[TCN] Monday, December 15, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, December 15, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) UK to Hold Independent Inquiry into Air System Failure

Link to article in the Irish Examiner:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/uk-to-hold-independent-inquiry-into-air-system-failure-654573.html

Link to news release

 

2) London City Airport Gives Passengers and Crew Opportunity to Record Christmas Messages

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/4731-london-city-airport-releases-christmas-campaign-film.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Interactive Lights in San Leandro, California Entertain, Collect Pedestrian Data

Link to Bay Area News Group article:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27125744/san-leandro-interactive-lights-entertain-collect-pedestrian-data

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) Are Car Rental Companies Profiting from Toll Roads?

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/columnist/2014/12/14/electronic-toll-collection-rental-cars/19801135/

 

5) At Illinois Tollway Center, Blind Reps Listen, Help Callers

Link to column in the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/31614356-452/steinberg-at-tollway-center-blind-reps-listen-help-callers.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) News Update from the ERTICO Network

Link to update:

http://www.erticonetwork.com/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=67&key=RyxU0OzZ&subid=5778-SYxmsJyY0jLW00&tmpl=component

 

MARITIME

 

7) Maritime Industry Embraces eBooks and Digital Newspapers

Link to blog on Good e-Reader:

http://goodereader.com/blog/e-book-news/the-maritime-industry-embraces-ebooks-and-digital-newspapers

 

OTHER

 

8) Google, France Space Agency Partner on Project Loon Providing Internet Connections in Remote Areas

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/google-partners-with-france-space-agency-on-project-loon/  

Link to news release

 

9) The Problem with Digital Drivers Licenses: Iowa Tests High-Tech IDs

Link to story on ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/problem-digital-drivers-licenses-iowa-tests-high-tech/story?id=27555728

 

10) UAW Chief Backs NLRB's Decision to Allow Use of Email to Organize and Hold Faster Elections

Link to Reuters article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/uaw-chief-backs-labor-board-172527822.html

 

11) Mobility-as-a-Service: Turning Transportation into a Software Industry

Link to blog on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2014/12/13/mobility-as-a-service-turning-transportation-into-a-software-industry/

 

12) Carry-On Bag is Interactive, Can Track and Weigh Itself

Link to blog on Patently Apple:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/12/the-worlds-first-travelers-carry-on-case-thats-iphone-controlled.html

 

PARKING

 

13) Smartphone Parking Apps Lining Up in Boston

Link to article in Roads & Bridges:

http://www.roadsbridges.com/traffic-management-smartphone-parking-apps-lining-boston

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

14) South Dakota's 'Don't Jerk and Drive' Safety Campaign Axed after Media Focus on 'Innuendo'

Link to article in the Argus Leader:

http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2014/12/12/jerk-drive-axed-media-focus-innuendo/20329951/

 

RAILROADS

 

15) Railroad Bridge Conditions Hidden from Public View

Link to article in the LaCrosse Tribune:

http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/railroad-bridge-conditions-hidden-from-public-view/article_23e95758-fbbd-58ae-af31-619a3d4b4518.html

 

16) E-GNSS for European Rail Networks

Link to article from the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency:

http://www.gsa.europa.eu/news/e-gnss-european-rail-networks

 

TRANSIT

 

17) #IllRideWithYou: Aussies Offer Support to Muslims on Transit

Link to AP article:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11791896/illridewithyou-aussies-offer-support-to-muslims-on-transit

 

18) New Map Lets You Track Steamboat Springs Transit Buses in Real Time

Link to article in Steamboat Today:

http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2014/dec/12/new-map-lets-you-track-steamboat-springs-transit-b/

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Volvo to Launch Online Car Sales in Marketing Shift

Link to Reuters article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/volvo-launch-online-car-sales-050001503.html

 

20) 'Ghost Cars': The Sat-Nav of the Future from Jaguar

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11293837/Ghost-cars-the-sat-nav-of-the-future-from-Jaguar.html

 

21) Five Crucial Connected Car Questions for 2015

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20141215/OEM06/312159996/five-crucial-connected-car-questions-for-2015

 

22) Putting the User in the Driver's Seat of the Connected Car
Link to blog in Wired:

http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/creating-a-driver-centric-experience-for-the-connected-car

 

 

News Releases

1) 20^th Anniversary of 'Booze It & Lose It' Commemorated with New Website, Video Series in North Carolina

2) Aalborg, Denmark Uses Sensors to Measure the Effect of Christmas Shopping

3) CTA, Pace and Metra Tap Cubic Transportation Systems for Integrated Regional Transit Mobile App and Services

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1944 **70^th anniversary** A plane carrying Glenn Miller, a major in the US Army Air Forces and world-famous as a leader of his own big band, went missing over the English Channel.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legendary-bandleader-glenn-miller-disappears-over-the-english-channel

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Marketing and Communications Manager – ITS America – Washington, DC

http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/itsamericapositionopenings (scroll down)

 -  Government and External Affairs Manager – ITS America – Washington, DC

http://www.itsa.org/aboutus/itsamericapositionopenings (scroll down)

 

 

Upcoming Events

Congress ATEC ITS France – January 27-28 - Paris

http://www.congres-atecitsfrance.fr/

 

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