Thursday, March 24, 2016

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Thursday, March 24, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

1) California's Hiking Trails Just Got Safer Thanks to a Crowdsourced App

Link to CityLab article

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2016/03/caliparks-app-safer-hiking-trails-california/475047/

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

2) How Big Data is Driving More Intelligent Transport

Link to Computing article

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2452328/how-big-data-is-driving-more-intelligent-transport

PARKING

3) Los Angeles City Council Considers Parking App

Link to My News LA article

http://mynewsla.com/government/2016/03/23/la-city-council-considers-parking-app/

ROADWAYS

4) UK First: Motorway Signs to Help Drivers Find Cheapest Fuel

Link to Daily Express article

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/655368/Motorway-signs-being-introduced-to-help-drivers-find-CHEAP-FUEL

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Waving Goodbye to Flaggers – Exploring Alternative Traffic Control Devices

Link to Transportation Tomorrow video

http://transportationtomorrow.com/2016/03/waving-goodbye-flaggers-exploring-alternative-traffic-control-devices/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) EU Donates Electronic Traffic Signs to Beirut

Link to Daily Star article

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Mar-24/343821-beirut-electronic-traffic-signs-up-and-running.ashx

News Releases

1) MTC Hackathon Eyes New Ideas for Meeting Bay Area Mobility Challenges

2) Ericsson Teams with MIT Students on Autonomous Car Innovation

3) California DOT Charters New Innovation Group

Solicitation

 -  Request for Bids – Razorback Greenway Wayfinding Signage – Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission

http://www.nwarpc.org/pdf/Transportation/Public%20Notices/Legal%20Notice-Wayfinding%203-21-2016.pdf

Upcoming Events

Webinar: iCITE Data Aggregator DA-300: A New Intersection of Data and Monitoring – March 29

http://bit.ly/1QLUisB

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