Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday,
June 16, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
HERE selected by I-95 Corridor Coalition for Real-time Traffic
Services
The I-95 Corridor
Coalition announced that they have selected HERE as one of their preferred providers of real-time traffic
services. HERE provides probe-based speed and travel time data,
Cloud-based HERE Platform APIs, and
theIteris
iPEMs performance measurement system. The states will be able to
use real-time traffic information and analytical tools to help monitor traffic
and analyze travel conditions across the roadways.
HERE looks forward to
working with states to enhance operations and provide valuable traveler
information to facilitatethe movement of people and goods
along this corridor and throughout the nation. Please contact HERE for a demonstration of these services.
AVIATION
1)
Air Traffic Controller 'Joke' Diverts
Plane Just Before Landing
Link
to story on WXIA-TV:
2)
Three Problems JetBlue Faces with Fast
Internet Service
Link
to article in Bloomberg Businessweek:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
University of Iowa Virtual Lab to Focus
on Texting Pedestrians
Link
to article in The Gazette:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
US DOT Aims to Regulate Map Aids in
Vehicles
Link
to article in The New York Times:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
Illinois DOT Installing ITS on
Interstates in Effingham Area
Link
to article in the Effingham Daily News:
MARITIME
6)
Vancouver Port Starts Project to Ease
Truck Congestion
Link
to article in American Shipper:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7)
Riding the Rails to Craft Amtrak's
Social Media Strategy
Link
to article in The Washington Post:
8)
AT&T's 'It Can Wait' Campaign Wins
Year's Best Campaign Award
Link
to article on Headlines & Global News:
RAILROADS
9)
New Automatic Train Control System in
Victoria Delayed Again
Link
to article in The Age:
ROADWAYS
10)
Roads in the Future Will Need Data
Standards as Well as Signs, Says US DOT's CIO
Link
to article in Computerworld:
TRANSIT
11)
Without Notice, New Jersey Transit Cuts
Time Light Rail Ticket is Valid
Link
to article in the Hudson Reporter:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12)
Smart Traffic Tool to Manage
Noida-Greater Noida Expressway
Link
to article in The Times of India:
VEHICLES
13)
Senator Schumer: Speed Up 'Black Box'
Mandate for Tractor-Trailers
Link
to story on WNYT-TV:
Link
to news release
14)
Volvo Tiles Its New Sensus Interface
Link
to article on CNET:
Link
to news release
15)
Vodafone Targets 'Connected Cars' with
Italian Deal
Link
to Reuters article:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
CHAMP (Cycling Heroes
Advancing Sustainable Mobility Practice) Final Workshop – September 11-12 –
Gent, Belgium
Today in Transportation
History
1779
**235th anniversary** Spanish and French naval forces began the
Great Siege of Gibraltar.
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