[TCN] Friday, December 5, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, December 5, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) EU to Modernize Its Air Traffic Infrastructure

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/eu-modernise-its-air-traffic-infrastructure-310624

Link to news release

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Bodycams Transformed a Tiny Airport Police Force. They Could Do the Same for the Rest of America.

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://wapo.st/1tTaX1Y

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

3) Pentagon to Review Raytheon GPS Ground System After Cost Spike

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/04/us-raytheon-space-idUSKCN0JI20720141204

 

MARITIME

 

4) Film Documents Lonely Port of Le Havre, France

Link to article on Creative Boom:

http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/video/a-beautiful-film-documenting-the-lonely-port-of-le-havre-france/

 

OTHER

 

5) Bridge Probe Finds No Evidence of Link to New Jersey Governor; Legislative Panel Lays Blame on His Appointees

Link to article in The Record:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/inquiry-by-legislative-panel-finds-no-evidence-of-christie-involvement-in-gwb-scandal-1.1146761 

 

RAILROADS

 

6) Oil Trains Hide in Plain Sight

Link to article from The Wall Street Journal:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/shale-oils-secret-routes-to-market/ar-BBgl9rJ

 

ROADWAYS

 

7) North Carolina DOT to Put Car-Charging Station Signs on Highways

Link to article in the Triangle Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2014/12/04/ncdot-to-put-car-charging-station-signs-on-highway.html

 

8) Fuel Prices to be Displayed on UK Motorways

Link to article on motoring.co.uk:

http://www.motoring.co.uk/car-news/budget-fuel-prices-to-be-displayed-on-motorways_65716

 

VEHICLES

 

9) Say Hello to Bobby – Audi's Self-Aware Car of the Future

Link to article on Tech Week Europe:

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/e-innovation/bobby-audi-piloted-driving-car-156873

 

 

News Releases

1) RideDC Offers Real-Time View of DC's Various Transportation Options

2) Delaware Conference to Look at Role of Big Data in Rail Track Maintenance Planning

 

 

Friday Bonus

One way to guarantee a seat on the bus.

http://imgur.com/zRrvCXM

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS Virginia Legislative Reception – February 18 – Richmond, Virginia

https://www.itsva.org/conferences/

 

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