[TCN] Tuesday, August 5, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Six weeks and counting! Join IBTTA in Austin, Texas for our 82nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition this September 14-17, 2014. You'll be right in the heart of a city and a state that is developing a modern multi-modal transportation system that includes toll-funded projects. You'll be surrounded by the latest and very best information on the policies, practices, technologies and business models that make the tolling industry a breakthrough success. Become a meeting sponsor or promote your products or services by being an exhibitor. And if you arrive a day early, come to the golf event to support the IBTTA Foundation at the Barton Creek Golf Resort. Visit www.IBTTA.org/austin for the full program and to register today!

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) New Orleans Airport Refuses to Post Health Alert, Cites 'Aesthetics'

Link to story on WDSU-TV:

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/iteam-airport-refuses-to-post-health-alert-cites-aesthetics/27304192#!bv9OUX

 

2) US DOT Could Nix Plans to Permit In-Flight Cellphone Calls

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/us-could-nix-plans-to-permit-in-flight-cell-phone-calls/

 

3) Dodging Mumbai's Monster Billboards Adds to Air India Woes

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-05/air-india-loses-money-by-dodging-giant-billboards-in-mumbai

 

4) Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/171121.aspx

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) More Cameras, Message Boards on the Roadways in Arkansas

Link to story on KARK-TV:

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/more-cameras-on-the-roadways-in-arkansas/31972/G8ax8r-teEud-kzgMLVyfg

 

OTHER

 

6) Pinellas Transit Authority Will Repay $354,000 Federal Grant for Homeland Security Ads

Link to article in The St. Petersburg Tribune:

http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-transit-authority-will-repay-354k-federal-grant-20140805/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Amtrak Provides Crude Oil Train Details States Had Withheld

Link to McClatchy News article:

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/08/04/3780531/amtrak-provides-crude-oil-train.html

 

8) Oklahoma Begins Posting Information About Bakken Oil Train Shipments

Link to article in The Oklahoman:

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-begins-posting-information-about-bakken-oil-train-shipments/article/5127189

 

9) New Online Community Generates Transportation Ideas in Illinois

Link to story on WCBU Radio:

http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/new-online-community-generates-transportation-ideas

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) High-Tech Traffic Lights Could Reshape the Future of Driving

Link to story on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/05/high-tech-traffic-lights-could-reshape-future-driving/

 

11) Texas Law: Thou Shalt Not Place 10 Commandments Signs Along Highways

Link to article in Time:

http://time.com/3066895/texas-ten-commandments-sign-illegal/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Maine Launches Effort to Curb Distracted Driving

Link to article in the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/05/maine-launches-effort-to-curb-distracted-driving/

 

13) Road-Sensing Safety Tech that Could Save Lives

Link to article on District Chronicles:

http://www.districtchronicles.com/news/view.php/840680/Road-sensing-safety-tech-that-could-save

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) Growth in Telematics Capabilities Bring More Benefits to More Users

Link to article in SAE Off-Highway Engineering:

http://articles.sae.org/13347/

 

VEHICLES

 

15) GM Exec: Early Interest in LTE-Connected Cars is Strong

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/gm-exec-early-interest-in-lte-connected-cars-is-strong/

 

16) Navdy Projects Apps and Nav on Your Windshield

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-navdys-hud-runs-android-shows-nav-and-apps-in-your-car/

 

 

News Releases

1) GEWI to Exhibit and Demo Connected Vehicle at ITS World Congress

2) Mitsubishi and Activu Team Up to Help Morris County, New Jersey Emergency Center Create Real-Time Situational Awareness

3) Scheidt & Bachmann Develops Interface to Communicate with Valet Robot Ray for Parking Efficiency at Dusseldorf Airport

 

 

Upcoming Events

NDE/NDT for Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges – August 25-27 – Washington, DC

https://www.asnt.org/MajorSiteSections/Events-and-Publications/Upcoming-Events/SMT-2014.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1864 **150^th anniversary** The Battle of Mobile Bay took place with Union forces defeating the Confederate fleet.

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/mobile-bay.html?tab=facts

 

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