Guest Contributing Bloggers discuss transit operations, planning, marketing opportunities and more …..
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Security Surveillance Technology Takes on Big Data
- Thursday May 9, 2013Most of us can’t make it through a day without being barraged by a steady stream of text messages, e-mails, friend requests, Facebook posts, etc. We live in an ultra connected digital world with unprecedented access to information — anytime, anyplace. With this data onslaught, it’s easy to switch into “automatic mode” or just filter most of it out. After all, are those 34 spam e-mails... -
Considering Cities: Communications Infrastructure
- Thursday May 2, 2013
Current trends in urban growth demand big thinking and creative solutions. As our cities expand, these dense populations will require sophisticated infrastructure, transportation and communication systems. According to the World Health Organization, some one hundred years ago two out of every 10 people lived in an urban area. By 1990, around 40 percent of the global population lived in a city...
Blogger Leah Harnack, Mass Transit Editor, offers her insight on mass transit projects, transportation legislation and more…
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People Keeping Buses Running - Buses Keeping Transit Running
By Leah Harnack - Monday May 6, 2013Indianapolis, Ind., is the place to be at this week for the American Public Transportation Association’s Bus & Paratransit Conference and International Bus Roadeo. There are more than 1,700 attendees, will be 25 vehicles on display today and there will be 93 exhibitors at the Product Showcase tomorrow. The weather may not be as sunny as it was in Long Beach last year but the Roadeo started... -
Funding, Football and Human Trafficking
By Leah Harnack - Monday February 4, 2013As Super Bowl XLVIII was kicking off, so was the South West Transit Association Annual Conference and Expo. At the welcoming reception, SWTA Executive Director Kristen Joyner said seeing all the people connecting at the event is truly a highlight. More than just connecting the old friends and new friends here at the conference, she said transit's role is connecting and that is the theme of...
Jim Baker, Contributing Blogger, discusses transit operations, wireless communications and more …..
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Why Sharing Information on Innovation is a Good Thing
By Jim Baker - Wednesday January 11, 20122012 starts off with the blitzkrieg of consumer technology that is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Top of the bill this year is a slew of smart devices supporting 4G LTE, destined to be the wide area cellular network technology to replace all others. With Verizon and AT&T LTE already deployed in 190 markets and 26 markets respectively, Sprint is hurrying to upgrade its... -
All Aboard the Connected Train
By Jim Baker - Thursday June 16, 2011Last week saw the 6th annual Train Communications Systems conference held in London, where train operating companies (TOCs), integrators and vendors gathered to discuss the latest developments in wireless communications on passenger rail. Organized by rail consultants BWCS , the event has quickly become an important one, high profile enough to attract participants from all over the world...
