Transportation Communications
Newsletter
Tuesday,
May 5, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
Announcement: Introducing INRIX Insights™, a Breakthrough in
Population Movement Analytics
Today INRIX introduces
the first data and analytics product to tap into big data from the connected
car. Through unique analysis into the movement of people, vehicles and
commerce, INRIX Insights™ enables transportation agencies to gain insight from
the connected car for use in urban planning, including OD trip records and
volume counts by day of week and side of road.
AVIATION
1)
NTSB Issues Safety Recommendations on
Wrong Airport Landings
Link
to article in Forbes:
2)
How the Orlando Airport Went Fully
Wireless
Link
to article in Network World:
3)
In-Flight Magazines Go Literary
Link
to article in The New York Times:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4)
Some Suburban Minnesota Crosswalks
Disappearing Due to ADA Requirements and Costs
Link
to story on KARE-TV:
5)
Bike-Bump Form Helps Cyclists Plan
Caltrain Trips; Feeds Transit Agency Useful Data
Link
to story on KCBS Radio:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6)
ITS America Annual Meeting Preview News
Link
to update:
OTHER
7)
Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator –
May 2015
Link
to newsletter:
ROADWAYS
8)
How Smart Traffic Lights Could Transform
Your Commute
Link
to article in Time:
9)
Life-Saving Tech to Prevent Wrong-Way
Crashes Slow to Arrive in North Texas
Link
to story on KXAS-TV:
10)
Highways England Says Electronic Signs
Will Only Be Used for Big Incidents
Link
to article in the North-West Evening Mail:
11)
Federal Act Endangers Giant Times Square
Billboards
Link
to article in The Real Deal:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
US Lawmakers Push Distracted Driving
Prevention
Link
to article in The Hill:
TRANSIT
13)
Partnership Aimed at Helping Visually
Impaired Access Mass Transit
Link
to article in the Wichita Business
Journal:
14)
Has Freedom of Speech Run Its Course
with the New York MTA?
Link
to WNYC Radio's The Brian Lehrer Show:
15)
Is New York Quietly Changing Its Subway
Station Lettering?
Link
to blog on CityLab:
16)
Hold Your iPhone Up and It Points the
Way to a Bus Stop
Link
to blog on PSFK:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
Teens in the Driver Seat
Summit – May 17-19 – San Antonio, Texas
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Transportation Communications Newsletter
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write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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