Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, June 9, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1) FAA Orders Boeing to Protect 737s from Computer Hackers
Link to article in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/06/faa-boeing-737/10066247/
Link to notice
2) FAA Lab Using Virtual Reality to Improve Aviation Safety
Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:
3) Congress Pushing FAA to Create Pilot Record Database
Link to article in The Buffalo News:
4) The Question of Social Media and Air Cargo
Link to article in Air Cargo World:
http://www.aircargoworld.com/Air-Cargo-World-News/2014/06/question-social-media-and-air-cargo/6545
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
5) New York City DOT Unveils New Cycling Literature as Part of Vision Zero
Link to article in the Staten Island Advance:
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/the_department_of_transportati.html
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6) The Warrigal Dataset – Modeling Drivers Down Under with Nebot and Ward
Link to podcast from the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society:
MARITIME
7) Uber Moves from Land to Sea in Boston
Link to story on NECN:
Link to further information
OTHER
8) States and Localities Losing Their Influence in Washington
Link to article in Governing:
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-states-localities-losing-influence.html
RAILROADS
9) Amtrak Explores Trackside Network to Upgrade Wi-Fi Service on Northeast Corridor
Link to article in Computerworld:
Link to news release
ROADWAYS
10) Delaware Bridge Problem Reported via 911 Call in April
Link to article in The News Journal:
SAFETY
11) Iowa's Texting-While-Driving Ban Not Reducing Crashes, Hard to Enforce
Link to article on Iowa Watch:
12) University of Alaska Anchorage Creates a Virtual Reality Driving Simulator for State's Challenging Conditions
Link to article in the Anchorage Daily News:
http://www.adn.com/2014/06/07/3506926/hometown-u-uaa-creates-a-virtual.html?sp=/99/110/
SPACE
13) Astronaut Posts First Vine from Space
Link to article on CNET:
http://www.cnet.com/news/astronaut-posts-first-vine-from-space-and-its-lovely/
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
14) Ride-Hailing Apps Are Calling Cities on Their Bluffs
Link to blog on CityLab:
TELEMATICS
15) Car Black Box Data Can Be Used as Evidence
Link to article in The Morning Call:
TRANSIT
16) Google Now Has Alarm to Keep You from Sleeping Through Your Transit Stop
Link to article on Android Police:
17) A New Way to Find Out How Late the MBTA is Running
Link to article in The Boston Globe:
18) Meet Frank Oglesby, the Voice of the MBTA
Link to article in Metro:
http://www.mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=6442452409&month=&year=
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
19) New York Thruway Radio Station Draws Static
Link to column in the Times Union:
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Getting-There-Thruway-radio-station-draws-static-5537998.php
VEHICLES
20) Director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab: Driverless Cars Could Reduce Urban Traffic by 80%
Link to Deutsche Presse-Agenture article:
http://www.govtech.com/transportation/Driverless-Cars-Could-Reduce-Traffic-by-80-percent.html
21) Samsung, SK, LG See Future in Auto Solutions
Link to article in The Korea Times:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2014/06/133_158674.html
22) Smarter Cars Mean Smarter Homes
Link to article on Autonet:
http://www.autonet.ca/en/2014/06/09/smarter-cars-mean-smarter-homes
Link to news release
News Releases
1) RideScout Expands to 69 Cities on 6/9
2) I-95 Corridor Coalition Creates Traffic Data Marketplace to Provide Vehicle Probe Project Data
3) Royal College of Art Explores Sentiment Mapping as Travel Management Tool
4) FAA Announces Nevada UAS Test Site Now Operational
5) Michelin Acquires Sascar, Brazil's Leading Digital Fleet Management
6) Abu Dhabi Police Launches Road Safety World Cup App on Smartphones
7) New Partnership Launches 'Move Over' and 'Fender Bender' Law Awareness Campaign in North Carolina
Job Postings
- Principal Engineer (ITS) – Port Authority of New York & New Jersey – Newark, New Jersey
Solicitation
- Grant Funding – Rail Transit Safety Education and Public Awareness Initiatives – Operation Lifesaver & Federal Transit Administration
http://oli.org/about-us/passenger-rail-safety/safety-grant-announcement
Upcoming Events
Webinar: Incident and Slowdown Detection Improved with Inrix XD Data – June 10
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/801845518
Today in Transportation History
1534 **480th anniversary** Jacques Cartier became the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-cartier-1534-1542/
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