Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
October 21, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT
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AVIATION
1)
EU Aviation Safety Body to Set Up
Pilots' Medical Database by End of 2016
Link
to Reuters article:
Link
to news release
2)
Free Wi-Fi Now Offered to Travelers at a
Dozen Airports Across Spain
Link
to article on The Local:
3)
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
Unveils New Communication Technology for Pilots, Controllers
Link
to article in the Daily Trust:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4)
This Smart Pavement in UK is Giving
Pedestrians Access to Free Wi-Fi
Link
to article on Science Alert:
5)
High-Tech Bicycle Used to Evaluate
Seattle Bike Trails
Link
to blog on CityLab:
CAMERAS
6)
St. Louis to Refund Red-Light Camera
Tickets, But Plans to Reinstate Program
Link
to article in the St. Louis Business
Journal:
Link
to news release
CARTOGRAPHY
7)
MapQuest App Now Compares Multiple
Methods of Transportation to Your Destination
Link
to article on iClarified:
8)
How Self-Driving Cars Will Be the
Mapmakers of Our Future Cities
Link
to article on CNET:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
9)
Kansas Moving Toward Open-Road Tolling
Link
to article in the Salina Journal:
OTHER
10)
Survey Shows a Third of People Would
Choose Smartphone Over Car
Link
to article in Computerworld:
11)
California Integrated Corridor
Management Project Uses Technology to Compare Transport Modes
Link
to blog on Next City:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
12)
Using the Un-Dead to Save the Living:
Driving Dead Series Hits Its Target
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
13)
The Big Three: Facebook, Twitter and
Video are DOTs' Preferred Social Places
Link
to Talking Transportation blog:
RAILROADS
14)
Senator Thune: Lawmakers in Deal on
Extending PTC Deadline
Link
to Reuters article:
SAFETY / SECURITY
15)
Truck Companies Press for Automatic
Brakes in Cars and Trucks
Link
to article in The Hill:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
16)
London's Cabbies Say 'The Knowledge' Is
Better Than Uber and a GPS
Link
to article on NPR's Parallels:
TELEMATICS
17)
Telematics Will Change Trucks and
Trucking
Link
to article in Fleet Owner:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
18)
Colorado DOT Admits Human Error After
Monster Traffic Jam
Link
to story on KUSA-TV:
TRANSIT
19)
Oxfordshire County Council Considering
Turning Off 'Next Bus' Signs to Save Money
Link
to article in The Herald:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
An Open Data Platform for Improving
Toronto Transportation
Link
to article from the University of Toronto:
VEHICLES
21)
Driverless Cars Will 'Transform'
Transport Planning, Says New South Wales Transport Minister
Link
to article in the Financial Review:
22)
Sony Looks to Get Image Sensors to New
Cars
Link
to article in USA Today:
23)
Biometric Car Seats Explained
Link
to video on CNET:
News Releases
Solicitation
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