[TCN] Wednesday, August 14, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Telematics for Fleet Management USA 2013 (November 20-21, Atlanta, GA) will discuss how to engage cross industry partners as consolidation and new technologies drastically change the landscape of fleet telematics.

 

Expert speakers confirmed include Donlen, Penske, Ryder, Daimler, Volvo, Telogis, Garmin, PeopleNet and FMCSA to name a few. The event will feature 200+ delegates, 30+ senior level speakers, 25+ business focused sessions, and 20+ hours of networking.

Key topics include ELD regulation, standardized platforms and data sets, green vehicles, autonomous freight, commercial insurance and key business model and service options to stay relevant in the changing market.

Click here for more information

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) A Twitter Guide to Airports

Link to inforgraphic on The Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/twitter-airports-infographic_n_3749448.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Social Bicycles Brings 'Smart' Bike-Share to Hoboken, New Jersey

Link to story on WNYC Radio's New Tech City:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newtechcity/2013/aug/14/social-bicycles-brings-tech-forward-bikeshare-hoboken/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) Parkway West Travel Time Guides Give Pittsburgh-Area Motorists Fair Warning

Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/transportation/parkway-travel-time-guides-give-motorists-fair-warning-699199/

 

MARITIME

 

4) Arctic Traffic Monitoring System Gets World Wildlife Fund Blessing

Link to article in Seatrade Global:

http://www.seatrade-global.com/news/europe/arctic-traffic-monitoring-system-gets-wwf-blessing.html

 

OTHER

 

5) Reading Bible Aloud Outside California DMV Wasn't Illegal, Judge Rules

Link to article in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dmv-bible-acquitted-20130813,0,4123072.story

 

6) 'Kayak for Buses and Trains' Wanderu Raises $2.45 Million from Travel Experts

Link to article on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/12/kayak-for-buses-and-trains-wanderu-raises-2-45m-from-travel-experts/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Hawaii DOT Apologizes for Lack of Communication Over Kailua Landscape Project

Link to story on KHON-TV:

http://www.khon2.com/2013/08/13/state-apologizes-for-lack-of-communication-over-kailua-landscape-project/

 

8) From a Customer's View: Iowa DOT's New Website

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/from-a-customers-view-iowa-dots-new-web-site/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) New Technology Making School Buses Safer

Link to article in The Monroe Monitor & Valley News:

http://www.monroemonitor.com/2013/08/13/new-technology-making-school-buses-safer/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

10) Why It's So Complicated to Put Credit Card Readers in DC Taxis

Link to story from WAMU Radio:

http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/aug/14/why-credit-card-acceptance-dc-cabs-so-complicated/

 

11) Are E-Hail Apps Helping Minorities Get Cabs?

Link to story on WNYC Radio's New Tech City:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newtechcity/2013/aug/14/new-yorkers-e-hail/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Hampton Roads, Virginia Bridges and Tunnels Aim to Better Coordinate Roadwork

Link to article in The Virginian-Pilot:

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/08/bridges-tunnels-aim-better-coordinate-closures

 

VEHICLES

 

13) NHTSA Requires Carmakers to Offer Data About Recalls

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-requires-car-makers-offer-154344107.html

 

14) NHTSA Still Working on Tire Labeling

Link to article in Tire Business:

http://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20130814/NEWS/130819956/nhtsa-still-working-on-tire-labeling

 

15) Six Questions States Need to Ask About Self-Driving Cars

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/state/6-Questions-States-Should-Ask-About-Driverless-Cars.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Pioneering Map Transforms Travel for the Blind

2) Georgia DOT Introduces Project Website

3) Hertz Redesigns and Reinvents On-Site Car Rental Experience

4) TransCore Awarded $30 Million, Three Year Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles Customer Service Center Technology Upgrade Contract

5) UK Civil Aviation Authority Launches Language Research Project

6) NASA Transfers NextGen Software Tool to the FAA

7) DC Transit System Weatherproofs New Passenger Travel Alert System with 110 Ciil Xtreme Outdoor Displays

 

 

Upcoming Events

Aerotropolis Americas – October 29-31 – Grapevine (DFW Airport), Texas

http://www.aerotropolis.aero/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1913 **100^th anniversary** Russian aviator Pyotr Nesterov performed the first 'dead loop.'

http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/military/pyotr-nesterov/

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, August 13, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Articles from Airport Industry Review

 -  The 4G Threat to Air Traffic Radar

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a03992bc#/a03992bc/14

 -  Data in the Spotlight – How Airports Capture and Use Passenger Data

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a03992bc#/a03992bc/22

 -  AIR Innovation in Passenger Services Technology Award

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/a03992bc#/a03992bc/10

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Clever Sign Gets Noticed by Following People Walking Along Sidewalk

Link to article on PSFK:

http://www.psfk.com/2013/08/moving-rent-sign-sherbrooke.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Norway Blocks Apple's Request to Photograph Oslo from Above

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/norway-blocks-apples-maps-photo-request-over-century-old-law-7000019331/

 

4) Articles from The Atlantic Cities

 -  Meet the Man Trying to Save the Lost Art of Hand-Drawn Maps

http://goo.gl/ahkU8H

 -  Transit Map of the Day: See the New York City Subway System from Above

http://goo.gl/QR8ANV

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) SunPass Now Available in Florida Rest Area Vending Machines

Link to story on WJCT Radio:

http://news.wjct.org/post/sunpass-now-available-rest-area-vending-machines

 

OTHER

 

6) NHTSA Servers Restored After They Were Hacked Last Week

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/n-h-t-s-a-servers-restored-after-they-were-hacked-last-week/

 

7) London Tosses Out Wi-Fi Sniffing 'Smart Bins'

Link to article on CNET:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57598097-83/london-tosses-out-wi-fi-sniffing-smart-bins/

 

8) Honda to Movie Industry: Don't Ditch 35 MM Film

Decision could lead to the closing of hundreds of drive-ins.

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/automobiles/316629-honda-to-movie-industry-dont-ditch-35-millimeter-film

 

9) Meet Streetmix, the Website Where You Can Design Your Own Street

Link to Streetsblog NYC:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/08/12/meet-streetmix-the-website-where-you-can-design-your-own-street/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Iowa DOT Plans Text-Blocking App for Teen Drivers

Link to article in The Des Moines Register:

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/08/13/iowa-dot-plans-text-blocking-app-for-teen-drivers/article

 

11) Australia's RACQ Says Electronic Billboards a Road Safety Risk

Link to story on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. News:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-13/racq-says-electronic-billboards-a-road-safety-risk/4882650

 

12) Do License Plate Readers Prevent Crime or Create Privacy Abuses?

Link to story on PBS Newshour:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/july-dec13/plates_08-12.html

 

13) Golden Gate Transit Re-Brands and Re-Launches Security Campaign

Link to article in the Marin Independent Journal:

http://www.marinij.com/sausalitoandmarincity/ci_23846622/golden-gate-transit-officials-ask-bus-and-ferry

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Research Shows Bus Passengers Determine Value on More Than Ticket Price

Link to article in routeONE:

http://www.route-one.net/issues/499/index.html#/30/

 

VEHICLES

 

15) The First Driverless Cars Will Actually Be a Bunch of Trucks

Link to article on TechHive:

http://www.techhive.com/article/2046262/the-first-driverless-cars-will-actually-be-a-bunch-of-trucks.html

 

 

News Releases

1) 19.6 Million 'Secure Container' and 14.6 Million 'Virtual Machine'-Based Connected Car Infotainment Systems to Ship in 2018

2) Passenger Choice Awards Finalists Announced for 2013 by Airline Passenger Experience Association

3) Travelers, Northland Insurance, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Discuss Top Trends and Concerns in Trucking

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Toll Operations Center Manager – State Road and Tollway Authority – Atlanta

http://www.careers.ga.gov/jobsearch/jobdetail.asp?ReqNum=927-15029ac

 

 

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Global Technology Workshop – October 27-29 – Deauville, France

http://www.ibtta.org/Events/EventDetail3.cfm?ItemNumber=6394&RDtoken=30431&userID

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1973 **40^th anniversary** President Richard Nixon signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/13julaug/03.cfm

 

1983 **30^th anniversary** Dallas Area Rapid Transit was created.

http://dart.org/news/news.asp?ID=1104

 

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[TCN] Monday, August 12, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, August 12, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Rockwell Collins to Buy Carlyle's Arinc for $1.39 Billion

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-12/rockwell-collins-to-buy-carlyle-s-arinc-for-1-39-billion.html

Link to news release: http://goo.gl/Yq7VVm

 

2) NextGen Benefits Making a Difference at Memphis

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.dot.gov/fastlane/us-transportation-secretary-foxx-sees-benefits-nextgen-technology-firsthand

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) Nokia Map Project Sheds Light on Belarus' Roads

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/technology/nokia-map-project-sheds-light-on-belaruss-roads.html?pagewanted=all

 

4) New Illinois DOT Highway Maps Offer Smartphone Access

Link to AP article:

http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x606652829/New-Illinois-highway-maps-offer-smartphone-access

Link to news release: http://www.dot.state.il.us/press/r080913.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) You May Never Need to Pay Cash at a Tollbooth Again

Link to article on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/08/you-may-never-need-pay-cash-tollbooth-again/6497/

 

OTHER

 

6) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – August 2013

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2013/2013-Aug.pdf

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Iowa Moves to Shield Governor's License Plate Data

Link to AP article:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Iowa-moves-to-shield-governor-s-license-plate-data-4726030.php

 

8) Face the Numbers: Communication Success Requires a Social Media Plan

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/08/12/face-the-numbers-communication-success-requires-a-social-media-plan/

 

RAILROADS

 

9) After 64 Years Working on the Railroad, Oldest US Dispatcher to Retire

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/08/americas_oldest_train_dispatcher_retires_at_age_85.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) Los Angeles Commuter Rail Line to Roll Out First Positive Train Control System in US

Link to article in Engineering News-Record:

http://enr.construction.com/infrastructure/transportation/2013/0812-la-commuter-rail-line-to-roll-out-first-positive-train-control-system-in-us.asp

 

11) Las Vegas Center Oversees First Responders During Disasters

Link to article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/view/center-oversees-first-responders-during-disasters

 

TELEMATICS

 

12) Socializing the Driving Experience

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/other/weekly-brief-socializing-driving-experience

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

13) Successfully Managing Traffic Incidents is No Accident

Link to article in Public Roads:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/13julaug/05.cfm

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Online Rabble-Rousers Target WMATA

Link to article on The Transit Rider:

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2013/08/12/online-rabble-rousers-target-wmata

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

15) Queensland's Smart Transport Research Centre Monitors Traffic Tweets to Deliver Personalized Alerts

Link to story on 612 ABC Brisbane Radio:

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/08/personalised-traffic-reports.html

 

16) An Engineer Beats the Physics of Traffic

Link to story on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=211025038

 

VEHICLES

 

17) Internet Radio Gains Traction with Motorists
Link to article in Automotive News:
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20130805%2FOEM06%2F308059991%2Finternet-radio-gains-traction-with-motorists#axzz2bZvpPVT6

 

18) Smart Driving Cars – August 11

Link to newsletter:

http://orfe.princeton.edu/~alaink/SmartDrivingCars/SDC081113.pdf

 

 

News Releases

1) New Mobile Parking Application Reduces Costs and Improves Efficiency in Parking Enforcement

 

 

Upcoming Events

Trucking Industry Mobility & Technology Coalition Annual Meeting – October 21-22 – Orlando, Florida

http://freightmobility.com/Annual_Mtg.html

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1933 **80^th anniversary** Parnelli Jones, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 and a racecar owner, was born in Texarkana, Arkansas.

http://vpjracing.com/Parnelli_Jones.html

 

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[TCN] Friday, August 9, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, August 9, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Radio Rules in Area of 2011 Alaska Crash Nearly Standardized

Link to article in the Alaska Journal of Commerce:

http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/August-Issue-2-2013/FAA-radio-rules-in-area-of-2011-crash-nearly-standardized/

 

2) Alaska DOT&PF Releases Video Describing Challenges of Building Rural Airports

Link to article in The Tundra Drums:

http://www.thetundradrums.com/story/2013/08/08/alaska/video-describes-challenges-of-building-rural-airports/806.html

 

3) A Captive Wi-Fi Audience Pays Off

Link to article from GigaOM:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-09/a-captive-wi-fi-audience-pays-off

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Would This Insanely Complex Diagram Help You Navigate a Subway System?

Link to blog on The Atlantic Cities:

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/08/would-diagram-help-you-navigate-subway-system/6485/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) Every Three Years Someone Gets Busted for Using a GPS Jammer

Link to column on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/whats-brewin/2013/08/every-three-years-someone-gets-busted-using-gps-jammer/68348

 

OTHER

 

6) Seattle Jeweler's Sidewalk Advertising Seen as 'Defacing Public Property'

Link to story on KOMO News:

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Jeweler-learns-difference-between-advertising-and-defacing-public-property-218867941.html

 

PARKING

 

7) San Francisco Parking Officers Now Snapping Shots of Your Infractions

Link to article in The Examiner:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/san-francisco-parking-officers-now-snapping-shots-of-your-infractions/Content?oid=2540246

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Lawmakers to FCC: Allow Trains to Be Run Automatically

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/railroads/316273-lawmakers-to-fcc-allow-trains-to-be-run-automatically

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) British Columbia Professor Honored for Role in Emergency Communications

Link to article in The News:

http://www.mapleridgenews.com/community/218916591.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

10) Progressive Insurance Seeks to Monitor More Drivers as 40% Say No

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-08/progressive-seeks-to-monitor-more-drivers-as-40-say-no-way.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Inside Florida DOT's High-Tech Road Monitoring Program

Link to article in Naples Florida Weekly:

http://naples.floridaweekly.com/news/2013-08-08/Top_News/EYES_ON_THE_ROAD.html

 

12) Twitter Creates New Wave of Radio Stars in UK, Including Traffic Reporters

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/something-in-the-air-twitter-creates-new-wave-of-radio-stars-8754918.html

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Ford Working on System to Display Brake Light Warning in Following Car

Link to article on IOL:

http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/cars/ford/ford-working-on-amazing-future-tech-1.1560013#.UgVVxGRoT2w

 

 

News Releases

1) Automotive Safety Group Hosts Technology Fair on Capitol Hill

 

 

Friday Bonus

Guess where the world's smallest drawbridge is located?  I crossed it last month and had no idea.

http://goo.gl/3t5Bd5

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Information – Connected Vehicle - Next Stage Certification Environment – FHWA

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7dc0a89ceb599a34ae7e4882aaad2517

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Attract Developers to the Connected Car – August 14

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/content-services-mobile-apps/webinar.php

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1892 Thomas Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph.

http://edison.rutgers.edu/quad.htm

 

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[TCN] Thursday, August 8, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, August 8, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Analytics Helping 'Smart' Sydney Airport Get Off the Ground

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/analytics-helping-smart-sydney-airport-get-off-the-ground-7000019146/

 

CAMERAS

 

2) New Bangalore Traffic Management Center Will Bring Enforcement to New Level

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/One-big-eye-scans-traffic-offenders/articleshow/21696183.cms

 

OTHER

 

3) New York State Bridge Authority to Earn $1.24 Million Leasing Excess Capacity on Fiber Network

Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130808/BIZ/130809798

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

4) Massachusetts Transportation Chief: Make T Pensions Public

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/08/transportation_chief_make_t_pensions_public

 

5) Longshoreman's Union Sues Port of Portland for $200,000 Records Search

Link to Reuters article:

http://news.yahoo.com/u-union-sues-port-portland-200-000-records-191933512.html

 

6) Long Beach Township, New Jersey Teaching Traffic Safety with T-Shirts

Link to article in The SandPaper:

http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/long-beach-township-teaching-traffic-safety-with-t-shirts/1037593

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

7) Will Mobile Technology Uproot Traditional Taxi Systems?

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/local/Will-Mobility-Uproot-Traditional-Taxi-Systems.html

 

8) In California, They're Not Taxis, They're 'Transportation Network Companies'

Link to article on Transportation Nation:

http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/transportation-nation/2013/aug/08/california-theyre-not-taxis-theyre-transportation-network-companies/

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Student Develops Way to Tell Subway Passengers Which Car is Least Crowded

Link to article on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/never-stand-while-riding-the-subway-again-2013-8

 

10) Phoning in Your Transit Fare

Link to blog on the Torontoist:

http://torontoist.com/2013/08/public-works-phoning-in-your-transit-fare/

 

 

News Releases

1) Minnesota DOT Rolls Out New 511 Service for Truckers, Other Improvements Made to Website

2) US DOT Announces Second Webinar Series on Next ITS Strategic Plan

3) Iteris Develops Travel Time System Enhancements for Its Vantage Velocity Product

4) Munich Airport Makes It Easier to Surf the Web

 

 

Upcoming Events

TEN-T Days 2013 – October 15-18 – Tallinn, Estonia

http://www.tentdays2013.eu/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1963 **50^th anniversary** The Great Train Robbery took place in England. 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1310271.stm

 

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