Friday, July 3, 2015

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Friday, July 3, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) RATTS Speeds Turnaround Time at London City Airport

Link to article in Airport World:

http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/5088-ratts-are-no-pests-at-london-city-airport.html

Link to further information

CAMERAS

2) Hamilton, Ontario Using Traffic Cameras to Manage Traffic for Pan Am Games

Link to story on CHCH-TV:

http://www.chch.com/hamilton-traffic-cameras/

MARITIME

3) New Monitoring Network for Scottish Ports

Link to article on MarineLink:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/monitoring-scottish394048.aspx

OTHER

4) NASCAR Tracks Asks Fans to Stop Flying Confederate Flags at Races

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/246784-nascar-tracks-ask-fans-to-stop-displaying-confederate-flags

5) How Data Can Solve Our Most Vexing Transportation Problems

Link to FiveThirtyEight's What's the Point podcast:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/podcast-how-data-can-solve-our-most-vexing-transportation-problems/  

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Big Georgia Road-Builder Opened Wallet to Back State's Transportation Bill

Link to article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

http://investigations.blog.ajc.com/2015/07/02/big-road-builder-opened-wallet-to-back-transportation-bill/

RAILROADS

7) Railroad Whistleblower Awarded $1.25 Million

Link to story on KIRO-TV:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/railroad-whistleblower-awarded-125-million/nmqzH/

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

8) UberPop Suspends Service in France After Protests

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/07/03/uberpop-france/29659193/

Link to article in Le Monde (in French)

9) Uber Lobbyists Take on EU Critics

Link to article on EurActiv:

http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/uber-lobbysists-take-european-critics-parliament-315928

10) San Diego Airport, Rideshare Companies Strike Deal in Time for Comic-Con

Link to story on KPBS Radio:

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/jul/02/san-diego-airport-rideshare-companies-strike-deal-/

TRANSIT

11) Leader of Pro-Israel Group Sues DC Metro Over Issue-Ad Ban Prompted by Muhammad Cartoon

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2015/07/02/leader-of-pro-israel-group-sues-metro-over-issue-ad-ban-prompted-by-muhammad-cartoon/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Beijing Launches Official Traffic Service WeChat Account

Link to story on China Radio International:

http://english.cri.cn/12394/2015/07/03/4082s885744.htm

VEHICLES

13) Panel: Self-Driving Cars Will Cost Cities

Link to article in The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/07/01/self-driving-cars-city-revenue/29598929/

News Releases

1) iHeartRadio and Virgin America Join Forces to Bring New Music Offerings Up in the Air

2) KLM New App Anticipates Customers' Individual Needs

3) easyJet Launches New iPhone App

Friday Bonus

The Fourth of July in the US is often marked with fireworks. Explosions of a different sort were used by Oregon DOT to get rid of some unwanted rock.

https://youtu.be/JJw6WNwX8Tk

Upcoming Events

Australasian Road Safety Conference – October 14-16 – Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia

http://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/

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