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Jumat, 04 April 2014

[TCN] Friday, April 4, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, April 4, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Huntsville International Becomes First Airport in Southeast to Earn StormReady Designation from National Weather Service

Link to article in The Huntsville Times:

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2014/04/huntsville_international_becom.html

CAMERAS

2) Xerox Develops Software to Help Enforce Carpool Lanes

Link to story on WXXI Radio:

http://wxxinews.org/post/xerox-develops-software-help-enforce-carpool-lanes

Link to news release

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

3) Michigan DOT Installing Traffic-Monitoring System on US 127

Link to story on WILX-TV:

http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/MDOT-Installing-Traffic-Monitoring-System-on-US-127-253845751.html

Link to news release

MARITIME

4) California Maritime Academy Hosts E-Navigation Conference

Link to article in the Times-Herald:

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_25491911/cal-maritime-hosts-e-navigation-conference

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Texting-While-Driving Ban Rejected By Mississippi House

Link to AP article:

http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=32353

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

6) The War Between Uber and Lyft Will Be Won with an Algorithm

Link to article on Quartz:

http://qz.com/195348/the-war-between-uber-and-lyft-will-be-won-with-an-algorithm/

TRANSIT

7) Cubic Hopes NextCity's Big Data Will Help Simplify Public Transportation

Link to article in U-T San Diego:

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/apr/04/cubic-next-city/

VEHICLES

8) Internet of Things Pilot Stars University Electric Cars

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/education/Internet-of-Things-Pilot-Stars-University-Electric-Cars.html

9) Carmakers in a Race to Provide V2V Data Services, Says Sprint

Link to article in Electronics Weekly:

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/information-technology/car-makers-race-provide-v2v-data-services-says-sprint-2014-04/

10) Bumps on the Road to mHealth in the Connected Car

Link to article on Telematics Update:

http://analysis.telematicsupdate.com/v2x-safety/bumps-road-mhealth-connected-car

News Releases

1) International ITS Leaders Network in Melbourne

2) Enid (Oklahoma) Transit Initiates Text Service for Passengers

3) International Road Dynamics Awarded ITS and Toll Systems Contract in Mexico

4) New York Governor Announces Red License Plates for State and Local Government Emergency Response Vehicles

5) New Iowa DOT Construction Website Online Just in Time for National Work Zone Awareness Week

Friday Bonus

Who says airline travel is less civilized?

http://youtu.be/zocNCBXHVQo

Upcoming Events

Emergency Response to Traffic Crashes in Vermont – April 15 – Burlington, Vermont

http://www.uvm.edu/trc/event/emergency-response-to-traffic-crashes-in-vermont/

Today in Transportation History

1949 **65^th anniversary** The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, was signed in Washington, DC.

http://www.nato.int/history/index.html

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Kamis, 03 April 2014

[TCN] Thursday, April 3, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, April 3, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) At Least Two Companies Compete on Satellite Plane Tracking

Link to AP article:

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/04/02/6289735/la-company-developing-aircraft.html

2) Melbourne Airport Inches Towards a Mobile Workforce

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/melbourne-airport-inches-towards-a-mobile-workforce-7000027958/

3) Three New Ways Airports Are Using Technology to Better Track Luggage

Link to article on Skift:

http://skift.com/2014/04/02/3-new-ways-airports-are-using-technology-to-better-track-luggage/

4) Building a Strong Brand Can Help Develop a World-Class Airport

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/publications/all-online-articles/item/3763-the-next-step

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Botched Miami-Dade Expressway Open-Road Toll System About to Produce Big Bills for Some Users

Link to story on WTVJ-TV:

http://www.nbcmiami.com/investigations/Botched-MDX-Open-Road-Toll-System-About-to-Produce-Big-Bills-for-Some-Users-253663051.html

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Russia's Glonass System Suffers Major Disruption

Link to article in PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139300/russias-glonass-gps-system-suffers-major-disruption.html

7) Galileo, EGNOS Open Europe's Road Ahead

Link to article in GPS World:

http://gpsworld.com/expert-advice-galileo-egnos-open-europes-road-ahead/

OTHER

8) Police in Kochi, India Encourage Public to Report Traffic Violations with WhatsApp

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/contact-kochi-police-on-whatsapp-to-report-traffic-violations/article5866305.ece

Link to news release

PARKING

9) San Francisco Cuts 'Cruising' for Parking in Half with Market-Clearing Prices

Link to article on Next City:

http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/san-francisco-cuts-cruising-for-parking-in-half-with-market-clearing-prices

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Ohio DOT Wraps Record-Busting Winter in 50 Seconds

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

http://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/ohio-dot-wraps-record-busting-winter-in-50-seconds/

ROADWAYS

11) Maine Lawmakers Amend Highway Signs Bill

Link to story on WMTW-TV:

http://www.wmtw.com/politics/maine-lawmakers-amend-highway-signs-bill/25299908

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) Uber, Lyft Shake Up Atlanta Airport Ride Options

Link to article from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://www.aviationpros.com/news/11372337/uber-lyft-shake-up-airport-ride-options

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) Communication Protocol in the Works for British Columbia Highway Closures

Link to article in Pique Newsmagazine:

http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/communication-protocol-in-the-works-for-highway-closures/Content?oid=2549910

TRANSIT

14) New South Wales Transport Minister Promises No More Mobile Call Dropouts in Tunnels

Link to article in The Sydney Morning Herald:

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/nsw-transport-minister-gladys-berejiklian-promises-no-more-mobile-call-dropouts-in-tunnels-20140403-zqq7c.html

Link to news release

15) Denver RTD Installs HD Surveillance on Bus Transit System

Link to article in Government Video:

http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/denver-installs-hd-surveillance-on-bus-transit-system/115051

16) Real-Time Transit Travel Information Could Improve Life on Isle of Man

Link to column on IOM Today:

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/columnists/smarter-ways-to-use-the-buses-1-6533801

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Local TV Stations to Test Over-the-Air Interactive Service Including Personalized Traffic Info

Link to article in TV Technology:

http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/local-tv-stations-to-test-over-the-air-interactive-tv/269747

VEHICLES

18) GM Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families' Pain

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/business/barriers-wall-off-the-facts-of-gm-car-crashes.html

News Releases

1) Roadway Safety Foundation Announces Cooperative Agreement with FHWA to Promote Crash Countermeasures

2) GEWI Newsletter – The Navigation Issue: March/April 2014

3) US DOT Launches First-Ever National Distracted Driving Enforcement and Advertising Campaign

4) States Support First Distracted Driving Enforcement Campaign

5) Ford MyKey Technology Helps Encourage Safer Driving in Fleets

Solicitation

- Call for Entries – Powerful Answers Award (Transportation) – Verizon

https://www.verizon.com/powerfulanswers/award/2014/about/#transportation

Upcoming Events

Webcast: OneBusAway Multi-Region – Rapidly Expanding Mobile Transit Apps to New Cities – April 17

http://www.cutr.usf.edu/2014/04/upcoming-cutr-webcast-onebusaway-mobile-transit-apps/

Today in Transportation History

1929 **85^th anniversary** The RMS Queen Mary was ordered by Cunard-White Star.

http://www.thegreatoceanliners.com/queenmary.html

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Rabu, 02 April 2014

[TCN] Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) International Airports in Pakistan to Offer Wi-Fi

Link to article in The Express Tribune:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/690145/on-the-go-international-airports-in-pakistan-to-offer-wi-fi/

MARITIME

2) Connecticut DOT Tweets By Mistake that Ferry Sank

Link to article in the Connecticut Post:

http://blog.ctnews.com/traffic/2014/04/02/oops-dot-tweets-by-mistake-that-ferry-sank/

3) Maritime Advisory Committee Helps US DOT Solve Freight Challenges

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/marine-transportation-system-important-piece-freight-puzzle

OTHER

4) Parsons Expands Its Footprint with Delcan Acquisition

Link to article on The Construction Index:

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/parsons-expands-its-footprint-with-delcan-acquisition

Link to news release

ROADWAYS

5) In Buildup to Tokyo Olympics, Traffic Signs Becoming Easier to Read

Link to article in The Asahi Shimbun:

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201404020035

6) Highway Signs a Hot Button Issue in Maine

Link to story from NECN:

http://www.necn.com/04/01/14/Highway-signs-a-hot-button-issue-in-Main/landing_politics.html?blockID=864571&feedID=4212

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) App Prototype Provides Wrong-Direction Alert

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

http://www.automotiveit.com/app-prototype-provides-wrong-direction-alert/news/id-009173

TRANSIT

8) Transit Train and Bus Schedule App Gets an iOS 7 Makeover

Link to article on 148Apps:

http://www.148apps.com/news/transit-train-bus-schedule-app-ios-7-makeover/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Delivery of Real-Time I-91 Travel Info Network in Massachusetts in Slow Lane

Link to article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette:

http://www.gazettenet.com/home/11397331-95/delivery-of-real-time-i-91-travel-info-network-in-the-slow-lane (registration required)

VEHICLES

10) Telefónica to Connect European Tesla Cars to Internet

Link to article in the Financial Times:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b51af55e-b9ab-11e3-957a-00144feabdc0.html

11) Kiss Mirrors, Keys and a Cost-Based GM Culture Good-Bye

Link to blog from Strategy Analytics:

http://tinyurl.com/mtywsyb

News Releases

1) Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam to Provide Keynote at 2014 ITS World Congress in Detroit this September

2) Distracted Driving Crashes on the Rise in Texas – TxDOT Launches Talk, Text, Crash Campaign

3) FAA Dedicates New Houston Air-Traffic Control Facility

Job Posting

- Program Manager (Deputy Associate Administrator) – Federal Transit Administration – Washington, DC

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/365992100

Upcoming Events

MIT Summer Short Courses – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Discrete Choice Analysis – June 16-20

http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/discrete_choice_analysis.html

Modeling and Simulation of Transportation Networks – July 28-August 1

http://web.mit.edu/professional/short-programs/courses/simulation_transportation.html

Today in Transportation History

1954 **60^th anniversary** Hoyt Vandenberg, the second Chief of Staff for the US Air Force and the second Director of Central Intelligence, died in Washington, DC.

http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/105311/general-hoyt-s-vandenberg.aspx

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Selasa, 01 April 2014

[TCN] Tuesday, April 1, 1914

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, April 1, 1914 – ISSN 1529-1057

REGISTER NOW for the 2014 ITS World Congress

This is no April Fool’s joke – registration has opened for the 2014 ITS World Congress! Join ITS America and 10,000 other transportation professionals in Detroit, Michigan, September 7-11. This World Congress boasts upwards of 300,000 sq. ft. of exhibitions, nearly 700 acres of

transportation technology demonstrations from 30 different companies, more than 250 riveting programmatic panels, roundtables, and interactive town hall sessions, as well as numerous networking and social events with the industry’s elite throughout the week. Learn more by visiting

www.itsworldcongress.org.

If you’re excited for the World Congress, we want to reward that enthusiasm! Register between

April 1-30 to be one of three lucky winners of $500 in airfare. Please see our site for full details.

AVIATION

1) Asiana Says Boeing 777s Need Cockpit Warnings for Speed

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-31/asiana-says-more-777-warnings-needed-to-prevent-crashes.html

2) Australia to Deploy Flying Air Traffic Controller for Aircraft Search

Link to AP article:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australia-time-limit-flight-370-search-23134428

3) Bayonne, Jersey City Officials Say Port Authority Gave Almost No Notice of Increased Air Traffic

Link to article in The Jersey Journal:

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/03/bayonne_and_jersey_city_officials_say_port_authority_gave_them_no_advance_as_increase_air_traffic_be.html

4) FAA Calls for More Information for Parents on Child Safety Seats

Link to article in the Wichita Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2014/03/faa-calls-for-more-information-for-parents-on.html

5) Indian Airlines Get On Board for Wi-Fi

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-columns/domestic-airlines-get-on-board-for-wifi-facility/article5856114.ece

6) Art of Noise: Why Sound is a Valuable Tool for Safety and Comfort at Airports

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/home/general-news/item/3834-art-of-noise-why-sound-is-a-valuable-tool-for-safety-and-comfort-at-airports

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

7) Denso Camera Tech Detects Distracted Walking

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/denso-camera-tech-detects-distracted-walking/

CAMERAS

8) South Dakota Will Shield Residents from Out-of-State Traffic Cameras

Link to article in U.S. News & World Report:

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/01/south-dakota-will-shield-residents-from-out-of-state-traffic-cameras

GPS / NAVIGATION

9) 'Significant' Solar Flare May Affect Communications, GPS on Wednesday

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247329/_Significant_solar_flare_may_affect_communications_GPS_on_Wednesday

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

10) ITS Podcast: Computer Vision to Automatically Maintain Traffic Signs and Panels

Link to IEEE podcast:

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=421

OTHER

11) Intel to Turn Dublin Into World's First 'Internet of Things' City

Link to article on Silicon Republic:

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/36336-intel-to-turn-dublin-into/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

12) Media Asked to Leave Aviation Conference Session in Malaysia

Link to article in The Sun:

http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1003894

13) US DOT Needs Your Input on 2014 OpenGov Plan

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/dot-needs-your-input-2014-opengov-plan

14) Revitalized FMCSA Website Puts Service Front and Center

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/revitalized-fmcsa-website-puts-service-front-and-center

RAILROADS

15) Amtrak's CIO Changes the IT Culture in the First 100 Days

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterhigh/2014/03/31/amtraks-cio-changes-the-it-culture-in-the-first-100-days/2/

SAFETY / SECURITY

16) IATA Asks Governments to Use Passenger Data for Security Screenings

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304157204579474343742646418

Link to news release

17) App Allows Parents, Employers to Prohibit Texting While Driving

Link to story on WLKY-TV:

http://www.wlky.com/news/app-allows-parents-employers-to-prohibit-texting-while-driving/25266162

18) Emergency Management: There's an App for That

Link to article in Emergency Management:

http://www.emergencymgmt.com/training/Emergency-Management-App.html

TRANSIT

19) Sound Transit Seeks Help Designing Pictograms for New Stations

Link to article on seattlepi:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/transportation/article/Help-design-pictograms-for-new-Sound-Transit-5364262.php

20) PATCO Troubles Unite Commuters on Social Media

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-31/news/48708492_1_patco-website-stations-delaware-river-port-authority

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) Idaho Transportation Department Rolls Out Traveler Services 511 App

Link to article in the Idaho Statesman:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/04/01/3111821/itd-rolls-out-new-idaho-traveler.html

Link to news release

22) Scottsdale, Arizona's New Traffic Center Opens

Link to article in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2014/04/01/scottsdales-new-traffic-center-opens/7159785/

News Releases

1) Port of Long Beach Offers Lessons Learned for Future Emergency Response

2) TomTom Business Solutions Renamed to TomTom Telematics

3) Gwinnett County, Georgia's 'GC Smart Commute' Upgrades Help Drivers Plan Ahead

Solicitation

- Call for Presentations – IBTTA Annual Meeting – International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association

https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=wvCmT5VcGMKCTspyzKDdfQ

Upcoming Events

Webinar: New Features of the Trajectory Conversion Algorithm Version 2 Software – April 9

http://www.itsa.org/bsmwebinar

Today in Transportation History

1954 **60^th anniversary** Wichita Municipal Airport opened to commercial flights at its new location.

http://www.flywichita.com/MCA-history.php

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