Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
March 18, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
I-95 Corridor Coalition Holding Significant Events Conference
Significant events –
planned or unplanned – are impacting all transportation agencies, and
coordination among neighboring jurisdictions is essential. To arm public
agencies and the private sector with tools and plans to best manage significant
events, the I-95 Corridor Coalition is conducting the conference “Significant
Events Coordination: Removing Barriers and Opening the Door for
Cross-Disciplinary Understanding and Coordination” on May 12-13 in
Linthicum, Maryland.
Conference details
(including the agenda, registration information, and sponsorship opportunities)
can be found on the I-95 Corridor Coalition’s home page at www.i95coalition.org.
AVIATION
1)
Airline World's Tiny Secret: Infatuation
with Model Planes
Link
to AP article:
2)
A Guidebook for Mitigating Disruptive
Wi-Fi Interference at Airports
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
SEPTA Unveils Talking Buses in Effort to
Keep Pedestrians Safe
Link
to story on WCAU-TV:
Link
to news release
CAMERAS
4)
Noida-Greater Noida Expressway First in
India to Use E-Challans to Enforce Speed Limits
Link
to article in The Times of India:
5)
In Red-Light Camera Debate in US,
Opponents Find Legal Technicalities
Link
to Reuters article:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6)
Texas DOT Refunding $1.7 Million in Toll
Road Overcharges
Link
to article in the San Marcos Mercury:
OTHER
7)
Bristol, England is Making a Smart City
for Actual Humans
Link
to article in Wired:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
8)
Several Emerging Services Are Betting
Technology Can Revive Carpooling
Link
to blog on CityLab:
TRANSIT
9)
Guiding the Blind Through London's
Subway with Estimote Beacons
Link
to article in Wired:
Link
to blog from the Royal London
Society for Blind People
10)
Keolis Motivates Boston-Area Commuter
Rail Employees with Buttons, Posters
Link
to story on WFXT-TV:
11)
New Los Angeles Metro Videos Aim to
Teach Public Transit Etiquette
Link
to commentary in the Los Angeles Times:
Link
to blog from Los Angeles County MTA
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12)
Prime Minister: Poles Will Have to Wait
for Traffic System on Motorways
Link
to article from Polish Press Agency:
VEHICLES
13)
Google Exec Wants Self-Driving Cars to
Be Standard Within Five Years
Link
to story on NBC News:
News Releases
4)
Sacramento Regional Transit District and
Operation Lifesaver Partner on Light Rail Safety Campaign
Upcoming Events
Lecture: Real-Time Transit Information-Enablers, Impacts and
Implications – March 19 – Burlington, Vermont
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