Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
December 16, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT
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AVIATION
1)
EU Adopts New Rules to Better Track
Aircraft in Distress
Link
to EurActiv article
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/transport/eu-adopts-new-rules-better-track-aircraft-distress-320516
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
This Navigation App is Designed for
Pedestrians, Not Drivers
Link
to Fast Company article
CAMERAS
3)
ACLU: Massachusetts DOT Drones OK, if
Regulated
Link
to Boston Herald article
4)
DC Plans to Add More Traffic-Enforcement
Cameras
Link
to Washington Post article
Link
to news release
CARTOGRAPHY
5)
Google Steers Waze Out of Copyright
Claims for Now
Link
to Recorder article
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
6)
Washington State DOT Fixes Billing
Glitch for 'Good To Go' Toll System
Link
to Bellevue Reporter article
MARITIME
7)
Port of Houston Mobile Command Post
Gains Approval
Link
to Houston Chronicle article
Link
to news release
8)
Hitachi to Move Myanmar Ports from Paper
to Pixels by 2017
Link
to Myanmar Times article
OTHER
9)
US Independent Truck Driver Group Sues
FMCSA Over Electronic Logging Mandate
Link
to Transport Topics article
Link
to news release
10)
Digital Strategies Allow Government
Traffic Sign Shops to Do More with Less
Link
to American City & County blog
11)
CTS Catalyst – December 2015
Link
to newsletter
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
12)
Port of Olympia Commission Expands Video
Coverage of Its Meetings
Link
to Olympian article
13)
Tennessee to Spend Millions on New DUI
Campaign After Controversy
Link
to Tennessean article
RAILROADS
14)
Class I Railroad CEOs Talk About
Positive Train Control
Link
to Progressive Railroading article
ROADWAYS
15)
Texas Atheists' Adopt-A-Highway Signs
Vandalized
Link
to Houston Chronicle article
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
16)
London Gets Uber-Style App for
Zero-Emissions eConnect Journeys
Link
to Traffic Technology Today article
TRANSIT
17)
How Edmonton Transit is Using Smart
Buses to Respond to Delays and Emergencies
Link
to Edmonton Journal article
18)
Twin Cities Metro Transit to Review
Safety, Educate Public
Link
to Finance & Commerce article
19)
Bangaluru Bets on Technology-Led Buses
Link
to Economic Times article
20) Apple Maps Now Includes Transit
Information for Los Angeles
Link to Los Angeles Times article
21)
Making FTA WMATA Safety Oversight
Transparent
Link
to USDOT's Fast Lane blog
VEHICLES
22)
Ford to Test Self-Driving Cars on
California Roads
Link
to USA Today article
Link
to news release
23)
Google to Make Driverless Cars an
Alphabet Company in 2016
Link
to Bloomberg Business article
24)
March Workshop Will Look at Role of
Digital Radio in Connected Vehicles
Link
to automotiveIT international article
News Releases
Solicitations
-
Call for Abstracts – Western
States Rural Transportation Technology Implementers Forum
-
Call for Reviewers – 23rd
World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2016
Upcoming Events
Eno Center for
Transportation TRB Reception – January 11 – Washington, DC
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Transportation Communications Newsletter
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write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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