[TCN] Wednesday, August 6, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Mitsubishi Electric Display Wall and ACTIVU team up to create real-time situational awareness for Morris County's emergency center.

 

Morris County's EOC is manned 24/7/365 with up to 36 public safety telecommunicators at their own communication consoles. A three-high, six-wide display wall using eighteen 67"Mitsubishi XGA rear-projection cubes gives public safety telecommunicators and supervisors an at-a-glance view of all emergency activity going on in the county.

 

Read more at: http://me-vis.com/morris-county-eoc-new-jersey/

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Aromatic Scent Technology Introduced at Phnom Penh International Airport

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/4255-aromatic-scent-introduced-in-passenger-terminal-at-phnom-penh-international.html

 

2) Transparent Airfares Act Needs More Transparency

Link to commentary from McClatchy News Service:

http://www.govtech.com/data/Transparent-Airfares-Act-Needs-More-Transparency.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) Singapore's LTA Unveils Master Plan to Build Intelligent Transport Network

Link to story on Channel NewsAsia:

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-unveils-master-plan/1298888.html

 

4) How Manila Plans to Use ITS as Part of Data-Sharing Among Agencies

Link to article in FutureGov Asia:

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2014/aug/06/how-do-you-get-agencies-sharing-data-during-crisis/

 

5) New US DOT Professional Capacity Building ITS Case Study: National ITS Architecture

Link to more information:

http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/casestudies/default.aspx

 

OTHER

 

6) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – August 2014

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2014/2014-Aug.pdf  

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Alstom Launches Live 4G Pilot for Communication Based Train Control

Link to article in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/news/story/2014/08/alstom-launches-live-4g-pilot-for-communication-based-train-control.aspx

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Latest Status Symbol for Hamptons Elite is Adopting a Highway

Link to article in the New York Post:

http://nypost.com/2014/08/05/the-latest-status-symbol-for-hamptons-elite-is-adopting-a-highway/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Facial Recognition to be Tested at Japan Airports

Link to article on Biometric Update:

http://www.biometricupdate.com/201408/facial-recognition-to-be-tested-at-japan-airports

 

10) LED Vests Could Help Drivers See Pedestrians

Link to article in The Courier-Journal:

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/06/led-vests-help-drivers-see-pedestrians/13686049/

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) Dubai 'Mole' in Trucks to Rat-Out Speedsters

Link to article on Emirates 24|7:

http://www.emirates247.com/news/dubai-mole-in-trucks-to-rat-out-speedsters-2014-08-06-1.558595

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Toronto Transit to Roll Out 'Point and Acknowledge' to Improve Subway Door Safety

Link to article in the Toronto Sun:

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/06/ttc-targets-door-safety-woes

 

13) Pay Your London Bus Fare by Phone – if You're an EE Customer

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/11010108/Pay-your-bus-fare-by-phone-if-youre-an-EE-customer.html

Link to news release

 

14) London Buses Trialing Free Wi-Fi

Link to article on TechDigest:

http://www.techdigest.tv/2014/08/london-buses-trialling-free-wifi.html

 

VEHICLES

 

15) At BMW Welt, Its i-cars Have Eye on the Future

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/08/06/bmw-welt-i-cars-showcase-bmw-tech-commitment/13538591/

 

16) Platooning Trucks: A Virtual Reality

Link to article in Fleet Owner:

http://fleetowner.com/technology/platooning-trucks-virtual-reality

 

17) Why Are Americans so Suspicious of Self-Driving Cars?

Link to article on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/08/why-are-americans-so-suspicious-of-self-driving-cars/375596/

 

 

News Releases

1) United Airlines Launches Mobile App Passport Scanning

 

 

Upcoming Events

SNAME Maritime Convention – October 20-25 – Houston

http://www.sname.org/smc

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1844 **170^th anniversary** James Henry Greathead, a pioneering railway and tunneling engineer, was born in Grahamstown, South Africa.

http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/engineers/1.html

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, August 5, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, August 5, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Six weeks and counting! Join IBTTA in Austin, Texas for our 82nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition this September 14-17, 2014. You'll be right in the heart of a city and a state that is developing a modern multi-modal transportation system that includes toll-funded projects. You'll be surrounded by the latest and very best information on the policies, practices, technologies and business models that make the tolling industry a breakthrough success. Become a meeting sponsor or promote your products or services by being an exhibitor. And if you arrive a day early, come to the golf event to support the IBTTA Foundation at the Barton Creek Golf Resort. Visit www.IBTTA.org/austin for the full program and to register today!

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) New Orleans Airport Refuses to Post Health Alert, Cites 'Aesthetics'

Link to story on WDSU-TV:

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/iteam-airport-refuses-to-post-health-alert-cites-aesthetics/27304192#!bv9OUX

 

2) US DOT Could Nix Plans to Permit In-Flight Cellphone Calls

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/us-could-nix-plans-to-permit-in-flight-cell-phone-calls/

 

3) Dodging Mumbai's Monster Billboards Adds to Air India Woes

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-05/air-india-loses-money-by-dodging-giant-billboards-in-mumbai

 

4) Airport Terminal Incident Response Planning

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/171121.aspx

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) More Cameras, Message Boards on the Roadways in Arkansas

Link to story on KARK-TV:

http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/more-cameras-on-the-roadways-in-arkansas/31972/G8ax8r-teEud-kzgMLVyfg

 

OTHER

 

6) Pinellas Transit Authority Will Repay $354,000 Federal Grant for Homeland Security Ads

Link to article in The St. Petersburg Tribune:

http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/pinellas-transit-authority-will-repay-354k-federal-grant-20140805/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

7) Amtrak Provides Crude Oil Train Details States Had Withheld

Link to McClatchy News article:

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/08/04/3780531/amtrak-provides-crude-oil-train.html

 

8) Oklahoma Begins Posting Information About Bakken Oil Train Shipments

Link to article in The Oklahoman:

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-begins-posting-information-about-bakken-oil-train-shipments/article/5127189

 

9) New Online Community Generates Transportation Ideas in Illinois

Link to story on WCBU Radio:

http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/new-online-community-generates-transportation-ideas

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) High-Tech Traffic Lights Could Reshape the Future of Driving

Link to story on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/08/05/high-tech-traffic-lights-could-reshape-future-driving/

 

11) Texas Law: Thou Shalt Not Place 10 Commandments Signs Along Highways

Link to article in Time:

http://time.com/3066895/texas-ten-commandments-sign-illegal/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Maine Launches Effort to Curb Distracted Driving

Link to article in the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/08/05/maine-launches-effort-to-curb-distracted-driving/

 

13) Road-Sensing Safety Tech that Could Save Lives

Link to article on District Chronicles:

http://www.districtchronicles.com/news/view.php/840680/Road-sensing-safety-tech-that-could-save

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) Growth in Telematics Capabilities Bring More Benefits to More Users

Link to article in SAE Off-Highway Engineering:

http://articles.sae.org/13347/

 

VEHICLES

 

15) GM Exec: Early Interest in LTE-Connected Cars is Strong

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/gm-exec-early-interest-in-lte-connected-cars-is-strong/

 

16) Navdy Projects Apps and Nav on Your Windshield

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-navdys-hud-runs-android-shows-nav-and-apps-in-your-car/

 

 

News Releases

1) GEWI to Exhibit and Demo Connected Vehicle at ITS World Congress

2) Mitsubishi and Activu Team Up to Help Morris County, New Jersey Emergency Center Create Real-Time Situational Awareness

3) Scheidt & Bachmann Develops Interface to Communicate with Valet Robot Ray for Parking Efficiency at Dusseldorf Airport

 

 

Upcoming Events

NDE/NDT for Structural Materials Technology for Highways and Bridges – August 25-27 – Washington, DC

https://www.asnt.org/MajorSiteSections/Events-and-Publications/Upcoming-Events/SMT-2014.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1864 **150^th anniversary** The Battle of Mobile Bay took place with Union forces defeating the Confederate fleet.

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/mobile-bay.html?tab=facts

 

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[TCN] Monday, August 4, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Monday, August 4, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) World's First-of-Its-Kind Air Traffic Control System Becomes Operational in Oman

Link to article in the Times of Oman:

http://www.timesofoman.com/News/37404/Article-Worlds-first-of-its-kind-air-traffic-control-system-gets-operational-in-Oman

 

2) How Flight Systems Could be Vulnerable to Hackers

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/08/04/How-Flight-Systems-Could-Be-Vulnerable-Hackers

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Unique Crossing System in New Zealand to Help Slower Pedestrians

Link to story on 3 News:

http://www.3news.co.nz/New-crossing-system-to-help-slow-pedestrians/tabid/423/articleID/355409/Default.aspx

 

4) Virginia Beach Officials Say Bicycles Shouldn't Carry Advertising Signs

Link to article from The Virginian-Pilot:

http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/0d73bb6a5d2a4b18b1216a78faa3ed1f/VA--Beach-Bike-Ads/

 

5) Shoes Using Haptic Feedback Could Help Steer Visually Impaired and Blind Pedestrians

Link to story on MedCityNews:

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/shoes-use-haptic-feedback-help-steer-visually-impaired-blind-pedestrians/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Computer Security Experts Tell Toll Operators It Pays to be Paranoid

Link to article on TollRoadsNews:

http://tollroadsnews.com/news/computer-security-experts-tell-toll-operators-it-pays-to-be-paranoid

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) How Apple Maps Could Eventually Route You Around Stoplights

Link to article on Tech Cheat Sheet:

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/technology/how-apple-maps-could-eventually-route-you-around-stoplights.html/?a=viewall

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

8) Bids Sought for Traffic Management Center for Noida-Greater Noida Expressway

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/E-way-control-room-for-intelligent-traffic-system/articleshow/39453217.cms

 

9) Researchers Study Technology that Could Display Traffic Signs Inside Vehicles

Link to article from Virginia Tech:

http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/08/080414-vtti-roadsignsincarstudy.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) GM Website Misleading Consumers on Recalls, US DOT Says

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-01/gm-website-misleading-consumers-on-recalls-u-s-says.html

 

11) Transit Police's 'MBTA Etiquette' Shares the Bad, the Ugly

Link to article on Boston.com:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/08/03/transit-police-mbta-etiquette-shares-the-bad-the-ugly/b17nueEIL6yzT9wLrWFxpM/story.html

 

RAILROADS

 

12) Miscommunication Leads to Amtrak Train Leaving New York Without Its Passengers

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/amtrak-train-leaves-nyc-washington-dc-passengers-article-1.1890241

 

13) Wisconsin Congressman Proposes Communication and Coordination for Railroad Accidents and Spills

Link to story on WSAU Radio:

http://wsau.com/news/articles/2014/aug/04/congressman-proposes-communication-and-coordination-for-railroad-accidents-and-spills/

Link to news release

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

14) Utah 'Roadkill App' Paints Clearer Picture of Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions

Link to article in the Deseret News:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865607995/Roadkill-app-paints-clearer-picture-of-wildlife-vehicle-collisions.html?pg=all

 

TELEMATICS

 

15) BMW to Install Usage-Based Insurance Telematics Into Cars

Link to article in Computerworld UK:

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3534379/bmw-to-install-usage-based-insurance-telematics-into-cars/

 

TRANSIT

 

16) Singapore's SMRT Installs Devices for Real-Time Monitoring of Bus Drivers

Link to article in Today:

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/smrt-installs-devices-monitor-how-bus-captains-drive

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

17) Smart Highway Aims to Cut I-80 Congestion in California's East Bay

Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Smart-highway-aims-to-cut-congestion-on-westbound-5666068.php

 

VEHICLES

 

18) Mercedes-Benz's Autonomous Driving Features Dominate the Industry – and Will for Years

Link to article in Automotive News:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20140804/OEM06/308049979/mercedes-benzs-autonomous-driving-features-dominate-the-industry-and

 

19) The World's Most Hackable Cars

Link to article on Dark Reading:

http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities---threats/advanced-threats/the-worlds-most-hackable-cars/d/d-id/1297753

 

20) Intelligent Assistants for Helping People Interact with Autonomous Cars

Link to article from UK Technology Strategy Board:

https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/intelligent-mobility/article-view/-/blogs/intelligent-assistants-for-helping-people-interact-with-autonomous-cars

 

 

News Releases

1) ITS United Kingdom Makes Awards for Excellence in ITS

2) Neighboring Polish Cities to Integrate Public Transport Tickets and Tariffs

3) First Galileo Commercial Service Demonstration with Encrypted Signals

4) US Air Force Launches Seventh GPS IIF Satellite

5) ASNT to Hold NDT of Highways and Bridges Conference

 

 

Upcoming Events

BusCon – September 15-17 – Indianapolis

http://www.busconexpo.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1914 **100^th anniversary** Germany invaded Belgium in the early days of World War I.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/video/germantroopsbelgium.htm

 

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[TCN] Friday, August 1, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Friday, August 1, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) San Francisco Airport Testing Beacon System for Blind Travelers

Link to article on The Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/31/5956265/san-francisco-airport-testing-beacon-system-for-blind-travelers

 

2) NextGen DataComm Trials 'Becoming Routine' for FedEx Pilots

Link to article in Avionics:

http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/topstories/NextGen-DataComm-Trials-Becoming-Routine-for-FedEx-Pilots_82751.html

 

3) Now for General Aviation: NextGen

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/now-general-aviation-nextgen

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

4) Why the Crosswalk Buttons in Your City May Not Work

Link to story on ABC News:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/idea-citys-crosswalk-buttons-work/story?id=24796722

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) US Air Force to Launch New GPS Satellite Tonight

Link to article on Space.com:

http://www.space.com/26702-air-force-military-gps-satellite-launch.html

 

6) Website Keeps Track of Saskatoon Food Trucks

Link to story on CKOM Radio:

http://www.newstalk650.com/story/website-keeps-track-saskatoon-food-trucks/398211

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

7) IEEE ITSS Newsletter – July 2014

Link to newsletter:

http://sites.ieee.org/itss/files/2014/08/v16n3July2014.pdf

 

8) ITS Podcast Episode 16: Electric Mobility and Car-Sharing with Jeff Allen from DriveOregon

Link to podcast from IEEE ITSS:

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=498

 

OTHER

 

9) Texas DOT Plans to Research Futuristic Tech

Link to article on The Texas Tribune:

https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/31/txdot-plans-research-futuristic-tech/

 

PARKING

 

10) Electronic Signs and Videos at Levi's Stadium Guide Fans Directly to Their Parking Spots

Link to story on KPIX-TV:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/07/31/electronic-signs-guide-fans-levis-stadium-parking-spot/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

11) South African National Roads Agency Faces Legal Battle Over Toll Road Secrecy Bid

Link to article in Business Day:

http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/transport/2014/08/01/sanral-faces-legal-battle-over-toll-road-secrecy-bid

 

12) Journalist Suing Chicago Transit Authority Over Denied Request for Ventra Contract Records

Link to article from the Chicago Sun-Times:

http://voices.suntimes.com/news/breaking-news/journalist-suing-cta-over-denied-request-for-ventra-contract-records/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

13) Software Predicts When, Where Serious Accidents Are Most Likely to Occur on Tennessee Highways

Link to article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/aug/01/new-software-predicts-when-and

 

14) Smartphone App Hopes to Save Babies from Being Left in Hot Cars

Link to UPI article:

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/08/01/Smartphone-app-hopes-to-save-babies-from-being-left-in-hot-cars/4131406908257/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

15) Hail Storm: The Great Taxi Upheaval is Here

Link to articles in New York Magazine:

http://nymag.com/news/features/taxis-2014-7/

 

TRANSIT

 

16) Birmingham, Alabama's Bus System Teams with Google for Real-Time Trip-Planning

Link to story on WVTM-TV:

http://www.alabamas13.com/story/26164665/birminghams-bus-system-teams-with-google-for-real-time-trip-planning

 

17) Barrie, Ontario Bus Info at Your Fingertips with New Transit App

Link to article in the Barrie Advance:

http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/4727285-barrie-bus-info-at-your-fingertips-with-new-transit-app/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

18) Bakersfield, California Gives Look at New High-Tech Traffic Center

Link to story on KBAK/KBFX-TV:

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Bakersfield-give-look-at-high-tech-new-traffic-center-269476821.html

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Car and Internet Industries Set for Further Integration

Link to article from China News Service:

http://www.ecns.cn/business/2014/08-01/127339.shtml

 

 

News Releases

1) Truckers Concerned Misleading Headlines Undermine Highway Safety Improvement Efforts

2) Heathrow Airport Publishes New Advice Leaflet for Disabled Passengers

3) Transport for London to Trial Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection Software on Buses

4) Appinions Study: Google Most Influential Autonomous Car Company

 

 

Friday Bonus

Public outreach is a typical part of efforts to gain support for new transportation projects. Here's a look back to 1952 when a film was made to get votes to build the Garden State Parkway.

http://youtu.be/JosR-zLLXmE

 

 

Solicitation

 

 

Upcoming Events

Masterclass: Latest on 112-Based Emergency Call Legislation and End-to-End Security for a Digital Society – October 21 – London

http://www.smi-online.co.uk/telecoms/uk/masterclass/latest-on-112-based-emergency-call-legislation-and-end-to-end-security-for-a-digital-society

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1929 **85^th anniversary** The first jet-assisted takeoff of an aircraft, a Junkers-33 seaplane, took place in Germany.

 

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