[TCN] Wednesday, May 14, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Air France-KLM Developing GPS Baggage Tag that Will Let You Track Luggage on Smartphone

Link to article in The Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2628138/Airlines-lost-luggage-Air-France-KLM-developing-GPS-baggage-tag-let-track-luggage-smartphone.html

 

2) The Five International Airports Making Friends the Fastest on Facebook

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2014/05/13/the-5-international-airports-making-friends-the-fastest-on-facebook/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) ITS News & Updates – May 14

Link to update from the US DOT ITS Joint Program Office:

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=f8b1efed-773d-454b-90ad-711063665562&c=77da6f90-5104-11e3-8e6b-d4ae52a4597c&ch=7a7c1c80-5104-11e3-8e6c-d4ae52a4597c

 

OTHER

 

4) Digital Broadcast Radio in Europe: Working Towards a Brighter Future

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/digital-broadcast-radio-europe-working-towards-brighter-future

 

5) Traffic Technology International – August/May 2014

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/24d23166#/24d23166/1

 

PARKING

 

6) Why Smart Parking is a Cornerstone of Smart Cities

Link to article in FutureStructure:

http://www.futurestructure.com/news/Why-Smart-Parking-is-a-Cornerstone-of-Smart-Cities-.html

 

7) MonkeyParking, an App that Allows Users to Auction Off Their On-Street Parking Spots in San Francisco

Link to blog on Laughing Squid:

http://laughingsquid.com/monkeyparking-an-app-that-allows-users-to-auction-off-their-on-street-parking-spots-in-san-francisco/

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Articles from Railway Age

 -  Communications & Signals: The New Frontier is Here

http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/ptc/cs-the-new-frontier-is-here.html

 -  Taming the PTC Elephant

http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/ptc/taming-the-ptc-elephant.html

 

9) Federal Railroad Administration Stops Monitoring Rail Cars with Toxic Inhalants

Link to commentary in The Providence Journal:

http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20140514-james-p.-repass-sr.-u.s.-stops-monitoring-railroad-threats.ece

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) How $100 and Some Spare Time is Enough to Hack Traffic Lights

Link to story on CTV's Canada AM:

http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/how-100-and-some-spare-time-is-enough-to-hack-traffic-lights-1.1806442

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) CDC Posts MERS Warning at US Airports After More Cases Suspected

Link to story from CNN:

http://ktla.com/2014/05/13/cdc-posts-mers-warning-at-u-s-airports-after-more-cases-suspected

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Google Maps Adds Great Britain Public Transport Data

Link to BBC News story:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27394691

 

13) World's First Solar Panel Bus Stop Unveiled in Oldbury, UK

Link to article in Halesowen News:

http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/11211844.World__39_s_first_solar_panel_bus_stop_unveiled_in_Oldbury

 

14) MARTA Revamps Information Technology Department to Better Serve Customers, Build Employee Skill Sets

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_rail/article/MARTA-revamps-information-technology-department-to-better-serve-customers-build-employee-skill-sets--40433?source=pr_digital05/14/2014

 

15) Port Authority of Allegheny County Needs to Speed Up Rollout of Real-Time Info

Link to editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2014/05/14/Real-time-info/stories/201405130023

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

16) Florida DOT Partners with Waze App to Enhance 511 Road Alerts

Link to story on WFSU Radio:

http://news.wfsu.org/post/florida-partners-google-owned-waze-app-enhance-511-road-alerts

Link to news release

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Tooling Around in a Driverless Google Car

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/05/13/google-self-driving-car-experience/9058443/

 

18) Clock Ticking on Google's Driverless Cars

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/062d0f98-daec-11e3-8273-00144feabdc0.html

 

19) Auto Industry Revamp as a Digital Business Work in Progress

Link to blog on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/auto-industry-revamp-as-a-digital-business-work-in-progress-7000029402/

 

 

News Releases

1) GE Aviation Launches New Versatile Computing Platform

2) TIC Connects: Traffic and Multiple Languages

 

 

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Upcoming Events

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http://ibtta.org/events/summit-aet-managed-lanes-interoperability

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1804 **210^th anniversary** The Lewis and Clark Expedition began with their departure from Camp Dubois.

http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=1804-05-14-1.xml

 

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