data-tells-safety-story
TRANSIT
8) Real-Time System Lets Staten Island's South Shore Commuters Know When Their Train Arrives
Link to article and video in the Staten Island Advance:
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/01/real-time_system_lets_south_sh.html
9) New York City's Voice of the Subway
Link to video:
10) Listen in on Some Really Upset British Commuters
Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/listen-some-really-pissed-british-commuters/8110/
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) Super Bowl 2014: New Jersey DOT Will be Ready
Link to article in Inside Jersey:
http://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/index.ssf/2014/01/super_bowl_2014_traffic_transportation_nj.html
12) Inside the New Jersey Traffic Management Center
Link to article in Inside Jersey:
http://njsections.travidia.com/SS/Page.aspx?secid=139931&pagenum=38&sstarg=&facing=false&
13) Research Shows How Weather Affects Travel Times in London
Link to article in the Daily Mail:
14) Traffic Application Created for Anna Maria Island, Florida
Link to story and video on Bay News 9:
Link to further information: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ami/id780480567?mt=8
VEHICLES
15) US Transportation Secretary Highlights Privacy Concerns Over Car Technology
Link to article in Computer Weekly:
16) Senate Bill Protects Privacy of Auto Data Recorders
Link to article in The Hill:
Link to news release: http://goo.gl/yFhV8i
17) Senator Franken Presses Ford on Location Data Collection Practices
Link to article in Computerworld:
18) Meet the Brains Behind Your Car's Touchscreen
Link to article in Automobile:
19) Panasonic Demonstrates Automotive Head Units Running Navigation and Entertainment from a Connected Phone
Link to article on CNET:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31229_7-57617190-257/panasonic-says-the-phone-is-the-brain/
News Releases
1) Cab-Sharing App Bandwagon Wins Big at CES
2) Nebraska DMV Announce Release of New Online Trip and Fuel Permits
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Talking Freight Seminar – MAP-21 Update and 2014 Initiatives – January 22
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=911
Today in Transportation History
2003 **10th anniversary** Kansas DOT 511 began operation.
http://www.ksdot.org/PDF_Files/511release.pdf
2009 **5th anniversary** US Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River after hitting birds following takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.
http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/pages/project_gallery/cactus_1549_hudson_river.html
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