Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
December 8, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
President of Columbia Opens Bogota's New
ATC Tower and Management Control Center
Link
to Airport World article
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Bikers in Aarhus, Denmark Use RFID Tags
to Trigger Traffic Lights
Link
to Smithsonian article
Link
to further information
3)
How Colleges Are Stepping Up Campus
Walkability
Link
to CityLab article
Link
to news release
CARTOGRAPHY
4)
Audi, BMW and Daimler Present Their
Vision as New Owners of Here
Link
to CNET article
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5)
Illinois DOT Considering Managed Lanes
on I-55
Link
to Daily Herald article
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
GLONASS Undergoing Final Tests in
Russian Defense Ministry
Link
to TASS article
PARKING
7)
LG Uplus to Test Smart Parking System in
South Korea
Link
to Korea Herald article
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
State Police in Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio Launch New 'Eyes on 94' Campaign to Prevent Commercial Vehicle Crashes
Link
to WXYZ-TV story
Link
to news release
RAILROADS
9)
Dutch Professor Writing Book on RFK
Funeral Train
Link
to Transportation Radio story
ROADWAYS
10)
UK and China to Monitor Bridge Movement
from Space
Link
to Global Construction Review article
Link
to further information on GeoSHM
SAFETY / SECURITY
11)
Crash-Avoidance Technology Added to
NHTSA's 5-Star Safety Ratings
Link
to Bloomberg article
Link
to news release from NHTSA
12)
More People Are Surfing the Web Behind
the Wheel
Link
to NBC Today story
13)
Study: In-Vehicle Tech Can Keep Older
Drivers Behind Wheel Safely, Longer
Link
to WTOP Radio story
Link
to news release
TRANSIT
14)
Most Australian Transport Networks Ill
Prepared for Smartcard Replacements
Link
to news.au.com article
15) Los Angeles Public Transit Woos
Seniors as Baby Boomers Go Gray
Link to KPCC Radio story
16)
Over 50,000 Petition Against Expensive
Dutch Public Transit Cards
Link
to NL Times article
17)
Local Bus of the Future Rolls Into
Minnesota's Metro Transit
Link
to Star Tribune article
18)
A Volunteer Army Forms to Assist MARTA
Link
to Atlanta Journal-Constitution commentary
Link
to further
information on MARTA Army
19)
Transit Wi-Fi Transforms the Daily
Commute
Link
to Samsung blog
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
Traffic Police in Thane, India Launch Traffic
Information Site
Link
to The Hindu article
Link
to site
News Releases
1)
Swift Navigation Raises $11 Million for Next
Generation High-Accuracy GPS for Autonomous Vehicles
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