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Selasa, 06 Agustus 2013

[TCN] Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 6, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) 'Disagreement Stalls US-EU Aviation Talks'

Link to article on Presseurop:

http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4032881-disagreement-stalls-us-eu-aviation-talks

2) Sabre Reservation System Outage Delays Flights

Link to story on CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/06/travel/sabre-outage-flight-delays/

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) Rise in Pedestrian Deaths May Be Due to Texting While Walking

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pedestrian-safety-20130806,0,643932.story

4) New Smartphone App Connects Bicycle Owners with Renters

Link to Reuters article:

http://tech2.in.com/news/apps/new-smartphone-app-connects-bicycle-owners-with-renters/910136

CARTOGRAPHY

5) 'Hill Mapper' Helps San Francisco Bicyclists Avoid Steepest Climbs

Link to article on The Atlantic Cites:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/08/san-francisco-has-needed-long-time-hill-mapper/6431/

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) Manual to Help Indian Cities Install ITS

Link to article in The Telegraph:

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130806/jsp/nation/story_17200371.jsp#.UgFbFWRoT2w

MARITIME

7) How a Misplaced Reef on a Digital Chart Helped Destroy a US Navy Minesweeper

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/08/how-misplaced-reef-digital-chart-destroyed-navy-minesweeper/68126

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Cop Cardboard Cutout Used to Cut Crime at Massachusetts Transportation Hub

Link to AP article:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/06/cardboard-cutout-police-officers-being-used-to-cut-crime-at-mass-transportation

9) Chicago Mayor's Digital Billboard Deal: A Roadside Distraction?

Link to article in the Chicago Reader:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/digital-billboards-signs-expressways-rahm-alderman-fioretti/Content?oid=10525399

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Transport for London Approves Cab Wi-Fi Symbol as Study Reveals 75% More Likely to Flag Down a Wi-Fi Taxi

Link to article in The Drum:

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/08/06/transport-london-approves-london-cab-wi-fi-symbol-study-reveals-75-people-more

11) Slow Start for Taxi-Hailing Apps, New York City Data Show

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/nyregion/slow-start-for-taxi-hailing-apps-city-data-show.html

TELEMATICS

12) GM Had a Version of OnStar in 1966

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/g-m-had-a-version-of-onstar-in-1966

TRANSIT

13) Technology Will Monitor Wellington, New Zealand Bus Drivers

Link to article in The New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10908988

14) Florida Transit Agency Rejects Bus Ad on Religious Grounds

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/transit-board-rejects-bus-ad-from-cair-on-religious-grounds/2134975

VEHICLES

15) Connected Cars Take Another Step with New Concept

Link to blog on cars. com:

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013/08/connected-cars-take-another-step-with-new-concept.html

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

News Releases

1) New US Navy Transportation Web-Based Tool Helps Move Personnel and Equipment

2) Frost & Sullivan: ICT to Transform Transportation as a Prelude to Smart Cities

3) Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to Install Additional Customer Welcome Centers at Its Facilities

4) inthinc Becomes Founding Sponsor of News Aggregator Website 'Telematics Daily'

Upcoming Events

APTA Annual Meeting – September 29-October 2 – Chicago

http://www.apta.com/mc/annual

Today in Transportation History

1913 **100^th anniversary** John Henry Mears completed an around the world trip in a record 35 days, 21 hours and 35 minutes.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F4061FFC3B5B157B93C5AB178CD85F428585F9

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Senin, 05 Agustus 2013

[TCN] Monday, August 5, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 5, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

CARTOGRAPHY

1) Google Maps Loses Transit Icons

Link to Greater Greater Washington blog:

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19728/google-maps-loses-transit-icons/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Company Plans Push to Explain E-ZPass Toll System in Virginia

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/company-plans-push-explain-ezpass-toll-system

MARITIME

3) Swedish Coastal Radio Network Modernized

Link to article on MarineLink:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/modernized-coastal357233.aspx

ROADWAYS

4) The Need for Better Signage

Link to blog on Sheepshead Bites:

http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/08/the-need-for-better-signage/

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Problems Still Hound Transportation Worker Identification Card

Link to article in FCW:

http://fcw.com/articles/2013/08/05/problems-hound-twic.aspx

6) Action Needed to Strengthen TSA's Security Threat Assessment Process

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-629

7) Talk Radio, Music Genres Have Effect on Driving Behavior, Canadian Survey Says

Link to article in Canadian Underwriter:

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/talk-radio-music-genres-have-effect-on-driving-behaviour-survey-says/1002507379/

SPACE

8) Robot Astronaut Launched Into Space

Link to story on CBS News:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57596971/robot-astronaut-launched-into-space/

VEHICLES

9) CD Players Make Quiet Exit from Cars

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/08/04/cd-players-cars-disappear/2601827/

News Releases

1) US DOT Unveils New Tools to Help Communities Keep Pedestrians Safe

2) TransCore and KLD Reach Agreement on Distribution Rights of Adaptive Control Decision Support System Designed for New York City

Today in Transportation History

1888 **125^th anniversary** Bertha Benz drove 66 miles (106 km) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany for the first long-distance automobile trip.

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2402.htm

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Jumat, 02 Agustus 2013

[TCN] Friday, August 2, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 2, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Aerial Advertising Ban Under Study in Austin, Texas

Link to article from Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/August/1/Aerial-advertising-ban-under-study-in-Austin-Texas.aspx

2) Communication is Key as Air Traffic in Europe Estimated to Grow 50% by 2035

Link to article on Balkans.com:

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=179698

3) Will Buying Airline Tickets Change to a 'Real-Time' Fare System?

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/will-buying-airline-tickets-change-to-a-real-time-fare-system/2013/08/01/3c26a180-f86c-11e2-afc1-c850c6ee5af8_story.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) South Korea to Install eLoran to Counter North Korea GPS Jamming

Link to article in Aviation International News:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aviation-international-news/2013-08-02/south-korea-install-eloran-counter-north-korean-gps-jamming

5) Radar Gun Spots Vehicles with Illegal GPS Jammers

Link to article in New Scientist:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23984-radar-gun-spots-vehicles-with-illegal-gps-jammers.html

MARITIME

6) New Smartphone App Shows the Ships Visiting Port of Tallinn

Link to article in The Baltic Course:

http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/good_for_business/?doc=78631

7) Computer Problems at New Jersey Port a Boon to Virginia

Link to article in the Daily Press:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-nws-ports-newyork-problems-20130801,0,4335906.story

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) South African Road Chiefs Halt Plan to Publicize Convicted Drunk Drivers

Link to article on IOL Motoring:

http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/industry-news/road-chiefs-crash-name-and-shame-1.1556506

RAILROADS

9) Trains Might Not Automate Controls by 2015, US Transportation Secretary Says

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/01/train-safety-automated-foxx/2608815/

ROADWAYS

10) Sign Battle Along California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta Highway Intensifies

Link to article in The Reporter:

http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_23781745/sign-battle-along-delta-highway-intensifies

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) Ridesharing Apps an Option if BART Workers Strike

Link to story on KGO-TV:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9192810#&cmp=twi-kgo-article-9192810

12) How a Car Ridesharing Company Took Advantage of a Public Transport Strike

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/2013/08/01/news/how-a-car-ride-sharing-company-took-advantage-of-a-public-transport-strike/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Inside Los Angeles' Quest to Fix the Nation's Most Congested City

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-inside-los-angeles-quest-to-fight-traffic-congestion.html

VEHICLES

14) Vehicles' Technology Out of Sync with Drivers' Devices

Link to article from the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130718/AUTO03/307180034/1149/AUTO03

News Releases

1) Avego Relaunches as Carma, Empowering Stranded Commuters to 'Get There Together'

2) FCC Proposes $32,000 Penalty for Use of GPS Jammer By an Individual at Newark Airport

3) As Tolling Moves Towards Nationwide Interoperability, Industry Celebrates the 20^th Anniversary of E-ZPass on August 3^rd

4) Signal Group Acquires Control of Northwest Signal, Expands Investment in North America

5) Audi First Automaker to Bring New LTE Standard to the Car

6) New Communications Facilities to Enhance Cell Coverage, Emergency Services in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon

Friday Bonus

On which page of the MUTCD would I find this sign?

http://fox40.com/2013/07/29/please-slow-drively-yes-this-is-a-real-sign/

Upcoming Events

IEEE/SAE CyberSecurity for the Transportation Industry – September 23 – Montreal

http://sites.ieee.org/c4tti/

Today in Transportation History

1913 **100^th anniversary** Ferenc Pfaff, an architect who designed rail stations for the Hungarian Railways, was born in Mohács, Hungary.

http://www.arti-fact.com/architect/map/1013/Ferenc-Pfaff

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Kamis, 01 Agustus 2013

[TCN] Thursday, August 1, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 1, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Families from Flight 3407 Crash Push US Transportation Secretary for Pilot Database

Link to article in The Buffalo News:

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130731/CITYANDREGION/130739839/1010

2) Airports Turn to Apps to Improve Customer Service

Link to article in Airport Magazine:

http://www.airportmagazine-digital.com/airportmagazine/june_july_2013?pg=21#pg21

3) Article on Future Travel Experience

- Customer Service Robots Becoming a Reality for Airports and Airlines

http://goo.gl/6Ryy3c

- Ryanair CEO Discusses Mobile Services, Social Media and Offering Wi-Fi

http://goo.gl/8143cN

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

4) Next-Gen ITS and Systems Life-Cycle Management

Link to blog on Terranautix:

http://terranautix.com/2013/07/31/next-gen-its-and-systems-life-cycle-management/

MARITIME

5) US Coast Guard Further Streamlines Maritime Domain Awareness Data

Link to story on WFED Radio:

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/474/3407166/Coast-Guard-further-streamlines-maritime-domain-awareness-data

OTHER

6) Cellphone Data Could Help in Developing Moore County, North Carolina Transportation Plan

Link to article in The Pilot:

http://www.thepilot.com/news/article_fefd73be-fa3d-11e2-9c43-0019bb30f31a.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) The Problem with #hastags: @BAFuture's #Imstuck

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/08/01/the-problem-with-hashtags-bafutures-imstuck/

ROADWAYS

8) Federal Rules Forbid Proper Punctuation on Wichita's Flood-Warning Signs

Link to article in The Wichita Eagle:

http://www.kansas.com/2013/08/01/2919157/federal-rules-forbid-proper-punctuation.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) UK Government in Discussion to Outlaw Google Glass for Drivers

Link to article on Stuff:

http://www.stuff.tv/glass/exclusive-government-outlaw-google-glass-drivers/news

10) US DOT Not Eyeing Google Glass – Yet

Link to article on TechHive:

http://www.techhive.com/article/2045683/u-s-department-of-transportation-not-eyeing-google-glass-yet.html

11) TSA Expects to Receive 25,000 Completed Customer Satisfaction Surveys from Airline Passengers this Year

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/31308?c=airport_aviation_security

TRANSIT

12) The COMET Launches Website to Show Rebranding of South Carolina's CMRTA

Link to article in The State:

http://www.thestate.com/2013/07/31/2892890/the-comet-launches-website-to.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) A Pre-Event Recovery Planning Guide for Transportation

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/169296.aspx

News Releases

1) CNN Airport Network Launches Live Streaming in Miami International Airport

2) Iowa DOT Revamps Website

3) TomTom Acquires Spanish Leader in Fleet Management Solutions, Coordina

4) New Web App and Signage to Help Visitors Find Parking in Seattle's Pioneer Square and Waterfront Neighborhoods

5) Toward Harmonized Aircraft Communication in EU

Job Postings

- Project/Contract Manager for 511 Traffic – Metropolitan Transportation Commission – Oakland, California

http://goo.gl/8wddWz

Project/Contract Manager for 511 Transit – Metropolitan Transportation Commission – Oakland, California

http://goo.gl/QUYLD4

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Annual Meeting and Exhibition – September 22-25 – Vancouver, British Columbia

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/EventDetailWithVideo.cfm?ItemNumber=6534

Today in Transportation History

1798 **215^th anniversary** The French and British navies began the Battle of the Nile.

http://www.britishbattles.com/waterloo/battle-nile.htm

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[TCN] Friday, August 2, 2013

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