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1913 **100^th anniversary** AT&T agreed to divest itself of Western Union and take several other steps. In return it was allowed to operate as a government-sanctioned monopoly, in what became known as the Kingsbury Commitment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment

1988 **25^th anniversary** Metro Traffic opened their New York City operation.

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Rabu, 18 Desember 2013

[TCN] Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Delta: No Voice Calls On Our Planes

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-no-voice-calls-planes-143003819.html

Link to news release: http://news.delta.com/index.php?s=43&item=2206

2) EU Agrees to New Rules Shielding Air Crew Whistleblowers

Link to article on Euractiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/transport/eu-agrees-improved-air-safety-pr-news-532414

3) Four Ways Technology is Making Airports Better

Link to blog in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/united/2013/12/17/making-your-wait-great-four-ways-technology-is-making-airports-better/

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

4) ERTICO eMagazine – December 2013

Link to magazine:

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/f15b6ba26fe7837737124a612/files/eMagazine_December_final.pdf

MARITIME

5) Maritime Training Requires Standardization for E-Navigation Implementation

Link to article on MarineLink.com:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/standardization-shipping362151.aspx

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) NHTSA Drunk Driving PSA Uses RoboCop to Get Message Out

Link to article on Cinema Blend:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/RoboCop-Reboot-Crams-Footage-Drunk-Driving-PSA-40767.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Port of Tampa to Upgrade Warning Sirens

Link to article in the Tampa Bay Times:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/warning-sirens-at-port-to-be-upgraded/2157427

8) New York State Approves Installation of Device to Limit Teens from Texting and Calling While Driving

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131218/METRO05/312180107/New-York-approves-teen-driver-monitoring-program

Link to news release: http://www.dfs.ny.gov/about/press2013/pr1312181.htm

9) After Derailment, New York MTA Struggles to Find Right Mix of Human Skill + Technology

Link to story on WNYC Radio:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/wake-derailment-mta-ponders-best-mix-human-skill-and-technology/

TELEMATICS

10) Viewpoint: Can Wireless Power Relieve the Looming Telematics Cable Crunch?

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/infotainment/viewpoint-can-wireless-power-relieve-looming-telematics-cable-crunch

TRANSIT

11) Georgia Lawmakers Recommend Single Transit Website for Atlanta Area

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/lawmakers-recommend-single-transit-website/ncMtp/

12) Long Island, New York's NICE Buses to Get Cellphone Fare Payment App

Link to article from Newsday:

http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/11282442/nice-buses-to-get-cellphone-fare-payment-app

13) Moovit, the Waze for Public Transportation, Bags $28 Million in Funding

Link to article on Vator:

http://vator.tv/n/33d9

14) Montreal Transit's Innovative App Drives High Engagement

Link to blog in Direct Marketing:

http://www.dmnews.com/montreal-transits-innovative-app-drives-high-engagement/article/322764/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Lebanese Traffic Management Center Gets Big Break After Storm

Link to article in The Daily Star:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Dec-18/241467-traffic-center-gets-a-big-break-after-storm.ashx

VEHICLES

16) CES 2014 to Spark Android vs. iOS In-Car Battle

Link to article in EE Times:

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1320430

News Releases

1) Switzerland Joins EU's Galileo Satellite Navigation Program

2) Transport for London Announces Winners of Accessible App Competition

3) Colourblind Tube Map Wins Judges Award in Transport for London Accessibility Competition

4) Thales Opens Its Regional Integration Center for Ground Transportation in Singapore

5) Warsaw Chopin Airport Installs Poland's First Virtual Assistant

Upcoming Events

Payments Summit – February 5-7 – Salt Lake City, Utah

http://www.cvent.com/events/2014-payments-summit/event-summary-0a3ced5103c144ba83de42b933b495c5.aspx

Today in Transportation History

1958 **55^th anniversary** Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral.

http://youtu.be/KTOpjhL1430

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Selasa, 17 Desember 2013

[TCN] Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Eurocontrol: US Air Traffic Management System Outperforms Europe's

Link to article in AIN Air Transport Perspective:

http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-air-transport-perspective/2013-12-16/eurocontrol-us-atm-system-outperforms-europes

2) JetBlue Will Enforce In-Flight VoIP Ban After All

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244843/JetBlue_will_enforce_in_flight_VoIP_ban_after_all

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

3) Daimler and KIT Bertha Benz Route Autonomous Drive

Link to podcast from the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society:

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=348

4) COMeSafety2 Newsletter – December 2013

Link to newsletter:

http://www.comesafety.org/uploads/media/COMeSafety2_Newsletter_6_screen.pdf

OTHER

5) Report: Make Transportation Technology a Priority in Texas

Link to article on Texas Tribune:

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/17/report-prepping-new-transportation-technology/

Link to report: http://goo.gl/086gld

PARKING

6) Park Safe LA App Helps Los Angeles Drivers Avoid Tickets

Link to blog on Zócalo:

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2013/12/16/i-can-make-your-parking-tickets-disappear/ideas/nexus

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) New York City Accident Victims' Families Featured in Ad Campaign Against Dangerous Driving

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-ad-campaign-features-crash-victims-families-article-1.1549992

8) Noida, India Transport Department to Launch Helpline and Website Soon

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Transport-department-to-launch-helpline-and-website-soon/articleshow/27493195.cms

RAILROADS

9) EU Pledges $620 Million for Railroad Technology

Link to AP article:

http://world.time.com/2013/12/16/e-u-pledges-620-million-for-railroad-technology/

Link to news release: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1250_en.htm

10) Amtrak CEO: Train Safety Takes Money, Cooperation

Link to commentary in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/12/16/derail-amtrak-railways-safety-column/4002855/

ROADWAYS

11) Signage Changes After Confusion with Highway 17 Opening in British Columbia

Link to story on CKWX Radio:

http://www.news1130.com/2013/12/17/signage-changes-after-confusion-with-hwy-17-opening/

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Software Turns Skid Marks to Video Clip in Accident Reconstruction

Link to story on WRDW-TV:

http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Software-turns-skid-marks-to-video-clip-in-accident-reconstruction-236143511.html

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) UK Highways Agency Opens Mock Motorway

Link to article in the Leicester Mercury:

http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Highways-Agency-lines-train-road/story-20330559-detail/story.html

TRANSIT

14) Conceptual Bus Uses LCD to Display Ads and Information

Link to blog in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/12/transparent-lcd-bus/

Link to further information: http://www.williebus.com/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Davao City, Philippines May Partner with Media on Real-Time Traffic Information System

Link to article in the Manila Standard Today:

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/12/18/city-media-partnership-on-traffic/

News Releases

1) States Use Technology and Smart Solutions to Battle Winter Weather

2) ETSI ITS Interoperability Standards Tested for Critical Car-to-Car Communication

3) JetBlue Launches High-Speed In-Flight Wi-Fi

4) Colorado DOT Unveils 'Colorado Transportation Story' Video

Upcoming Events

ConnecteDriver – January 29-30 – Brussels

http://www.connectedriver.com/

Today in Transportation History

1903 **110^th anniversary** The Wright Brothers made their first successful flights in a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/historyculture/thefirstflight.htm

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Senin, 16 Desember 2013

[TCN] Monday, December 16, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, December 16, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Airports Are Most Frequently Checked Into US Places on Foursquare

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2013/12/13/airports-are-the-most-frequently-checked-into-u-s-places-on-foursquare/

2) Northrop Grumman Reinvents Satellite Communications for Aircraft

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/12/northrop-grumman-reinvents-satcomms/

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) French GPS Service Coyote to Take Waze to Court Over 'Unfair Competition'

Link to blog on Rude Baguette:

http://www.rudebaguette.com/2013/12/16/french-gps-service-coyote-to-take-waze-to-court-over-unfair-competition/

Link to article in Les Echos: http://goo.gl/OMHjy9 (in French)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

4) ITS Institute Sensor – Fall 2013

Link to newsletter from the University of Minnesota:

http://goo.gl/rQGQm4

MARITIME

5) The Shipping Forecast: From Britain's Seas Into Its Soul

Link to story on NPR's All Things Considered

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/16/249722733/the-shipping-forecast-from-britains-seas-into-its-soul

Link to the Shipping Forecast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfvv

OTHER

6) Audit: West Virginia DMV Needs More Online Services

Link to AP article:

http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201312140027

7) E-Transactions and SMS to Be Introduced in Jammu and Kashmir Transport Department

Link to article on Greater Kashmir:

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2013/Dec/14/e-transaction-to-be-introduced-in-transport-department-soon-17.asp

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Louisiana State University Studies Cellphone Use While Driving

Link to article in The Advocate:

http://theadvocate.com/home/7775093-125/lsu-finds-texting-while-driving

TRANSIT

9) An App to Cut Short the Long Wait at the Bus Stop in Bangalore

Link to article in The New Indian Express:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/An-App-to-Cut-Short-the-Long-Wait-at-the-Bus-Stop/2013/12/16/article1947987.ece

10) Reaching Riders: New Jersey Transit Hopes to Extend South Jersey Rail Use

Link to article in The Press of Atlantic City:

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/reaching-for-riders---nj-transit-hopes-to-extend/article_d03967e5-cc73-5004-a3a7-b9d5405bbce7.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) South Florida Traffic May Soon Be Run By a Wireless Command Center that Communicates with Cars

Link to article from the Sun Sentinel:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/15/south-florida-traffic_n_4447283.html

12) Real-Time Traffic Updates Planned in Davao, Philippines

Link to article on Minda News:

http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2013/12/16/real-time-traffic-update-planned-in-davao/

13) Moscow and Mumbai Seek 'Magical Formula' to Tackle Traffic Jams

Link to article on Russia & India Report:

http://indrus.in/world/2013/12/16/moscow_and_mumbai_seek_magical_formula_to_tackle_traffic_jams_31661.html

News Releases

1) Intelligent Transport Systems for Auto Industry Tested in Demanding Weather Conditions in Finland

Upcoming Events

M2M Evolution Conference & Expo – January 28-31 – Miami

http://www.m2mevolution.com/conference/

Today in Transportation History

1773 **240^th anniversary** Protestors boarded ships in Boston Harbor to throw their cargo of tea overboard in what came to be known as the Boston Tea Party.

http://www.boston-tea-party.org/

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Jumat, 13 Desember 2013

[TCN] Friday, December 13, 2013

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 13, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Port of Portland Can't Reject Anti-Clearcutting Ad at Airport, Judge Rules

Link to article in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/12/port_of_portland_cant_reject_a.html

2) Foreign-Based Airlines Already Have Cell Service

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/12/11/cellular-planes-service-airlines-onair-aeromobile/3784733/

3) IATA Pushes Deadlines for E-Freight Again

Link to article in Air Cargo World:

http://www.aircargoworld.com/Air-Cargo-News/2013/12/iata-pushes-deadlines-for-e-freight-again/1216344

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Google Maps Navigation Adds 25 Countries

Link to article on Android Headlines:

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/12/google-maps-navigation-now-covers-25-new-countries.html

OTHER

5) Transportation Professionals Share Ideas Across State Lines

Link to article from Metro Regional Government:

http://news.oregonmetro.gov/1/post.cfm/el-paso-biking-portland-planning-121213

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Mobility Factbook Launched; Explains How People Move In, Through and Out of New York City

Link to blog from the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management:

http://wagner.nyu.edu/blog/rudincenter/mobility-factbook-official-announcement/

7) Speculation Abounds: What's Blocking the $80 Million Tunnel Boring Machine Bertha?

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/speculation-abounds-whats-blocking-the-80m-tbm-bertha/

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) TSA Wants to Monitor Movement of Railcars Carrying Hazardous Materials

Link to article in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/39512

9) Russian Traffic Police Use Cameras in Unique Way to Cut Car Thefts

Link to article from the Rosslyskaya Gazeta:

http://rbth.ru/science_and_tech/2013/12/13/russian_road_police_use_cctv_cameras_to_prevent_car_theft_32583.html

Link to original article: http://rg.ru/2013/12/10/ugon.html (in Russian)

10) Vision Zero International – January 2014
Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6fa299ac#%2F6fa299ac%2F1

TELEMATICS

11) Commercial Telematics in Russia

Link to articles on Telematics Update:

http://goo.gl/ujf3bJ (part 1)

http://goo.gl/4jAUmT (part 2)

VEHICLES

12) Tech Solutions, Transportation Policy Can Collide

Link to article in Politico:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/pro-technology-transportation-event-101071.html

13) Get Yourself in a Connected Car

Link to article in Radio Ink:

http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2734543&spid=24698

News Releases

1) Swedish City Uses Wireless Technology to Ease Traffic

2) Airports Council International, International Air Transport Association Collaborate to Deliver Smart Security

3) Using Air Transportation Data to Predict Pandemics

4) New Infographic from Volpe Center Shows Global Impact of Vessel Tracking Network

5) New York City DOT Publishes First-Ever Metric for Measuring Economic Benefits of Safer, More Sustainable Streets

6) Frost & Sullivan: Proliferation of GPS-Enabled Smartphones Spurs Growth of Global Location-Based Applications Market

7) PassTime Announces New Fleet Division

Friday Bonus

This kind of makes bringing home the Christmas tree tied to your rooftop seem a bit wimpy.

http://youtu.be/08K_aEajzNA

From another viewpoint: http://youtu.be/FF9ntiP9g7g

Solicitation

- Call for Speakers – Vehicle Dynamics Convention 2014

http://ukipmemail.com/interface/external_view_email.php?B87982118477902140411796402318

Upcoming Events

North American International Auto Show – January 13-26 – Detroit

http://www.naias.com/

Today in Transportation History

1958 **55^th anniversary** A squirrel monkey named Gordo was lost after a 300 mile space journey. His capsule sunk in the South Atlantic after re-entry.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/13/newsid_3240000/3240133.stm

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Kamis, 19 Desember 2013

[TCN] Thursday, December 19, 2013

Rabu, 18 Desember 2013

[TCN] Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Selasa, 17 Desember 2013

[TCN] Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Senin, 16 Desember 2013

[TCN] Monday, December 16, 2013

Jumat, 13 Desember 2013

[TCN] Friday, December 13, 2013

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