Transportation Communications Newsletter: Wednesday, June 27 ...

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 ? ISSN 1529-1057

The Quality Assurance program will embed data validation in INRIX's data license contracts, with experienced independent validators using proven and well documented methods established and used by the I-95 Corridor Coalition over the past four years. Find out how?a QA Program would be created and executed for your agency.?Register now for the June 28, 1:30 - 3:00 pm EDT webinar.??

AVIATION

1) Delta Tests Turnstile to Automate Boarding

Link to article in the Star Tribune:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) New Toll Booth Message on Garden State Parkway Seeks to Eliminate Confusion

Link to article in the Asbury Park Press:

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Waze GPS Service Coming to a Car Near You

Link to article in PC Magazine:

4) US Supreme Court's GPS Ruling May Have Minimal Impact Because Cellphone Tracking is Legal

Link to article in The National Law Journal:

MARITIME

5) Richmond, Virginia Port Using Real-Time Cargo Movement Technology

Link to article in The Journal of Commerce:

6) Inventing the iBoat

Link to article in Marine News:

OTHER

7) Covisint, Detroit's Failed Internet Venture, is Alive and Well ? and About to Go Public

Link to article in Forbes:

8) Travel Bookings Via Mobile Apps Soar

Link to article in Travel Weekly:

9) Planning and Flexibility are Key to Effectively Deploying Broadband Conduit through Federal Highway Projects

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

RAILROADS

10) Updates from US DOT's Volpe Center

?-? Joint Volpe-FRA Pilot Makes Measurable Improvements in Rail Safety

?-? On the Ground at Manchester: Making Surface Traffic More Visible

ROADWAYS

11) Georgia ACLU to Defend Ku Klux Klan's Bid to 'Adopt' a Highway

Link to article in USA Today:

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) When the President Comes to New York City

Link to video from The New York Times:

TAXIS

13) Click A Taxi Goes for Country Coverage Via App, Opens Up UK and Ireland

Link to article on Tnooz:

TRANSIT

14) GO Transit Uses Art Train to Collect Ideas on Transportation Sustainability

Link to article in the Toronto Star:

15) MBTA May Sell Station Names

Link to article in The Boston Globe:

16) Can the MBTA Improve Operations Through Service Chain Optimization?

Link to blog from ClickSoftware:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Stuck in Traffic? US DOT Wants an App to Prevent That

Link to article on Nextgov:

18) China National Radio Launches Expressway Traffic Channel

Link to article in China Daily:

VEHICLES

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19) Serious Buzz About Siri

Link to First Shift video from Automotive News:

20) Tennessee Hopes to Cut Down DMV Wait Time with iPad Kiosks

Link to article on Digital Trends:

21) Modern Car Connectivity Takes Distracted Driving to Dangerous Levels

Link to column in The Star-Ledger:

News Releases

Bernie's Notes

Join me at 2:15 pm ET Thursday for a Twitter chat with #StoptheTexts, sponsored by @AdCouncil and @NHTSAgov.? Look for #stopthetexts or @TransportComm.

Upcoming Events

Nondestructive Evaluation/Nondestructive Testing for Highways and Bridges: Structural Materials Technology ? August 21-24 ? East Elmhurst, New York

Today in Transportation History? ??

1912 **100^th anniversary** The Italian Army's first air force, the Battaglione Aviatori, was established.

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