Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Mitsubishi Electric Display Wall and ACTIVU team up to create real-time situational awareness for Morris County's emergency center.
Morris County's EOC is manned 24/7/365 with up to 36 public safety telecommunicators at their own communication consoles. A three-high, six-wide display wall using eighteen 67"Mitsubishi XGA rear-projection cubes gives public safety telecommunicators and supervisors an at-a-glance view of all emergency activity going on in the county.
Read more at: http://me-vis.com/morris-county-eoc-new-jersey/
AVIATION
1) Aromatic Scent Technology Introduced at Phnom Penh International Airport
Link to article in Airport World:
2) Transparent Airfares Act Needs More Transparency
Link to commentary from McClatchy News Service:
http://www.govtech.com/data/Transparent-Airfares-Act-Needs-More-Transparency.html
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
3) Singapore's LTA Unveils Master Plan to Build Intelligent Transport Network
Link to story on Channel NewsAsia:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-unveils-master-plan/1298888.html
4) How Manila Plans to Use ITS as Part of Data-Sharing Among Agencies
Link to article in FutureGov Asia:
http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2014/aug/06/how-do-you-get-agencies-sharing-data-during-crisis/
5) New US DOT Professional Capacity Building ITS Case Study: National ITS Architecture
Link to more information:
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/casestudies/default.aspx
OTHER
6) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – August 2014
Link to newsletter:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2014/2014-Aug.pdf
RAILROADS
7) Alstom Launches Live 4G Pilot for Communication Based Train Control
Link to article in Metro:
ROADWAYS
8) Latest Status Symbol for Hamptons Elite is Adopting a Highway
Link to article in the New York Post:
http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/the-latest-status-symbol-for-hamptons-elite-is-adopting-a-highway/
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Facial Recognition to be Tested at Japan Airports
Link to article on Biometric Update:
http://www.biometricupdate.com/201408/facial-recognition-to-be-tested-at-japan-airports
10) LED Vests Could Help Drivers See Pedestrians
Link to article in The Courier-Journal:
TELEMATICS
11) Dubai 'Mole' in Trucks to Rat-Out Speedsters
Link to article on Emirates 24|7:
http://www.emirates247.com/news/dubai-mole-in-trucks-to-rat-out-speedsters-2014-08-06-1.558595
TRANSIT
12) Toronto Transit to Roll Out 'Point and Acknowledge' to Improve Subway Door Safety
Link to article in the Toronto Sun:
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/06/ttc-targets-door-safety-woes
13) Pay Your London Bus Fare by Phone – if You're an EE Customer
Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:
Link to news release
14) London Buses Trialing Free Wi-Fi
Link to article on TechDigest:
http://www.techdigest.tv/2014/08/london-buses-trialling-free-wifi.html
VEHICLES
15) At BMW Welt, Its i-cars Have Eye on the Future
Link to article in USA Today:
16) Platooning Trucks: A Virtual Reality
Link to article in Fleet Owner:
http://fleetowner.com/technology/platooning-trucks-virtual-reality
17) Why Are Americans so Suspicious of Self-Driving Cars?
Link to article on CityLab:
http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/08/why-are-americans-so-suspicious-of-self-driving-cars/375596/
News Releases
1) United Airlines Launches Mobile App Passport Scanning
Upcoming Events
SNAME Maritime Convention – October 20-25 – Houston
Today in Transportation History
1844 **170th anniversary** James Henry Greathead, a pioneering railway and tunneling engineer, was born in Grahamstown, South Africa.
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/engineers/1.html
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