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[TCN] Friday, November 7, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, November 7, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057


November Officially Declared TCN Month!


Well, not really, but November is one of the two months every year where I ask for your support of the TCN. One of way you can do that is by making a contribution (details below on how to do that), but there are other ways, as well. You can get something back for your money. You can purchase an ad or you can hire me to do a voice over project for you. Thank you for your support!



ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) EU Gears Up for More Road Toll Schemes

Link to article on Euractiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/eu-gears-more-road-toll-schemes-309811

MARITIME

2) Honing Skill of Seafarers Using SATCOM

Link to article in Maritime Reporter:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/seafarers-honing-satcom380317.aspx

OTHER

3) Dennis Motiani Named Executive Director for New National Operations Center of Excellence

Link to article in the AASHTO Journal:

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/110714Motiani.aspx


4) New Way to Predict How Traffic Will Flow

Link to article from MIT:

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/model-predicts-traffic-flow-1106  

5) Articles from Texas Transportation Researcher

- Improving Traffic Incident Management

http://tti.tamu.edu/2014/09/01/improving-traffic-incident-management/

- TTI-Developed Sugar Lane Rail-Monitoring System Reestablished

http://tti.tamu.edu/2014/09/01/improving-traffic-incident-management/


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) New Coalition Providing Education About Wisconsin Transportation Funding Challenges

Link to story on WXOW-TV:

http://www.wxow.com/story/27321040/2014/11/06/new-coalition-providing-education-about-wisconsin-transportation-funding-challenges

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) New Airport Security Screening Method More than 20 Times as Successful at Detecting Deception

Link to article on Medical Xpress:

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-airport-screening-method-successful-deception.html

TELEMATICS

8) Telematics and the Future of Fleet Management

Link to article in Contractor:

http://contractormag.com/technology/telematics-and-future-fleet-management

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) South Carolina DOT Holds Traffic Incident Responder Training

Link to article in The State:

http://www.thestate.com/2014/11/06/3796638/traffic-training-aimed-to-make.html

VEHICLES

10) Google's Self-Driving Car is 'Almost Entirely Controlled' By an App

Link to article on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/05/googles-self-driving-car-is-almost-entirely-controlled-by-an-app/


News Releases

1) Airlines for America Critical of US DOT Air Travel Consumer Report

2) ITS Georgia Announces Election of Directors

4) ITS Georgia Announces Best of ITS and Shackelford Scholarship Winners

4) New App Lets Oregon Bicycle Riders Share Valuable Information

TCN Contributions

Checks or money orders may be mailed to:

Bernie Wagenblast

1 Aberdeen Court

Cranford, NJ USA 07016-2911

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Friday Bonus

What it might be like if the author of Fifty Shades of Grey wrote aircraft safety cards.

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/comics-games/comic/Rhymes-with-Orange/96996/2014-10-30.php

Upcoming Events

Final HeERO International Conference – November 27-28 – Madrid

http://www.heero-pilot.eu/preview/en/events/heeroconf_nov2014.html

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