Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
March 26, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Join us April 6-8 for IBTTA’s Maintenance &
Roadway Operations Workshop in Jersey City, NJ!
Important program additions include an MUTCD
(signage) update from IBTTA’s representative, Maurice Palumbo of
the Golden Gate Bridge and an overview
of ASCE’s new sustainability ENVISION certification program. We’ll see how
the Port Authority is dealing with post-Sandy damage AND have a special visit
to the top of One World
Trade Center and the Tribute Memorial. For the Technical Tour, the Bayonne Bridge is being raised! The Port
Authority will take the attendees on to the construction site and explain the
process. We’re talking about Extreme Weather Management, Incident Management,
Roadside Customer Assistance, Work Zone Safety, Pavement Technologies, New LED
Options, Law Enforcement, Innovation in Asset Management and much more. Visit www.IBTTA.org/jerseycity to
check out the updated program and to register
today!
GPS / NAVIGATION
1)
Smarter Direction for New Zealand Car
Satnav
Link
to article in The New Zealand Herald:
MARITIME
2)
Web-Based Maritime Trail Available Soon
in Florida
Link
to article in Santa Rosa's Press Gazette:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
3)
Shifting Audiences, Dead Newspapers
Change Transportation Engagement
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
ROADWAYS
4)
Colorado to Become First State to Issue
Alerts for Hit-and-Run Crashes
Link
to AP article:
5)
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Transport Quebec
Needs to Communicate on Road Project
Link
to story on CTV Montreal:
SAFETY / SECURITY
6)
Better Communications Latest Minnesota
Response to Oil Transportation
Link
to article in The Bemidji Pioneer:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
7)
New Details on Black Boxes for New York
City Taxis
Link
to story on WNYC Radio:
TELEMATICS
8)
Q&A: Center for Study of Insurance
Operations on Efforts to Standardize UBI Telematics Data in North America
Link
to interview on Telematics Update:
TRANSIT
9)
Articles from Latest Issue of the Journal
of Public Transportation
-
Engaging Transit Riders in Public
Awareness Programs
-
Forecasting Mobile Ticketing
Adoption on Commuter Rail
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
10)
@Muscatraffic Provides Crowdsourced
Traffic Updates for Oman Capital
Link
to article in the Oman Daily Observer:
Link
to Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Muscatraffic
VEHICLES
11)
Senators Call on Automakers to Share
More Information About Fatal Accidents
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
Link
to news release
News Releases
4)
Broadcaster Traffic Consortium Continues to
Drive HD Radio Growth as a Data Provider
5) Online ITS Training Opportunities Blended (Instructor-Led) Course Offerings
5) Online ITS Training Opportunities Blended (Instructor-Led) Course Offerings
Upcoming Events
New Jersey TransAction –
April 8-10 – Atlantic City, New Jersey
Today in Transportation
History
1879
**135th anniversary** Othmar Ammann, who had a major role in the
design of a number of bridges, including the George Washington,
Verrazano-Narrows and Bronx-Whitestone, was born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland.
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