Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
April 29, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057
Join INRIX Webinar: Smart Parking Solutions Offering Significant
Benefits to Cities
Wednesday, May 4th
10:30am
PDT, 1:30pm EDT
In this webinar, learn
how INRIX can help guide municipalities along a path to becoming a Smart City
for Parking. Here are some of the questions that the expert presenters will
address:
• What are some of the common challenges for cities with regards to parking?
• What are the core capabilities that determine how effective a city is in managing its parking assets?
• How can INRIX help cities with parking?
• What are some of the common challenges for cities with regards to parking?
• What are the core capabilities that determine how effective a city is in managing its parking assets?
• How can INRIX help cities with parking?
AVIATION
1)
Interview with SESAR Deployment Manager
Freek de Witte
Link
to International Airport Review article
2)
Sending Off Aspen's 'Bubbly' Airport
People-Person
Link
to Aspen Times article
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
At Dangerous Intersections, This
Technology Warns Drivers a Bike is Coming
Link
to Fast Company article
Link
to additional information on BikeScout
CAMERAS
4)
BART to Craft Policy on New
License-Plate Tracking Cameras in Parking Lots
Link
to San Francisco Examiner article
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5)
Singapore Wants to Use Satellites to
Collect Drivers' Tolls. Will the US Follow?
Link
to Future Tense blog
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
Timing Matters – GPS and the Stock
Exchange Tell Us Why
Link
to USDOT's Fast Lane blog
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
7)
Smart Transportation Caucus Established
in US House
Link
to The Hill article
Link
to news release
8)
Nepal Planning Intelligent Traffic
System
Link
to Himalayan Times article
9)
ITS Australia Newsletter – April 2016
Link
to newsletter
MARITIME
10)
Uber Turns Its Hand to Yacht Rides with
UberYACHT
Link
to CNN story
11)
Drones to Monitor Ghana Ports
Link
to GhanaWeb article
OTHER
12)
Google Testing Trips App to Make Your
Next Vacation Even Better
Link
to TechnoBuffalo
13)
New Data Sets Available in the Research
Data Exchange
Link
to further information from USDOT's ITS Joint Program Office
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
14)
TSA Takes Over Five Years to Respond to
TV Station's FOIA Request
Link
to KREM-TV story
15)
DC TV Station Complains Metro GM Won't
Interrupt His Schedule to Come on Morning Show
Link
to Washingtonian commentary
SAFETY / SECURITY
16)
Michigan Bills Aim to Make Hacking
Electronic Vehicle Systems a Felony
Link
to Crain's Detroit Business article
TELEMATICS
17)
The Next Big Thing for Connected Cars:
Apps Drivers Actually Use
Link
to PC Magazine article
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
18)
The Responder – April 2016
Link
to TIM Network update
TRANSIT
19)
Central Ohio Transit Authority Riders
Can Track Buses in Real Time Starting Next Week
Link
to Columbus Dispatch article
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
As Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct Closes,
Local Tech Companies Want to Keep Drivers Moving with Apps and More
Link
to GeekWire article
21)
Wellington's Smart Motorway Means
Relaxing and Letting Go of Road Control
Link
to Dominion Post article
VEHICLES
22)
Automakers, Tech Experts Meet at
Stanford to Discuss Future of Self-Driving Cars
Link
to KCBS Radio story
23)
Google and Fiat Chrysler Near Deal on
Self-Driving Vehicles
Link
to Computerworld article
24)
How Google is Shaping the Rules of the
Driverless Road
Link
to Reuters article
25)
Panasonic Working on Human Interaction
with Autonomous Cars
Link
to Ars Technica article
26)
IEEE Publishes New Standard that
Supports Connected Vehicle Deployment
Link
to further information from USDOT's ITS Joint Program Office
News Release
Friday Bonus
As some of you know, my
start in transportation communications was being a traffic reporter. I still do
that one day a week and here's a look at what it's like delivering a traffic
report on 1010 WINS in New York City.
Solicitation
-
Call for Entries – Communications
Skills Awards – AASHTO Subcommittee on Transportation Communications
Upcoming Events
Connected Autonomy in
Smart Cities: ITS Summit 2016 – Brisbane – May 23-24
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