[TCN] Friday, March 21, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, March 21, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

---

 

AVIATION

 

1) Boeing, FAA Reduce 777 Vulnerability to Cyberattack

Link to article in Aviation Week:

http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_03_20_2014_p0-674441.xml

 

2) Indianapolis Airport Officials Show Off Their Severe Weather Safety Plan

Link to story on WXIN-TV:

http://fox59.com/2014/03/20/indianapolis-airport-officials-show-off-their-severe-weather-safety-plan/

 

3) 'The Technology is Out There,' But Satellites Don't Track Jets

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/technology/though-high-tech-tools-exist-satellites-dont-track-planes.html

 

4) Airways New Zealand: Keeping Flying Kiwis Safe

Link to article on Fairfax New Zealand:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9854953/Keeping-flying-Kiwis-safe

 

CAMERAS

 

5) Washington State DOT Cutting Down 500 Trees for Traffic Cameras

Link to story on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/State-cutting-down-500-trees-251445161.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

6) Google Unveils New Desktop Maps for Indian Cities

Link to IANS article:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Google-unveils-new-desktop-maps-for-Indian-cities/articleshow/32424549.cms

 

OTHER

 

7) World Highways – March 2014

Link to magazine:

http://www.worldhighways.com/latest-issue/global/march-2014/

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Fighting Traffic One Paint Brush at a Time

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-fighting-traffic-with-paint.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Officials in Hull, UK Consider Cutting Speed Limit to 20 MPH to Cut Accidents with Pedestrians on Phones

Link to article in The Yorkshire Post:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/speed-limit-at-20mph-to-cut-accidents-with-pedestrians-on-phones-1-6513249

 

10) Yellow Call Boxes to Be Removed Along I-80 in California

Link to article in The Reporter:

http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_25390775/yellow-call-boxes-be-removed-along-solano-freeways.html

 

TRANSIT

 

11) California Company Premiers Transit Kiosk, Plans to Take National

Link to story on KEYT-TV:

http://www.keyt.com/news/local-company-premiers-transit-kiosk-plans-to-take-national/25074698

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Asking Drivers What Information They Need: Radical But Effective

Link to article in ITS International:

http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/detection-monitoring-machine-vision/features/asking-drivers-what-information-they-need-radical-but-effective/

 

VEHICLES

 

13) University of Michigan Approves Design for $6.5 Million Test Track for Autonomous Vehicles

Link to article in The Ann Arbor News:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/03/university_of_michigan_approve_3.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Sentry360 Announces Largest 360-Degree Camera Deployment in Mass Transit History

2) Appello Embraces OpenStreetMap in Its Wisepilot Application

3) Operation Lifesaver Issues Statement on the Movie 'Divergent'

 

 

Friday Bonus

Don't you love trade shows? Sometimes, though, it's tough to see everything. Try this at your next exhibition to get maximum mileage in minimal time.

http://youtu.be/EyYwX83p3jE

 

 

Upcoming Events

APTA Public Transportation & Universities Conference – March 29-April 1 – Champaign, Illinois

http://www.apta.com/mc/university/Pages/default.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1999 **15^th anniversary** Brian Jones and Bertrand Piccard became the first to circumnavigate the globe in a hot-air balloon.

http://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/march-21-1999-hot-air-balloon-record-9719438

 

======================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. 

To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications  

Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

 

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.     

© 2014 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Transportation Communications Newsletter" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tcnl+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.