[TCN] Thursday, March 6, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, March 6, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Study: Passport Kiosks Shorten Airport Lines

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/03/05/passport-kiosk-airports-jfk-ohare-miami-newark-los-angeles/6080921/

Link to news release

 

2) Effective Cooperation Among Airports and Local and Regional Emergency Management Agencies for Disaster Preparedness and Response

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170368.aspx

 

CAMERAS

 

3) South Dakota Governor's Office Wants to Stop Sharing Info with Sioux City, Iowa Police to Stymie 'Abhorrent' Speed Cameras

Link to article in the Argus Leader:

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20140306/UPDATES/303060051/Daugaard-adviser-Sioux-City-speed-traps-abhorrent-

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Online Map Lists Potholes on New Jersey Roadways

Link to McClatchy News Service article:

http://www.govtech.com/state/Online-Map-Lists-Potholes-on-New-Jersey-Roadways.html

Link to site: http://mappler.net/njpothole/

 

5) Yahoo Maps Adds Over 75,000 Indoor Venue Maps from Nokia Here

Link to article on Pocket-lint:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/127735-yahoo-maps-adds-over-75-000-indoor-venue-maps-from-nokia-here

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) New Highways in Mexico to Have Fiber Optics for ITS and CCTV

Link to article on BNamericas:

http://www.bnamericas.com/news/privatization/mexican-highways-to-have-fiber-optics-to-improve-security-monitoring

 

RAILROADS

 

7) New York State DOT Fines CSX $10,000 for Failing to Properly Report Derailments

Link to article in the Daily Freeman:

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140305/ny-state-fines-csx-10000-for-failing-to-properly-report-ulster-selkirk-derailments

Link to news release

 

8) Wi-Fi Rollout Gets Some Blame for Amtrak's Poor Winter Performance

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-amtrak-winter-delays-met-0306-20140306,0,6882346.story

 

TRANSIT

 

9) OneBusAway App Now Tracks MARTA Trains in Real Time

Link to article from Georgia Tech:

http://www.news.gatech.edu/2014/03/05/onebusaway-app-now-tracks-marta-trains-real-time

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) New York City Businesses Entice Customers with Real-Time Transit Information

Link to story on WPIX-TV:

http://pix11.com/2014/03/05/businesses-entice-customers-with-real-time-transit-information/#axzz2vBK7JAxK

 

11) Georgia DOT Working to Improve 511 Traffic System

Link to AP article:

http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-03-06/gdot-working-improve-georgia-511-traffic-system

Link to news release

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Why Smart Cars, Siri Make AAA Nervous

Link to article on MarketWatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-smart-cars-siri-make-aaa-nervous-2014-03-04

 

 

News Releases

1) ITS America Expands External Affairs and Technical Programs Teams

2) Airports to Spend $2.2 Billion Globally to Deploy 18,000 Automated Border Control eGates and Kiosks Between 2014 and 2018

3) TomTom Integrates Indoor Mapping with Micello Partnership

4) Frost & Sullivan: Daimler and Volvo Take Lead in Implementation of V2V Communication Systems in Europe

5) National Business Aviation Association Safety Committee Identifies Top Safety Focus Areas for 2014

6) Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport Unveils Welcome Zone 

7) Amtrak Launches New Advertising Campaigns

8) Pole Star Integrates Tidetech Weather Data on Maritime Vessel Tracking System

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Call for Tenders – Development of a Video on Urban Mobility in the EU – European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/facts-fundings/tenders/index_en.htm

 

 

Upcoming Events

Short Talks, Big Ideas in Transportation – April 7 – New York City

http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/2014/03/new-event-short-talks-big-ideas/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1914 **100^th anniversary** The Gladstone Ports Corporation held its first meeting as the Gladstone Harbour Board.

http://www.gpcl.com.au/AboutGPC/HistoryofGPC.aspx

 

1984 **30^th anniversary** Homer Wallin, a former Vice Admiral in the US Navy responsible for the salvaging of ships in Pearl Harbor following the attack of December 7, 1941, died.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-w/h-wallin.htm

 

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