[TCN] Wednesday, October 1, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Orders Cockpit Display Replacements After Wi-Fi Concerns

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2014/09/30/faa-boeing-wi-fi-cockpit-display/16502011/

 

2) FAA to Focus on Contractors for Air Traffic System After Damage to Cables

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/us/faa-to-focus-on-contractors-after-damage-to-cables.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) LTA Calls Tender for Singapore's Next Generation ERP System

Link to article on AsiaOne:

http://news.asiaone.com/news/ride/lta-calls-tender-singapores-next-generation-erp-system

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) So Long iBeacons: Why Philips' Genius Lights Could Win the Indoor GPS War

Link to commentary on Stuff:

http://www.stuff.tv/apple/so-long-ibeacons-why-philips-genius-lights-could-win-indoor-gps-war/news

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) 'Radical Collaboration' with Chuck Gulash from Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center

Link to IEEE ITS podcast:

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=540

 

OTHER

 

6) Hyperconnected Travel and Transportation in Action

Link to article in Diplomatic Courier:

http://www.diplomaticourier.com/news/topics/global-cities/2385-connected-world-hyperconnected-travel-and-transportation-in-action  

 

7) Disability Access Signs Get Active

Link to story on WNYC Radio:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/disability-access-signs-get-update/

 

PARKING

 

8) Three Ways Boston Plans to Fix Parking in the Wake of Haystack's Demise

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/videos/3-Ways-Boston-Plans-to-Fix-Parking-in-the-Wake-of-Haystacks-Demise.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) New York City Taxi Metadata Highlights Privacy Concerns

Link to article in the International Business Times:

http://www.ibtimes.com/spying-celebrities-nyc-taxi-metadata-exposes-celeb-locations-strip-club-clients-1696744

 

RAILROADS

 

10) After the Accident: Metra and Pedestrian Fatalities

Link to story on WBEZ Radio:

http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/after-accident-metra-and-pedestrian-fatalities-110875

 

ROADWAYS

 

11) Minnesota-Made Traffic Sign Celebrates a Milestone

Link to story on WCCO-TV:

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/minnesota-made-traffic-sign-celebrates-a-milestone  

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Mom Takes on Truckers After Highway Wreck Kills Daughters

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-01/mom-takes-on-truckers-after-highway-wreck-kills-daughters.html

 

13) Thailand to Consider Electronic Tags for Tourists Following Double Murder

Link to article on TravelMole:

http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?c=setreg&region=2&m_id=_rnvY!nn&w_id=10321&news_id=2013438

 

TRANSIT

 

14) TriMet Gets Ready to Wrap Up Pedestrian Warning Test

Link to article on The Transit Wire:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2014/10/01/trimet-gets-ready-wrap-pedestrian-warning-test

 

15) Fixing Transit with Data: Dag Gogue's Transit Labs

Link to article on Technical.ly:

http://technical.ly/dc/2014/09/30/fixing-transit-data-dag-gogues-transit-labs/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

16) Social Navigation App Waze Unlocks Commuter Data

Link to story on CBS This Morning:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/diane-eisner-of-waze-discussed-social-navigation-app-update-better-connecting-commuters-in-traffic

 

17) South Carolina DOT Now Live-Streaming Video from Traffic Cameras

Link to column in The Post and Courier:

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20141001/PC0313/141009949/1177/scdot-now-live-streaming-video-from-traffic-cameras

 

VEHICLES

 

18) News from carIT Congress from automotiveIT

 -  HP Executive Warns of Energy Crunch

 -  VDA President Confident in German Connected-Car Leadership

 -  Daimler CIO's Personal Agenda

 -  Audi's Hackenberg Vows to Reduce Complexity

 

19) Connected Car Takes Center Stage at CTIA

Link to blog on IOT World:

http://www.iotworld.com/author.asp?section_id=3164&doc_id=563565&f_src=iotworld_sitedefault

 

 

News Releases

1) Auckland, New Zealand Selects HP to Drive Groundbreaking Future Cities Initiative

2) Amtrak Hoosier State Trains Now Offer Free Wi-Fi

3) GM Outlines Strategic Plan, Including Increasingly Important Role for Technology

4) KLM Offering Airport Navigation Service at Schiphol

 

 

Upcoming Events

International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo – November 3-7 – Vienna

http://www.iccve.org/2014 

 

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