Friday, May 2, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, May 2, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Iteris to Introduce ClearPath™ Weather at APWA North American Snow Conference

Visit Iteris at the APWA 2014 North American Snow Conference in Cincinnati May 4 – 7 at Booth #1325 to experience ClearPath™ Weather, a next-generation road maintenance decision support system (MDSS). The cloud-based software provides winter maintenance strategies for optimizing personnel, equipment, and chemical treatments. ClearPath™ Weather features a user-friendly interface which allows maintenance managers to view the real-time information needed, such as looping radar, satellite imagery, weather forecasts, plow location, treatment recommendations, and route-specific hyper-local weather and pavement conditions.

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) Fastrak Averages 33 Mistaken Toll Violations Per Day

Link to story on KPIX-TV:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/fastrak-averages-33-mistaken-toll-violations-per-day/

MARITIME

2) US Discussions Target Navigation Tech

Link to article on Marine Electronics:

http://www.marineelectronics.com/news/discussions-target-navigation-182370

OTHER

3) Public Sector Takes Sides in Patent-Troll Fight

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/news/headlines/gov-public-sector-takes-sides-in-patent-fight.html

ROADWAYS

4) Pittsburgh Expands Use of High-Tech Traffic Signals

Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2014/05/02/City-expands-use-of-high-tech-traffic-signals/stories/201405020123

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Not-in-Traffic Surveillance: Child Fatality and Injury in Non-traffic Crashes – 2008-2011 Statistics

Link to further information from NHTSA:

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811812.pdf

TRANSIT

6) Metra Wind Detectors Aim to Keep Trains On Time

Link to article in the Daily Herald:

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140502/news/140509735/

Friday Bonus

You don't often think of slides as a mode of transportation.

http://youtu.be/zqzcHHs74uw

Upcoming Events

Insurance Telematics Canada 2014 – May 28-29 – Toronto

http://www.telematicsupdate.com/insurance-telematics-canada/

Today in Transportation History    

1969 **45^th anniversary** The Queen Elizabeth 2 departed Southampton for New York on its maiden voyage.

http://www.qe2.org.uk/

May 3

1939 **75^th anniversary** Union Station in Los Angeles opened.

http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/LAX

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