Rabu, 25 November 2015

[TCN] Wednesday, November 25, 2015

 

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057


 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Begins Decommissioning VOR Navigation Stations

Link to article from Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/November/24/FAA-begins-decommissioning-VORs

 

2) Air New Zealand's 'Airband' to Keep Track of Unaccompanied Children

Link to article in Australian Aviation:

http://australianaviation.com.au/2015/11/air-new-zealands-airband-to-keep-track-of-unaccompanied-children/

Link to further information

 

3) Delta Promising It Will Respond to All Customer Tweets Within an Hour

Link to article on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/delta-launches-ad-saying-it-will-respond-to-tweets-within-an-hour-2015-11

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) IBTTA Pushes Toward Nationwide Interoperability

Link to article in Associations Now:

http://associationsnow.com/2015/11/tolling-group-pushes-toward-nationwide-interoperability/

 

OTHER

 

5) Online Service Helps Consumers Buy Gasoline in Bulk

Link to story on WNEM-TV:

http://www.wnem.com/story/30599412/online-service-helps-consumers-buy-gas-in-bulk  

Link to further information on MyGallons.com

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

6) Taxi and Uber Fight for the Curb at Atlanta Airport

Link to story on Marketplace:

http://www.marketplace.org/2015/11/24/business/taxi-and-uber-fight-curb-atlanta-airport

 

TELEMATICS

 

7) UK's Financial Conduct Authority to Look Into Use of 'Big Data' by Insurers

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/city-watchdog-to-look-into-the-use-of-big-data-by-insurers-a6747716.html

Link to further information

 

TRANSIT

 

8) California's Mountain Area Regional Transit Buses Getting Upgraded GPS

Link to article in the Big Bear Grizzly:

http://www.bigbeargrizzly.net/news/mountain-transit-approves-tech-contract/article_b71a3666-930d-11e5-82e0-1b06f9fad0c9.html

 

9) Apple Granted Patent for System That Estimates Arrival Time of Transit Vehicles

Link to article on Patently Apple:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2015/11/apple-granted-first-major-public-transit-relating-patent.html

 

10) Mastercard Offers Free London Tube Travel to Apple Pay Users

Link to article in Mobile Marketing:

http://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/mastercard-offers-free-tube-travel-to-apple-pay-users/

 

11) Three Ways Mobile Transit Payments Will Change How We Move in Cities

Link to article on Planetizen:

http://www.planetizen.com/node/82353/three-ways-mobile-transit-payments-will-change-how-we-move-cities

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Colorado DOT Set to Install Traffic Monitoring System That's a First of Its Kind in US

Link to story on KMGH-TV:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/cdot-set-to-install-traffic-monitoring-system-thats-a-first-of-its-kind-in-the-us

 

13) Austin, Texas Hopes to Expand Hours of Operation for Transportation Management Center

Link to story on KXAN-TV:

http://kxan.com/2015/11/24/austins-transportation-brain-could-get-more-help-to-ease-congestion/

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Volvo Trials In-Car Delivery System in Sweden

Link to article on Motor Authority:

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1101146_volvo-trials-in-car-delivery-system-in-sweden-video

Link to news release

 

15) Are Patents the New Revenue Stream for Carmakers?

Link to article on LawFuel:

http://www.lawfuel.com/wars-wheels-patents-new-revenue-stream-car-makers

 

16) Connected Cars Aren't Just for Hacking

Link to article on Ars Techica:

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/11/connected-cars-arent-just-for-hacking/

 

 

News Releases

1) HERE and Netherlands Evaluating 4G/LTE-Based C-ITS Road Messaging System

2) A Look at Delta Air Line's Meteorology

3) JetBlue and Amazon Offer Free Wi-Fi and Video for Prime Members

4) Smart Railways Market Worth $13.77 Billion by 2020

5) First Phase of Wakefield Smart Motorway to Go Live

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Engineer Senior Operations – Virginia DOT – Richmond, Virginia

https://virginiajobs.peopleadmin.com/postings/29034

 

 

Upcoming Events

iMobility Webinar on Probe Data – December 1

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1088790658021094914

 

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