[TCN] Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Ebola Alarms Spread with Crews, Fliers on Illness Alert

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ebola-alarms-spread-crews-fliers-221210281.html

2) Airline Complains About Lack of Signs to Help Travelers Find Out-of-the-Way Hawaii Airport

Link to AP article:

http://www.usnews.com/news/offbeat/articles/2014/10/13/travelers-cant-find-out-of-the-way-hawaii-airport

3) Internet of Things-Driven Airports Must be Helpful, Not Creepy

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/article/internet-of-things-london-city-frankfurt/

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) Veloloop for Bicycles Hacks Traffic Signals by Auto-Triggering Sensors

Link to article on Designboom:

http://www.designboom.com/technology/veloloop-bicycles-traffic-signals-10-14-2014/

CAMERAS

5) New Jersey Police Dashboard Video Recordings Are Public Records, State Judge Rules

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/nj_police_dashboard_video_recordings_are_public_records_state_judge_rules.html

6) Downtown Hanoi to Have 450 Smart Traffic Cameras by 2015

Link to article on Thanh Nien News:

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/downtown-hanoi-to-have-450-smart-traffic-cameras-by-2015-32507.html

7) Sioux City Speed Camera Ordinance Goes Before Iowa Supreme Court

Link to article in the Sioux City Journal:

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/sioux-city-speed-camera-ordinance-goes-before-iowa-supreme-court/article_280e5593-e8cb-5c79-a7bd-8e2b0a1367aa.html

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

8) Intelligent Transportation Systems 2014: Volume 1

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/171478.aspx

RAILROADS

9) Critics Say Railroads Should Do More to Prevent Pedestrian Deaths

Link to story on NPR's All Things Considered:

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/13/355903993/critics-say-railroads-should-do-more-to-prevent-pedestrian-deaths

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Feds Clear Seven on No-Fly List to Travel, Will Tell Six More Why They Can't

Link to AP article:

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/10/355250969/feds-clear-7-on-no-fly-list-to-travel-will-tell-6-more-why-they-cant

11) First Responders Left in the Dark on Public Safety Network

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-public-safety-broadband-network-hiring-problems.html

VEHICLES

12) Is It Legal for Corvette to Eavesdrop?

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/automobiles/is-it-legal-for-corvette-to-eavesdrop.html

13) Are Cars' Big Tachometers Doomed?

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/10/13/tachometers-doomed/17204619/

14) Three Driverless Car Projects that May Change How the World Travels

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/videos/3-Driverless-Car-Projects-that-May-Change-How-the-World-Travels.html

News Releases

1) Annual Cost of Gridlock in Europe and the US Will Increase 50% on Average to $293 Billion by 2030

2) South Carolina DOT Launches Streaming Video for 511 Traveler Information System

3) Missouri DOT Chooses GroupCast to Provide Mass Notification Services

4) IEEE Forms New Standards Coordinating Committee on Transportation

5) TransCore Selected by New York City MTA Bridges and Tunnels to Deploy All-Electronic Tolling System

6) Connecticut DMV Launches Mobile App

Upcoming Events

The Marketing Event for the A/E/C Industry – November 7 – New York, New York

http://smpsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/TME-2014-Program-Brief_Final_09.08.2014.pdf

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