[TCN] Friday, April 11, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, April 11, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Satellite Company Plays Key Role in Search for Flight 370

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/business/international/flight-search-brings-satellite-company-unaccustomed-fame.html

 

2) FedEx CEO: Airlines Will Track Planes Better

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/10/fedex-malaysia-tracking-planes-acars-adsb/7555241/

Link to remarks

 

3) Report: Poor Communication Cited in Gatwick Airport Christmas Eve Flight Disruptions

Link to Press Association article:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/11/gatwick-christmas-flight-chaos-report-wakeup-call

Link to House of Commons Transport Committee report

 

4) Confidential Airport Maps Inadvertently Published Online After Google Japan Error

Link to article on The Japan Daily Press:

http://japandailypress.com/confidential-airport-maps-inadvertently-published-online-after-google-japan-error-1147157/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Architect Has Painstakingly Standardized the World's Subway Maps

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2014/04/architect-has-painstakingly-standardized-worlds-subway-maps/8843/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Communication Problem Causing Delays to E-ZPass Accounts in Virginia

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2014/04/tech-problem-causing-delays-ezpass-accounts

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

7) Ethiopia's First Expressway to Include ITS and Traffic Management Center

Link to article on roadtraffic-technology:

http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/addis-adaba-adama-nazareth-expressway/

 

OTHER

 

8) Transportation Aggregator App RideScout Launches in San Francisco

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/10/ridescout-sf/

Link to news release

 

9) Ontario Provincial Police Using Drones to Capture Collision Scenes

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4460168-a-spy-in-the-sky/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) UK Information Commissioner Says Government Unlawfully Censored High-Speed Rail Report

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601028/Government-face-legal-challenge-Information-Commissioner-censorship-highly-critical-report-50billion-HS2-rail-project.html

 

11) Virginia Transit Commission Could Hide Critical Information from the Public

Link to article on Watchdog.org:

http://watchdog.org/137856/transportation-hidden/

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) Maine House Advances Controversial Highway Signs Bill

Link to story on Maine Public Broadcasting Network:

http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/5347/ItemId/33163/Default.aspx

 

13) Confusing Diversion Signs in Worcester, UK Send Drivers Dizzy

Link to article in the Worcester News:

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11143495.Confusing_diversion_signs_in_Worcester_send_drivers_dizzy/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

14) US Pushes for UN Texting-While-Driving Ban

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/203291-us-sponsors-un-texting-while-driving-ban

 

15) Florida Tests High-Tech Devices to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes

Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-04-10/news/fl-wrong-way-crash-program-20140410_1_sawgrass-expressway-homestead-extension-wrong-way-crashes

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

16) The Responder – April 2014

Link to newsletter from the Traffic Incident Management Network:

http://timnetwork.org/2014/04/the-responder-april-2014/

 

TRANSIT

 

17) TriMet to Upgrade Security Camera System

Link to story on KATU-TV:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/TriMet-to-upgrade-security-camera-system-254832971.html

Link to news release

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

18) Massachusetts Drivers Get Real-Time Traffic Info

Link to story on WCVB-TV:

http://www.wcvb.com/news/massachusetts-drivers-get-real-time-traffic-info/25431808

Link to news release

 

19) 43 Busted Digital Massachusetts Highway Boards Leave Drivers in Dark

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/04/ritzy_signs_on_fritz_43_busted_digital_highway_boards_leave

 

 

News Releases

1) M25 Becomes 'Smartest' Motorway in England

2) Ohio Homeland Security Releases Safer Ohio Phone App

3) Wisconsin Governor Signs Silver Alert Bill

 

 

Friday Bonus

This week's bonus is not a humorous one, but something I found fascinating. It shows real-time wind speeds worldwide.

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=6.86,3.86,324

 

 

Upcoming Events

TRB Integrated Corridor Transportation Management Workshop and Joint Midyear Meeting – June 22-26 – Irvine, California

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BygdO7AWsujgNnhwVFZEdmVZXzJjLS04MlNFLXRoMUhzc0c4/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1809 **205^th anniversary** The Battle of Basque Roads began between British and French naval forces.

http://www.historicnavalfiction.com/general-hnf-info/fleet-actions/basque-roads

 

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