Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
April 28, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
CARTOGRAPHY
1)
Digital Mapping May Be Nokia's Hidden
Jewel
Link
to article in The New York Times:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
2)
Massachusetts Gears Up to Go
All-Electronic on Tolls
Link
to article in The Milford Daily News:
MARITIME
3)
South Korean Maritime Traffic Control
Centers Raided in Ferry Investigation
Link
to story on Arirang TV:
OTHER
4)
Denver RTD Looks at Cellphone Policy at
Public Meetings
Link
to article in The Denver Post:
5)
Advanced Analytics with Real-Time
Traffic Data: Pitney Bowes and Inrix Offer New Solution
Link
to interview in Directions:
Link
to news release
RAILROADS
6)
The Biggest Railroad Investment in a
Century
Link
to article in Crain's Chicago Business:
ROADWAYS
7)
Buchanan County, Iowa Uses Internet Tool
to Fix Deteriorating Bridge
Link
to article in Roads & Bridges:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
New Trucking Regs Call for Electronic
Records
Link
to article in The Hill:
9)
A Survey of 911 Dispatchers Reveals the
Horrible, Human Cost of Bad Technology
Link
to blog in The Washington Post:
TRANSIT
10)
Twin Cities' OMG Transit Takes on Google
Maps for Public Transit Riders
Link
to article in the Pioneer Press:
11)
Myki to Continue Beyond Contract, Says
Public Transport Victoria
Link
to article in The Age:
12)
Paris Metro Chiefs Back Introduction of
Driverless Tube Trains to London
Link
to article in the London Evening Standard:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Mobile App Created by University
Students to Ease Traffic in Davao City, Philippines
Link
to article in BusinessWorld:
VEHICLES
14)
Two US Senators Want US to Force GM to
Warn Recall Owners
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
15)
Google: Driverless Cars Are Mastering
City Streets
Link
to AP article:
16)
Automotive Technology is Moving Fast and
the Car is Changing
Link
to article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch:
17)
Why Driverless Cars Don't Require a
Bunch of New Laws
Link
to blog on Nextgov:
Link
to more information from Brookings
News Releases
Job Postings
- Senior ITS
Engineer – Kanaan Consulting US – Boston, Massachusetts
Upcoming Events
T3 Webinar: Innovative
Approaches to Real-Time System Management Information – May 21
Today in Transportation
History
1789
**225th anniversary** Sailors on the HMS Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied against Captain William Bligh.
1969 **45th anniversary**
Perhaps the only music group named after a mass transit system, the Chicago
Transit Authority, released their first album.
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