[TCN] Monday, April 7, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, April 7, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Airlines, Airports Improve Technology for Passengers

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/04/07/airports-technology/7163329/

 

2) FAA's New Houston TRACON, a Symbol of NextGen

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/faa-dedicates-new-houston-tracon-center

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) How Politics Buries Science in Landslide Mapping

Link to story on NBC News:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/how-politics-buries-science-landslide-mapping-n73256

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) US DOT ITS Newsletter – April 2014

Link to newsletter:

http://goo.gl/TLEzmz

 

OTHER

 

5) North Carolina Employing Data-Driven Approach for Transportation Projects

Link to article in The Dispatch:

http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20140407/News/304079999/1005/news?Title=State-employing-data-driven-approach-for-transportation-projects

 

6) Transpo Camp Makes New England Debut

Link to blog on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2014/04/07/transpo-camp-makes-new-england-debut

 

7) Review of Intertraffic Amsterdam

Link to update from ITS International & World Highways:

http://intertraffic.msgfocus.com/q/112P0cxkyDl5iW3Vcga/wv

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) Private Company Sells Georgia Crash Reports in GDOT Business Deal

Link to AP article:

http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/view/story/bc194341deff46e38e4cb74c1db53f0e/GA--Georgia-Crash-Data

 

9) Graphic PSA Messages Aim to Curb Texting and Driving

Link to story on KOLR-TV:

http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/texting-and-driving-ntsb-dot-safety/17836/HuJtHz3y7UWfeodkpqkBdQ

 

RAILROADS

 

10) Canada's Transportation Safety Board Discovers Railroads Not Reporting All Derailments

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/rail-safety-tsb-discovers-companies-not-reporting-all-derailments-1.2598417

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) Australian Police to Have Direct Radio Contact with Bus Drivers to Improve Safety

Link to article in The Manly Daily:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/cops-to-terrorise-hoodlums-in-move-to-improve-bus-safety/story-fngr8hax-1226874693806

 

12) Rhode Island DOT Tackles Wrong-Way Accidents

Link to article in The Providence Journal:

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140405-rhode-island-department-of-transportation-tackles-wrong-way-accidents.ece

 

13) Foreign Language Driving Tests Scrapped in UK to Boost Road Safety

Link to article on FleetDirectory:

http://www.fleetdirectory.co.uk/news/foreign-language-driving-tests-scrapped-to-boost-road-safety/

 

14) Travel Agents Group Seeks to Overturn Hazardous Materials Passenger Notification Rule

Link to article on TravelDailyNews:

http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/59919/asta-seeks-to-overturn-hazardous

 

TRANSIT

 

15) Annoyed Commuter in Twitter Spat with Transport for London

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/annoyed-commuter-in-twitter-spat-with-transport-for-london-9237895.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) EU to Require EVs and Hybrids to Make Noise to Alert Pedestrians

Link to article on Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/06/eu-requiring-ev-noise-alerts/

 

17) Why is In-Car Tech So Complicated?

Link to article on CNNMoney:

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/07/why-is-in-car-tech-so-complicated

 

18) Goodbye, Side Mirror: Automakers Push for Cameras

Link to column on CNBC:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101553477

 

19) Apps for Connected Cars? Your Mileage May Vary

Link to commentary on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/viewpoint-apps-connected-cars-your-mileage-may-vary

 

 

News Releases

1) Delta Flight Attendants to Switch to Phablet for In-Flight Customer Service, Manuals

2) Econolite Group Launches New Website

3) National Work Zone Awareness Week Begins Today

4) Manitoba Government Launches Highway Condition Camera Network

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Connected Vehicle Basics – April 24

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s140424_cv_basics.asp

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1989 **25^th anniversary** The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine Komsomolets sank in the Barents Sea, killing 42 sailors.

http://barentsobserver.com/en/node/19353

 

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