Thursday, September 11, 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, September 11, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Apple Watch and Apple Pay: What They Could Mean for Airports, Airlines and the Passenger Experience
Link to article on Future Travel Experience:

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) HopOn a Tel Aviv Bike Using a Smartphone
Link to article on Globes:

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) New York State Thruway Overbilled 35,000 E-ZPass Customers
Link to article in the Democrat & Chronicle:

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Russian Transport Ministry Authorized to Create ERA-GLONASS System
Link to ITAR-TASS article:

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) ITS World Congress 2014 Thinking Aloud Show 4
Link to Thinking Aloud podcast:

MARITIME

6) West African Nations Look to Coordinate Information to Fight Piracy
Link to article on World Bulletin:

OTHER

7) Solar Storm Heading for Earth
Link to article in USA Today:

8) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – September 2014
Link to newsletter:

RAILROADS

9) Montana Coal Railroad Told to Turn Over Documents
Link to AP article:

TELEMATICS

10) Fine-Tuning the Future Flow and Protection of Trucking Data
Link to article in Fleet Owner:

TRANSIT

11) App for That? Transportation Officials Review Ways to Boost MBTA Ridership
Link to State House News Service article:

12) Crowdfunding Successful for Quirky Ads on Chicago Transit Line
Link to article in RedEye:

13) New App Converts Transit Ads to Public Art
Link to article on Transportation Nation:

14) New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual to be Reissued as Full-Size Book
Link to further information on Kickstarter:

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Houston Getting $10 Million for Traffic-Tracking Systems
Link to article in the Houston Chronicle:

16) The Traffic Lights of Tomorrow Will Actively Manage Congestion
Link to blog on CityLab:

VEHICLES

17) Five Ways Cars Could Get Smarter About Safety
Link to AP article:

18) How Google's Autonomous Car Passed the First US State Self-Driving Test
Link to article in IEEE Spectrum:

19) Delphi Takes Back Seat in Autonomous Driving Debate
Link to article on WardsAuto:

20) Bluetooth Sensors Constantly Check Car Tire Pressure, Send Alerts
Link to article on CNET:

21) Foreign Accents Drive Smart Cars' Voice Technology Crazy
Link to Bloomberg article:

22) Transportation Policy Guru Robert Poole Voices Skepticism About Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technology
Link to blog in Roll Call:


News Releases


Upcoming Events
ITS Alaska Annual Meeting – September 30 – Anchorage, Alaska


Today in Transportation History    
1944 **70th anniversary** US Army troops cross the western border of Germany during World War II.

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