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1962 **50^th anniversary** Eugene Houdry, who discovered a method for cracking low-grade crude oil into high-test gasoline, died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.

http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online-resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/petrochemistry-and-synthetic-polymers/petrochemistry/houdry.aspx

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Selasa, 17 Juli 2012

[TCN] Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

Join IBTTA September 9-13, 2012 for our 80^th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida.

This year's annual meeting promises to provide top-notch content combined with an exhibit hall and exciting special events and tours. Hosted by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), the Tampa-Hillsborough Expressway Authority and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, attendees will hear about tolling solutions and experiences from across the globe. Network with toll industry professionals and hear experts discuss transportation policies, contemporary issues and innovative solutions to worldwide mobility challenges.

Register by August 24, 2012 to receive the early bird registration discount. And be sure to book your hotel today to receive the IBTTA negotiated rate. To get all the meeting details and to register, visit www.ibtta.org/orlando.

AVIATION

1) Free Wi-Fi Coming to Twin Cities Airport by October; Vendor Selected

Link to article in the Pioneer Press:

http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_21086491/free-wi-fi-coming-twin-cities-airport-by

CAMERAS

2) ATS Launches Website on Economic Benefits of Red-Light Cameras

Link to article in the Phoenix Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2012/07/17/ats-launches-website-on-economic.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/56Mkw

OTHER

3) Transport Minister: Bulgaria to Join Creation of Pan-European Public Open Data Portal

Link to BTA article:

http://bsanna-news.ukrinform.ua/newsitem.php?id=19953&lang=en

4) Can Bing's 'Social Search' Improve Trip Planning?

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/story/2012-07-16/Can-Bings-social-search-improve-trip-planning/56252168/1

5) Washington State Agency Uses New Technology for Public Input

Link to blog on Transportation Issues Daily:

http://www.transportationissuesdaily.com/innovations-washington-agency-uses-new-technology-for-public-input/

6) July Issue of Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2012/2012-007-Jul.pdf

RAILROADS

7) How a First-Class Latino Website Can Lead to Unexpected Sales Growth

Link to commentary on Fox News Latino:

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/14/how-first-class-latino-website-can-lead-to-unexpected-sales-growth/

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) New Law Allows Hands-Free Texting While Driving in California, Sort of

Link to article in the San Jose Mercury News:

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_21073057/new-law-allows-hands-free-texting-while-driving

9) A Reminder: The Shift in Emergency Communications is Far from Complete

Link to blog in Emergency Management:

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/crisis-comm/A-reminder-the-shift-071212.html

TELEMATICS

10) GM to Allow Drivers with OnStar to Rent Their Cars

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/17/gm-onstar-idUSL2E8IH1QJ20120717

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/56OYU

11) Hughes Telematics 'Rising Tides Raise All Boats'

Link to video interview with Kevin Link, Senior Vice President from Telematics Update:

http://goo.gl/TFmLe

TRANSIT

12) Transit Supporters Say New Media Provide Tools to Better Advocate

Link to article on Twin Cities Daily Planet:

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2012/07/16/transit-advocates-get-connected-alliance-metropolitan-stability

13) How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/07/16/mobile-technology-association-of-michigan-absorbs-connectech/

14) Voice of New York City Subway Vies for Gold Coast Tram Job

Link to article in the Gold Coast Bulletin:

http://goo.gl/8eL0K

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) London 2012 Olympics Journey Planner: Transport for London Unveils Its Social Media Strategy

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/9397507/London-2012-Olympics-journey-planner-TfL-unveils-its-social-media-strategy.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/bn1OY

16) Chunghwa Telecom Unveils Taiwan Traffic App

Link to article in The China Post:

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/business/2012/07/17/347883/Chunghwa-Telecom.htm

17) Oregon Transportation Officials Take Blame for Weekend Traffic Mess on Portland Highways

Link to column in The Oregonian:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2012/07/oregon_transportation_official_1.html

News Releases

1) Canada and US Launch New Technology to Reduce Border Wait Times

2) Southwest Airlines Introduces New Cargo Companion Product

3) Bellevue, Washington Launches Neighborhood Traffic Safety Blog

4) Navteq Traffic Real-Time Data to be Delivered in Turkey via Spectrum Medya

5) Auckland Transport Debuts Real-Time Traffic Website

6) New York MTA Mobile Website Now Faster, Easier and More Clear

7) Maryland State Highway Administration Helps Truckers Go Paperless with E-Hauling Permits

Upcoming Events

Telematics Brazil & LATAM 2012 – September 12-13 – Sao Paulo, Brazil

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/latam

Today in Transportation History

1962 **50^th anniversary** Major Robert M. White set an altitude record of 314,750 feet flying in an X-15.

http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7574

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Senin, 16 Juli 2012

[TCN] Monday, July 16, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, July 16, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

Andean Highway Congress: Innovation, Solutions and Sustainability - August 20-22, 2012, Lima, Peru

This event will be the first conference in the world exclusively dedicated to the design, construction, operation, management, safety, sustainability and intelligent transportation systems of highways in the context of the Andean Region. The objectives are to provide participants with key tools to improve their knowledge of global best-practices applicable to challenging high altitude and mountainous environments, and to showcase to the rest of the world the experience in construction and operations obtained in the Andean region. The event is organized by the International Road Federation (IRF) and sponsored by ODEBRECHT, one of the most important highway construction and operation companies in the world.

http://www.irfnews.org/news-events/event-detail/high-elevation-andes-road-engineering-conference/

AVIATION

1) GE Aviation: Highways in the Sky

Link to article on AirlineReporter.com:

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2012/07/ge-aviation-highways-in-the-sky/

2) Articles from Airport Improvement

- Greater Rochester International Economizes Emergency Operations Center Construction

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00396

- Philadelphia International Tests Web-Based System for Managing Airfield Ops

http://www.airportimprovement.com/content/story.php?article=00399

OTHER

3) European Transport Ministers to Discuss ITS with Industry

Link to article in New Europe:

http://www.neurope.eu/article/transport-ministers-discuss-its-industry

4) Smartphone Apps + 'Ride-Sharing' = Travel Revolution? Two Startups Say Yes

Link to blog on Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/07/my-life-as-a-high-tech-part-time-not-quite-taxi-driver/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Massachusetts Governor Locks Down State House Parking Logs

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/20220716stalling_at_the_state_house_gov_locks_down_official_parking_logs/

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Buses in New Jersey Must Use Flashing Lights When Picking Up, Dropping Off Disabled Person, New Law Says

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/buses_need_to_use_flashing_lig.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/SJgYo

TRANSIT

7) Toronto Subway Suicide Hotline Making a Difference

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1226542--ttc-subway-suicide-hotline-making-a-difference

8) Nokia Transit App Puts Stops and Schedules on Windows Phone

Link to blog on MSNBC:

http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/nokia-transit-app-puts-stops-schedules-windows-phone-881630

9) Let's Talk Trains – July 15

Interview with a voiceover announcer about his transit work.

Link to program:

http://goo.gl/pKSwT (interview starts at 63:50)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Chennai to Introduce Notification System as Part of Traffic Management System

Link to article in The Asian Age:

http://www.asianage.com/chennai/eve-teasers-beware-cops-are-you-453

11) Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Offering Real-Time Traffic Updates

Link to story on CKTB Radio:

http://www.610cktb.com/news/local/Story.aspx?ID=1739446

12) Can Total Traffic Network Deliver 'Total Traffic on Demand?'

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/AMCS/post/2012/07/14/Total-Traffic-Network-demonstrates-the-empowering-and-liberating-value-of-traffic-incident-data.aspx

News Releases

1) Pegasystems Teams with New South Wales Transport Management Center to Manage ITS Faults

2) Cobb and Fulton Counties, Georgia Implement BlueTOAD Travel-Time System on Major Arterial

3) Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Files Lawsuit Against FMCSA Over Safety Record Database

Job Posting

- Economist – Research and Innovative Technology Administration – Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/321392700?share=email

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Communicating and Marketing for All-Electronic Tolling – August 1

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/content.cfm?ItemNumber=6188

Today in Transportation History

1872 **140^th anniversary** Roald Amundsen, the first person to reach the South Pole and leader of the first ship to travel through Canada's Northwest Passage, was born in Borge, Norway.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ice/peopleevents/pandeAMEX87.html

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Jumat, 13 Juli 2012

[TCN] Friday, July 13, 2012

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 13, 2012 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airlines with the Most Followers on Twitter and Why It Matters

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2012/07/13/news/airlines-with-the-most-followers-on-twitter-and-why-it-matters

OTHER

2) Pro-Palestinian Poster at Metro-North Stations Spurs MTA Official to Seek Ban on Political Ads

Link to article in The Journal News:

http://www.lohud.com/article/20120713/NEWS02/307120084/Pro-Palestinian-poster-Metro-North-stations-spurs-MTA-official-seek-ban-political-ads-

TELEMATICS

3) British Insurance Brokers' Association Predicts Telematics Sales to Hit 500,000 in Two Years

Link to article in Insurance Age:

http://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurance-age/news/2191087/biba-predicts-telematics-sales-to-hit-500-000-in-two-years

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/s0nLR

TRANSIT

4) Clever Devices Acquires Digital Recorders

Link to article in Long Island Business News:

http://libn.com/2012/07/13/clever-devices-acquires-digital-recorders/

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/rHtzG

5) Best Practices in Bus Dispatch

Link to report from the National Center for Transit Research:

http://www.nctr.usf.edu/2012/07/best-practices-in-bus-dispatch-2/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) High-Tech Traffic Management System Takes Off in Chennai Today

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Hi-tech-traffic-management-system-takes-off-in-city-today/articleshow/14858307.cms

7) Qatar Interior Ministry Signs Agreement for Traffic Management Pilot

Link to article in Gulf Times:

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=518468&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

8) New Guidelines for UK Motorway Incidents

Link to article on Traffic Technology Today:

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=41036

9) A Look at Traffic Reporting in Vancouver, British Columbia

Link to article in the South Delta Leader:

http://www.southdeltaleader.com/news/162224905.html

10) Makati City, Philippines Launches Twitter Traffic Account, Improved Website

Link to article from the Philippine Information Agency:

http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=261342061532

11) Transit Voice

A profile of transportation voiceover announcer Bernie Wagenblast.

Link to video on FiOS 1's Push Pause:

http://youtu.be/ogZab81CD8Q

Upcoming Events

Symposium: Integrated Corridor Management – Using Technology and Partnership to Maximize Transportation System Capacity – July 24 – Newark, New Jersey

http://www.njtpa.org/Involved/Events/072412_ICM_Symposium/IntegratedCorridorManagement.ASPX

Friday Bonus

Before cloaking devices could be used for starships, a smaller scale project was tried.

http://www.faithistorment.com/2012/05/floating-photos-by-zhao-huasen.html

Today in Transportation History

1977 **35^th anniversary** Subways in New York City stopped and Kennedy and LaGuardia airports closed as a power failure hit the city.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0713.html#article

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[TCN] Wednesday, July 18, 2012

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[TCN] Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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[TCN] Monday, July 16, 2012

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[TCN] Friday, July 13, 2012

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