[TCN] Friday, May 9, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, May 9, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Save the Date – IBTTA Global Summit – October 19-21, 2014 – Prague, Czech Republic

 

Mark your calendars for the 2014 IBTTA Global Summit – Innovations & Technologies for Sustainable Mobility, Environment and Road Safety – to be held in Prague, Czech Republic, October 19-21, 2014. The call for presentations will go out the week of May 19 and the planning group encourages you to submit your presentation ideas. Details about the program will be posted to IBTTA's website. Visit www.IBTTA.org/prague for updates.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Airlines Enlist Lawmakers in Battle Over Inclusion of Taxes, Fees in Advertised Fares

Link to AP article:

http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2014/05/08/airlines-enlist-lawmakers-in-battle-over-inclusion-taxes-fees-in-advertised/

 

2) UN to Consider Ways to Track Planes Over Seas

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/world/un-agency-to-consider-ways-to-track-planes-over-oceans.html

Link to news release

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) Would Cameras Track Citizens from Ohio to Kentucky?

Link to story on WKSU Radio:

http://www.wksu.org/news/story/39147

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) ITS News & Updates – May 9

Link to update from US DOT's ITS Joint Program Office:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=3190382b-6c83-4f79-83dc-c6c091e1c7a8

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) Educators: No Time for Pedestrian Safety Lessons in School

Link to article in the Saugerties Times:

http://www.saugertiesx.com/2014/05/08/educators-time-pedestrian-safety-lessons-school/

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Massachusetts Highway Signs Read 'Use Yah Blinkah'

Link to story on WCVB-TV:

http://www.wcvb.com/news/massachusetts-highway-signs-read-use-yah-blinkah/25893882

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Virginia Transportation Secretary: Distracted Driving a 'Major Problem'

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://www.wtop.com/654/3618664/Va-transportation-secretary-Distracted-driving-a-major-problem

 

8) Greek EU Presidency Confirms Commitment to eCall in Greece

Link to article in ITS International:

http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/location-based-systems/news/greek-eu-presidency-confirms-commitment-to-ecall-in-greece/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

9) GPS Tracking of New York City Cabbies Flourishes Even as They Fight Back

Link to article on Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/gps-human-tracking-flourishes-as-nyc-cabbies-fight-back/

 

10) Taxi, Ridesharing Apps Making It Easier for Some, Harder for Others to Get a Ride

Link to blog on Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2014/05/09/It-is-easier-to-get-a-cab-ride-in-China-than-ever-before-if-you-are-willing-to-pay-have-a-smartphone-and-can-read-and-write-Mandarin.aspx

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Texas DOT Decides to Discontinue Highway Advisory Radio Station

Link to story on KFDA-TV:

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/25470014/tx-dot-decides-to-discontinue-1610-am

 

12) Florida and Local Agencies Work Together to Help Fans Navigate Traffic at The Players Championship

Link to article in The Florida Times-Union:

http://jacksonville.com/community/shorelines/2014-05-09/story/bumper-bunker-state-local-agencies-work-together-help-fans

 

13) Bridge Repair Crews in Scotland Use Bluetooth to Monitor Traffic

Link to article on The Construction Index:

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bridge-repair-crew-uses-bluetooth-to-monitor-traffic

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Connected Car Tech to Watch in 2014

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/connected-car-tech-to-watch-in-2014-7000029106/

 

 

News Releases

1) Joseph Sussman Receives Transportation Research Forum Distinguished Researcher Award

2) Space Traffic Management: How to Prevent a Real Life 'Gravity'

 

 

Friday Bonus

You may recall a time when gasoline sales were rationed by whether you had an odd or even license plate. What if vehicles of a particular color could only drive at a certain time?

http://vimeo.com/82038912

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Call for Abstracts – 1^st IRF Asia Regional Congress & Exhibition

http://asiarc.IRFnews.org

 

 

Upcoming Events

Walk-Bike New York Symposium – May 21-22 – Suffern, New York

http://www.itsmr.org/Walk-Bike%20New%20York%20Symposium-May%2021-22,%202014.htm

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1864 **150^th anniversary** The Battle of Heligoland took place between the Danish Navy and the allied navies of Prussia and Austria during the Second War of the Schleswig.

http://www.navalhistory.dk/english/history/1848_1864/heligoland1864.htm

 

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