Transportation Communications Newsletter: Wednesday, November ...

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 ? ISSN 1529-1057

AVIATION

1) Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Orders Airlines to Install Automated Flight Information Reporting System in Aircraft

Link to article in This Day:

2) Military Aircraft ID Enters New Era

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

3) Londoners Set to Tweet Their Thoughts on Airport Capacity

Link to article in Airport World:

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Japan Readies Nav System to Augment GPS

Link to article in EE Times:

5) GPS Makers Look to In-Car Navigation for Respite

Link to article on ZDNet:

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Board Member Blasts New York State Thruway Authority for Secrecy Over Toll Hike

Link to article in The Buffalo News:

RAILROADS

7) Norfolk Southern Seeks to Improve Railroad Safety by Cultivating a New Safety Culture

Link to article in Progressive Railroading:

ROADWAYS

8) Variable Speed Limits to Be Introduced in Scotland

Link to article in The Scotsman:

9) IBM Unveils Groundbreaking Technology to Reduce Traffic Jams on the Road

Link to article on Mashable:

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) NTSB Urges Safety Technologies Be Made Standard

Link to AP article:

11) Arizona Agencies Collaborate to Reduce Dust Storm Crashes

Link to Cronkite News Service article:

12) Australia National Transport Commission: Technology Could Cut Road Toll by 25%

Link to article on Transport & Logistics News:

TAXIS

13) Uber Faces Another Legal Challenge, This Time at Home in San Francisco

Link to article on CNET:

TELEMATICS

14) OnStar Prepares for Mexican Business in Course of 2013

Link to article in automotiveIT International:

TRANSIT

15) Real-Time and Route Planning Information Now Available to Cape Town Transit Users

Link to Independent Newspapers article:

VEHICLES

16) Do We Need Cyber Cops for Cars?

Link to article on Nextgov:

17) Aftermarket Mirror Gets Smartphone-Like Screen

Link to article on CEoutlook:

News Releases

Upcoming Events

Urban Traffic Management and Control Conference and Exhibition ? December 11-12 ? Reading, UK

Today in Transportation History? ??

1912 **100^th anniversary** Tung-Yen Lin, a structural engineer and pioneer in the standardization of prestressed concrete, was born in Fuzhou, China.

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