Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
September 29, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
HERE and SBD demonstrate how ITS collaborations are changing in a
whitepaper published ahead of ITS Bordeaux 2015
Will Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) provide a revolutionary or evolutionary change in
the efficiency and safety of our road networks? Many would agree that ITS
collaboration has thus far been much harder than anticipated – and possibly harder
than necessary. This is about to change. Find out how the increasing maturity
of new technologies can help government and industry avoid the roadblocks of
the past and work together on successful ITS deployments.
AVIATION
1)
American Airlines Secretly Adds Free
Real-Time Bag Tracking
Link
to article from the Chicago Tribune:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Virginia Tech Crowdsources Pedestrian
Data
Link
to article in Collegiate Times:
CAMERAS
3)
North Carolina DOT Cameras Play Big Role
in Keeping Construction Projects on Time
Link
to story on WNCN-TV:
CARTOGRAPHY
4)
Google Maps: New Project Will Measure
Smog Neighborhood by Neighborhood
Link
to article in the Monterey Herald:
Link
to news release
GPS / NAVIGATION
5)
Coming Soon: An Open Database of Every
US Address
Link
to article on FedScoop:
OTHER
6)
Los Angeles CIO Ted Ross Talks Running a
Data-Driven City
Link
to article in Government Technology:
7)
Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator –
September 2015
Link
to newsletter:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
NHTSA: Fiat Chrysler Under-Reported
Number of Deaths
Link
to article in USA Today:
9)
Public Outreach, Coordination Plays
Critical Role During Light Rail Construction in Charlotte
Link
to article in ENR Southeast:
ROADWAYS
10)
Battelle Will Study I-71 Commute in Ohio
to Improve the Drive
Link
to story on WCMH-TV:
11)
California Freeway Signs to Issue
Hit-and-Run Alerts
Link
to story on Capital Public Radio:
SAFETY / SECURITY
12)
FCC Proposes Rule to Allow Railroad
Police to Access Public Safety Interoperability and Mutual Aid Channels
Link
to proposed rule:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
13)
Transportation Conference Being Held in
Buffalo on Coordinating During Storms
Link
to story on WGRZ-TV:
TRANSIT
14)
MBTA Unveils Simpler System for
Performance Statistics
Link
to article in The Boston Globe:
15)
How New Jersey Transit Used Pizza to Get
More People to the Beach this Summer
Link
to article in The Star-Ledger:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16)
Virginia DOT Fires Major Contractor of
Transportation Operations Centers for 'Failure to Deliver'
Link
to story on WAVY-TV:
17)
New Report: Rise of the Real-Time
Traveler
Link
to blog from AT&T:
VEHICLES
18)
CEO: GM to Tap Into Connectivity, Expand
Car Sharing Services
Link
to Reuters article:
19)
Big Auto Looks to Tech Companies to Fix
Cars Over the Air
Link
to Reuters article:
20)
Complex Car Software Becomes the Weak
Spot Under the Hood
Link
to article in The New York Times:
21)
Will California More Closely Scrutinize
Driverless Car Crashes?
Link
to article in FutureStructure:
News Releases
Job Postings
-
Executive Director – I-95 Corridor
Coalition
- Transportation Planner/Analyst 5 – Nevada DOT
– Carson, Minden, Gardnerville & Genoa, Nevada
Solicitation
-
Call for Abstracts – 15th
National 'Tools of the Trade' Conference on Transportation Planning for Small
and Medium-Sized Communities
Upcoming Events
Seminar: Modeling the
Effects of Drivers' Adaptive Behavior on System Safety – October 8 -
Minneapolis
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Transportation Communications Newsletter
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comments about the TCN? Please
write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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