Friday, October 20, 2017

Friday, October 20, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, October 20, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) Irish Airports Used Social Media to Keep 2.4 Million People Updated About Ophelia
2) Research Looks at Critical Communication Issues Involving Aircraft Incidents
3) Dublin and Copenhagen Airports Have Twitter Banter About World Cup Playoffs
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4) Portland, Oregon Now Has Manual for Creating Safer Work Zones
CAMERAS
5) Traffic Enforcement Cameras Not Happening Anytime Soon in Cyprus
6) The Case for Speed Cameras on South Africa’s Deadly Roads
FREIGHT
7) FMCSA to Allow Drivers Using Phone-Based ELDs to Change Duty Status Away from Vehicle
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
8) Connected Cities Drive Ohio Transportation Forward
MARITIME
9) Queensland to Introduce Mandatory GPS Trackers for Commercial Fishing Boats to Track Sustainable Catch
10) Why the US Coast Guard Treats Cybersecurity Like Hazardous Cargo
11) World’s Largest Civilian Ship Simulation Net-Work: Sea Traffic Management Becomes Reality
OTHER
12) RASTA App Making Way for Digitized Traffic Solutions in Lahore
ROADWAYS
13) Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Closes for 10 Days, Starting Tonight
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) New App Aims to Improve Traffic Stop Safety by Going Virtual
TELEMATICS
15) Samsung and Omnitracs Launch Fleet Tracking Solution in Big IoT Transportation Push
Omnitracs news release
TRANSIT
16) New York MTA to Release New App with Subway, Bus Schedules Early Next Year, Sources Say
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Smartphone-Based Traffic Management Is Changing How Southern Nevada Tracks Transportation
VEHICLES
18) Driverless Car Testing on Local Streets, Freeways: Officials Gather in San Diego to Prepare
19) Delphi Looks to Play Bigger Role in Connected Cars and Automated Driving
News Releases
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, October 19, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Runway Goes Virtual
2) FAA Launches Automated Drone Approval Process
CAMERAS
3) Public Meeting Set to Discuss License Plate Reader Cameras on Illinois/Missouri Bridge
CARTOGRAPHY
4) Apple Maps Gains Airport Maps for O’Hare and Several Others
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
5) How Seoul Is Using Technology to Avoid ‘Traffic Hell’
6) How AI Will Impact Transportation
MARITIME
7) Rotterdam Port: PortMaps Allows Sharing of Port-Related Information
8) The Art of Navigation
OTHER
9) Data Rodeo: How Texas Corrals Its Transportation Data
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
10) Los Angeles Gets the Transit Etiquette Superhero It Needs
Los Angeles County MTA news release
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) Wearable Safety Technology for Highway Workers Trialled in UK
TRANSIT
12) ATRA Pulse - October 2017
VEHICLES
13) BMW Motorrad Reveals ConnectedRide Motorcycle Safety System
BMW Group news release


News Releases


Solicitation


Upcoming Events
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) Though Airlines Slow to Equip, FAA Plans for Future with ADS-B
2) UAE’s New Air Traffic Management System to Ease Congestion in Crowded Skies
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3) Project Sidewalk, the Crowd-Sourced Map of DC’s Least Accessible Sidewalks, Is Nearly Complete
CAMERAS
4) Wisconsin Lawmaker Pushes for Red-Light, Speeding Cameras in Milwaukee
CARTOGRAPHY
5) Data Mapping Offers Insights into Iowa Bridge Conditions
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Detailed Waterways Info, GPS Come in Single App
7) Turkish Teenagers’ Invention Aims to Solve Traffic Jams in Big Cities
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
8) Nairobi to Release Smart Traffic Control System in Two Years
9) Trans-Arctic Data Cable Will Link Finland, Russia and Asia
10) How the IoT Helps Solve City Transportation Challenges
11) Launch Issue of Intelligent Transport
12) News from ERTICO
MARITIME
13) Air Traffic Control Technology Being Applied at Peel Ports
14) Tonga Boat Owners Urged to Better Equip for Maritime Safety
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
15) Pennsylvania DOT Won’t Hold Public Meeting to Discuss Right-of-Way Issues on Route 309 Reconstruction Project
RAILROADS
16) FRA Gives New Jersey Transit Green Light to Test Positive Train Control
17) Positive Train Control: Roadblocks to Interoperability
ROADWAYS
18) Jefferson Davis Highway ‘No Longer Exists’ in Arizona -- But Its Marker Will Stay
SAFETY / SECURITY
19) CERT Adds ITS, Blockchain to List of Worrisome Technologies
Link to US-CERT report
TELEMATICS
20) Improved Telematics Data Could Unlock Targeted Driver Training, Says Arval
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
21) Government Asks Highways England to Do More to Get Traffic Moving After Incidents
TRANSIT
22) Transport for London Testing Screens Showing How Crowded Carriages Are
23) South Australia Testing Smartphone Payments on Public Transport
24) Six Metro Stations in Prague Get Wi-Fi
Prague Public Transport Company news release (in Czech)
25) New York City Transit’s Customer Service Center Taps Tech to Keep Riders Informed
26) Chicago Transit Authority’s Cubs Promotion Backfired Spectacularly

VEHICLES
27) Intel Proposes System to Make Self-Driving Cars Blameless
28) Transportation in Tempe: How One Arizona City Is Going All-In on Autonomous Vehicles
29) The Billion Dollar Widget Steering the Driverless Car Industry
30) Apple CarPlay Users in Australia Switch Stations More Often
31) 2018 Honda Odyssey Turns the Screens On Your Passengers


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Upcoming Events
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