[TCN] Thursday, April 17, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, April 17, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Urged to Offer Free Wi-Fi in Airports

Link to article in Crain's New York Business:

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140416/BLOGS04/140419902/port-authority-urged-to-offer-free-wi-fi-in-airports

 

2) 'Stealthy Building' Built Near Runway Without Affecting Landing System

Link to article in Airport Industry Review:

http://www.nridigital.com/air-magazine.html?wv=s%2FAIR%2520Magazine%2Fdebc6c14-1eaf-5439-8958-43fe753b38bf%2FAIR%20Feb14%2Fstealthy.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) Virginia Doing Away with E-ZPass Fee

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2014/04/17/virginia-doing-away-with-e-zpass-fee

 

FREIGHT

 

4) Sweden Trials Australian Transport Intelligence

Link to article on Transport & Logistics News:

http://www.tandlnews.com.au/2014/04/17/article/sweden-takes-up-aussie-transport-intelligence/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) Singapore Uses Big Data Analytics to Optimize Transport Management

Link to article in FutureGov:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2014/apr/17/singapore-government-uses-big-data-analytics-optim/

 

MARITIME

 

6) Connecticut DOT Again Sends False Tweets About Catastrophic Ferry Incidents

Link to article in the New Haven Register:

http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140417/state-dot-sends-false-tweets-about-catastrophic-ferry-incidents-again

 

OTHER

 

7) West Virginia DMV Expanding Its Online Services

Link to story on WOWK-TV:

http://www.wowktv.com/story/25274626/dmv-expanding-its-online-services-for-drivers-in-wv

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Freight Train Industry to Miss Deadline for Positive Train Control, Blames FCC Delays

Link to AP article:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/freight-train-industry-miss-safety-deadline-23354167

Link to news release

 

ROADWAYS

 

9) Maine Governor Signs Bill to Reduce Number of Signs on State's Highways

Link to article in the Sun Journal:

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2014/04/17/lepage-signs-interstate-sign-bill-law/1521176

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Facial Recognition Technology Helps Iowa DOT Catch 40-Year Fugitive

Link to story on WHO-TV:

http://whotv.com/2014/04/16/facial-recognition-dot-helps-catch-40-year-fugitive/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

11) MIT and Stanford Researchers Show Robotaxis Could Replace Private Cars and Public Transit

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2014/04/17/mit-and-stanford-researchers-show-robotaxis-could-replace-private-cars-and-public-transit

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Predictive Analytics Aboard the London Underground?

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Predictive-Analytics-Aboard-the-London-Underground.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Sacramento Traffic Monitoring Center Not Ready in Time for 'Fix 50' Project

Link to story on KTXL-TV:

http://fox40.com/2014/04/16/traffic-monitoring-center-not-ready-in-time-for-fix-50-project/

 

VEHICLES

 

14) University of Michigan is Turning Ann Arbor Into World's Largest Lab for Wireless Vehicle Communication

Link to article in The Ann Arbor News:

http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/04/transportation.html

 

15) BMW Updates Navigation Data Via Mobile Radio

Link to article in Microwave Engineering Europe:

http://www.microwave-eetimes.com/en/bmw-updates-navigation-data-via-mobile-radio.html?news_id=222904911&cmp_id=7

Link to news release

 

 

News Releases

1) Colorado DOT Installing Pilot System to Monitor Bridges

2) Scout for iPhone First Navigation App That Lets You Search Ahead Along Route and Offers Parking Suggestions

3) Arizona DOT Launches Mobile Version of Website

4) Study: Loud Passenger Conversations Most Likely Distraction for Adolescent Drivers

 

 

Upcoming Events

Operation Lifesaver Leadership Conference – May 14-15 – Albuquerque, New Mexico

http://oli.org/about-us/news/2014-Leadership-Conference

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1964 **50^th anniversary** The Ford Mustang was officially unveiled at the New York World's Fair.

http://corporate.ford.com/vehicles/ford-mustang-story

 

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