Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
September 5, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
GEWI and BMW to Demonstrate VMS2DASH at ITS World Congress
In the newest
development of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, BMW and GEWI will demonstrate
a prototype technology called VMS2DASH. It would enable public agencies to
transmit traffic information from variable message signs (VMS) on public
roadways onto a vehicle’s in-dash information display. This would put
important traffic messages directly in the driver’s field of view, providing
information relevant to their specific location as well as their
destination. Register for the ride-along demo at GEWI booth #2805 at ITS
World Congress. If you are won’t be attending World Congress, click
here for a TIC Features Overview video. For more
information how TIC Connects Systems – Vehicles – Travelers, visit www.gewi.com
AVIATION
1)
New Technology Will Allow Pilots to Pick
More Direct Routes
Link
to article in The Economist:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
App Will Let Drivers Know When Bikes Are
Near Their Cars
Link
to article in Fast Company:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
3)
ITS World Congress: International
Transportation Conference Bringing Technology, Execs to Detroit
Link
to article on MLive:
4)
INRIX's Gary Carlin Previews Company's ITS
World Congress Plans
Link
to interview on Transportation Radio:
OTHER
5)
RideScout and Austin's Growing
Transportation Startup Ecosystem
Link
to article on Xconomy:
6)
I'm Stuck: Using Crowdsourcing to
Persuade Lawmakers to Invest in Infrastructure
Link
to article in Government Technology:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7)
South Carolina DOT Holding Public Input
Meeting on Island Inaccessible by Public Transit
Link
to commentary in Charleston City Paper:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
How Technology Can End Highway
Fatalities
Link
to article in PC World:
9)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Law Prohibits
School Buses from Using Safety Lights and Stop Arms
Link
to story on Global News:
TELEMATICS
10)
Insurers Ready to Ask for More
Telematics Data
Link
to article in Insurance & Technology:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
11)
First Responders from North and South
Carolina Meet to Improve Incident Response
Link
to story on WCNC-TV:
12)
Virginia First Responders Learn Ideas to
Ease Traffic Management Woes
Link
to article in the Northern Virginia Daily:
13)
North Carolina DOT's Yellow IMAP Trucks
to Become 'Mobile Billboards'
Link
to article in the News & Observer:
TRANSIT
14)
San Francisco's Public Transit Agency in
Talks to Build Smartphone Ticketing App
Link
to article on Business Insider:
VEHICLES
15)
Toyota: Automated Cars Won't Be Driverless
Cars
Link
to story on WWJ Radio:
16)
Radio Remains King of the Road Despite
Rise of Digital Music
Link
to article in The Wall Street Journal:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
This
summer I had a chance to visit Central Europe. Even while on vacation I'm on
the lookout for items for the TCN and came up with this curiosity. It's called
the narrowest street in Prague. They even have a traffic signal since it's only
wide enough for one person at a time to pass.
Solicitation
-
Nominees Sought – Vanguard
Innovation Award – AASHTO
-
High School Video Contest – Safe
Streets. Smart Trips – Massachusetts DOT
Upcoming Events
Webinar: US DOT Connected Vehicle Pilot Program, Part 2-Communications
and the Role of DSRC – September 19
Today in Transportation
History
1939
**75th anniversary** The US Navy instituted Neutrality Patrol
operations in the Atlantic Ocean.
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