Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
January 27, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057
SBD Calls INRIX Off-Street Parking the 'Clear Winner' in
U.S. and Europe
INRIX announces
the results of an independent off-street parking benchmark study from SBD,
which found that ParkMe beat Parkopedia in data accuracy in five key cities in
the U.S. and Germany.
AVIATION
1)
Advocacy Groups Form Coalition to Oppose
US Air Traffic Control 'Privatization'
Link
to AINonline article
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Some Brightly-Colored Crosswalks in St.
Louis May Be Putting Pedestrians at Risk
Link
to KMOV-TV story
CAMERAS
3)
Ex-Chicago DOT Official Found Guilty in
Red-Light Camera Bribes Trial
Link
to WLS-TV story
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
Raleigh Pursuing $40 Million Grant to
Build 'Smarter' Transportation System
Link
to News & Observer article
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/raleigh-report-blog/article56719993.html
5)
Louisville Applying for USDOT's 'Smart
Cities Challenge'
Link
to Insider Louisville article
MARITIME
6)
Transition in the Shipping Industry:
Intelligent Ship's Bridges
Link
to VTT Impulse article
OTHER
7)
NASCAR Radio Announcer Barney Hall Dies
Link
to NASCAR article
8)
Articles from FHWA's Public Roads
-
Michigan Partnership Helps Local
Agencies Make Data-Driven Decisions on Road Safety
-
Civil Integrated Management Uses
Digital Technology to Improve Project Delivery and Asset Management
9)
WRC-TV Anchors Fooled by Virginia DOT
Spokesman Impersonator
Link
to DCist article
10)
Tools That Will Help You Dispute Pesky
Traffic and Parking Tickets
Link
to U.S. News & World Report article
RAILROADS
11)
SEPTA to Roll Out PTC System in February
Link
to Progressive Railroading article
Link
to further information
ROADWAYS
12)
America's Sudden U-Turn on Highway Fonts
– Clearview Out, Highway Gothic Back In
Link
to CityLab article
Link
to notice
13)
Uncertainty for Remote Control
Drawbridges in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Link
to Green Bay Gazette article
14)
Iowa DOT Asks Drivers for Ideas to
Improve I-80
Link
to Gazette article
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
15)
Vietnam Transport Ministry Pilots Use of
App-Based Taxi Firms
Link
to Viet Nam News article
TRANSIT
16)
New Transit App Allows Real-Time
Tracking of Pittsburgh-Area Buses
Link
to KDKA-TV story
17)
La Crosse, Wisconsin Bus System to
Launch Mobile App This Spring
Link
to La Crosse Tribune article
VEHICLES
18)
Pesky Software Updates Are Now Coming to
a Car Near You
Link
to Bloomberg article
19)
Wireless Cars Must Make Test Connection,
Says Keysight
Link
to Electronics Weekly article
20)
Former Florida Transportation
Commissioner Ananth Prasad on Self-Driving Vehicles
Link
to Comcast Newsmakers interview
News Releases
Job Posting
-
Senior Tolls Specialist – Traffic
Technologies, Inc. – New York, New York
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