[TCN] Monday, October 13, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, October 13, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Counting the Current and Future Cost of Gridlock – Learn More about the Implications

 

New research reveals the combined annual average cost of gridlock in Europe and the US will soar nearly 50 percent between now and 2030 to an estimated $293.1 billion – costing households on average nearly $3,000 a year.  This is the first study of its kind to forecast the projected increases in these costs in these countries and their most congested cities between 2013 and 2030.

 

Join our webinar to uncover the key findings and implications of this growing issue, Thursday, October 16, 2014 @ 11:00am EDT

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Reopens Fire-Damaged Air Traffic Control Facility Near Chicago

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/220541-faa-reopens-fire-damaged-facility-near-chicago

Link to news release

 

2) Billboards Promoting California's Ontario International Airport Questioned

Link to article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:

http://www.dailybulletin.com/business/20141011/laontario-international-airport-billboards-questioned

 

3) Meet the Masterminds Behind Southwest Airlines' Clever Ads

Link to story on WFAA-TV:

http://www.wfaa.com/videos/news/local/texas-news/2014/10/09/15387218/

 

4) Airlines Take Different Approaches to In-Flight Entertainment

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20141013-story.html

 

CAMERAS

 

5) Chicago Transportation Department's Red-Light Camera Oversight Slammed

Link to article in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/city-transportation-depts-red-light-camera-oversight-slammed/fri-10102014-934am

Link to news release

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Toll Tags on Oklahoma and Kansas Turnpikes to Become Interoperable

Link to story on KWTV-TV:

http://www.news9.com/story/26756557/oklahoma-pikepass-to-work-on-kansas-toll-roads

Link to news release

 

MARITIME

 

7) Smart Shipping Containers and Seaports

Link to blog from SAP:

http://scn.sap.com/community/business-trends/blog/2014/08/19/what-s-next-for-the-steel-box-that-changed-the-world

 

OTHER

 

8) Confederate License Plate Backers Seek High Court Help

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20141011-confederate-license-plate-backers-seek-high-court-help.ece  

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) California Transit Project Report's Psychedelic Cover Designed to Get People to 'Open It Up'

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-crazy-cover-20141010-story.html

 

10) Seattle-Tacoma Port Alliance: A Grand Bargain Struck in Utter Secrecy

Link to editorial in The News Tribune:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/12/3425761_seattle-tacoma-port-alliance-a.html

 

RAILROADS

 

11) Metro-North Rail-Traffic Control Staff Worked Seven Days Straight for 'Weeks on End'

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/metro-north-railroad-staff-fatigued-weeks-break-article-1.1971970

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) New Zealand Transport Authority Apologizes for Poor Communications During Road Closure

Link to article in the Marlborough Express:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/10609401/Transport-Authority-apologises-for-error

 

TRANSIT

 

13) How to Apply Plaza Principles to Transit Hubs

Link to blog on Sharable:

http://www.shareable.net/blog/how-to-apply-plaza-principles-to-transit-hubs

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Technological Solutions for Traffic in Lagos, Nigeria

Link to story on CNBC Africa:

http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/western-africa/2014/10/13/technology-solution-to-traffic-in-lagos/

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Male Baby Boomers Most Likely to Drive Connected Cars, According to Nielsen Study

Link to article on Autoblog:

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/11/who-buys-connected-cars-survey/

 

16) The Road to the Connected Fleet of the Future

Link to articles on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/road-connected-fleet-future (Part 1)

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/fleet-and-asset-management/road-connected-fleet-future-part-2 (Part 2)

 

 

News Releases

1) GEWI and BMW to Demonstrate VMS2DASH at ITS New Jersey Annual Meeting

2) Inaugural Automated Vehicle Summit at Fort Monmouth

3) Association of Mexican Railroads Joins Operation Lifesaver

4) WNCN's #Brake4Buses Earns TV Industry Appreciation

5) RTA Launches Smart Drive App in Gitex 2014

6) Wisconsin DMV Launches Online Crash Reports Service

7) American Public Transportation Association's Expo Opens in Houston

 

 

Upcoming Events

AASHTO Webinar: Development and Use of the Human Factors Guideline for Road Systems – October 31

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4216745101630238209

 

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