Friday, January 30, 2015

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Friday, January 30, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) FAA Produces Video Reminding Fans Super Bowl is a 'No Drone Zone'

Link to story on WXIX-TV:

http://www.fox19.com/story/27973239/trending-now-faa-video-says-super-bowl-is-a-no-drone-zone

2) Airport Renamed Pensacola Intergalactic for Pensacon Convention

Link to article in the Pensacola News Journal:

http://www.pnj.com/story/entertainment/events/pensacon/2015/01/29/pensacon-make-announcement-airport/22525661/

Link to news release

3) The Latest In-Flight Entertainment: Virtual Reality Headsets

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/01/29/the-latest-in-flight-entertainment-virtual-reality-headsets/22537205/

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) Wyoming Bill Would Require Neon Clothes, Government ID for Cyclists

Link to article in the Jackson Hole Daily:

http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/jackson_hole_daily/local/bill-would-require-neon-clothes-government-id-for-cyclists/article_d53b9712-2e93-517d-9e33-8f13d693ba21.html

Link to bill

CAMERAS

5) Chicago's Mayor Open to Countdowns for Red-Light Camera Intersections

Link to article from the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.govtech.com/local/Chicagos-Mayor-Open-to-Countdowns-for-Red-Light-Camera-Intersections-.html

6) Crews Install 300 Traffic Cameras Across Windsor, Ontario

Link to story on CTV News Windsor:

http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/crews-install-300-traffic-cameras-across-windsor-1.2212283

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

7) Is India Ready for Narendra Modi's 'Smart Cities'?

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2015/01/30/is-india-ready-for-smart-cities/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Michigan RTA Hires Consultant to Sell 2016 Ballot Issue

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2015/01/29/consultant-hired-regional-transit-authority/22553215/ 

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) NHTSA Seeks Takata Whistleblowers

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/30/us-autos-takata-regulator-idUSKBN0L22HC20150130

10) Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency Advocates Installation of High-Tech Speed-Monitoring Gadgets

Link to article in This Day:

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nema-advocates-installation-of-hi-tech-speed-monitoring-gadgets/200499/

11) Rubber Manufacturers Association Uses 'Deflategate' to Call Attention to Tires

Link to article in Rubber & Plastics News:

http://www.rubbernews.com/article/20150130/NEWS/150129930/rma-also-uses-deflategate-to-call-attention-to-tires

Link to news release

12) European Commission Road Safety Newsletter – January 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/pdf/news/nl17_en.pdf

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) The Responder – January 2015

Link to newsletter from The TIM Network:

http://timnetwork.org/2015/01/the-responder-january-2015/

TRANSIT

14) 4G Wireless Coming to Chicago Subways Later this Year

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cta-subways-4g-met-0130-20150129-story.html

Link to news release

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) How OpenSignal Uses Millions of Smartphones to Create a Giant Social Laboratory

Link to article on VentureBeat:

http://venturebeat.com/2015/01/30/how-opensignal-uses-millions-of-smartphones-to-create-a-giant-social-laboratory/

Link to report

16) National Operations Center of Excellence Newsletter – January 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e32558fa517687722df0c403f&id=ed162bde6c&e=7410a88ced

WEATHER

17) Spire Plans to Use Tiny Satellites for More Accurate Weather Forecasts

Link to article on Gizmag:

http://www.gizmag.com/spire-cubesat-weather-forecasting/35838/

Link to news release

News Releases

1) NOAA Satellites Helped in the Rescue of 240 People Last Year

2) Bosch Completes Acquisition of ZF Lenksysteme

3) Antelope Valley Transit Authority Now Offering Real-Time Bus Location Information

4) TomTom Launches New Map Input Tracker

5) TomTom Enhances Its Maps Worldwide

Job Postings

 -  Director, Media Relations & Business Communications – Amtrak – Washington, DC

http://jobs.amtrak.com/job/Washington-Director%2C-Media-Relations-&-Bus-Comms-90181674-Washington-DC-20002/244675900/

Friday Bonus

If you really want to show how much of a transportation geek you are, impress your friends with this list of the 51 longest highways in US.

http://experience.usatoday.com/america/story/best-of-lists/2014/10/20/51-longest-highways-interstates-america/17631071/

Solicitation

 - Presolicitation Notice – Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployments: Phase 1-Concept Development – FHWA

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4bb6693ac3021c178595d83fab3b5d73

Upcoming Events

ITS Summit Singapore – February 12-13 – Singapore

https://www.regonline.sg/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1660375

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