Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
April 28, 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)
Crowdsourcing in the Aviation Industry
Link
to APEX article
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2) Kenya One of the Most Dangerous Places for a
Pedestrian – Better Data Could Change That
Link to Quartz article
3)
Bikesharing Scheme Launched in Oxford,
UK to Borrow Bikes Via Smartphones
Link
to Oxford Times article
Link
to additional
information
CAMERAS
4)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Nears
Completion on Installation of 800+ Surveillance Cameras
Link
to Sun News article
GPS / NAVIGATION
5)
India Gets Its Own GPS After Successful
Launch of Seventh Navigation Satellite
Link
to Mashable article
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6) Canadian Transport Minister Calls for 'Smart'
Transport System
Link to Canadian Press article
Link
to speaking notes
7)
National Cable & Telecommunications
Association Seeks Obama Action on 5.9 GHz Spectrum
Link
to Broadcasting & Cable article
OTHER
8)
The Secret Signals That Rule Our
Transport Networks
Link
to BBC Future story
9)
Volpe Bulletin – April 28
Link
to update
ROADWAYS
10)
Massachusetts DOT Puts Brakes on Plan to
Renumber Route 6 Exit Signs
Link
to Cape Cod Times article
11)
Technology Key in Solving Faulty Traffic
Signals in Johannesburg
Link
to Roodepoort Record article
TRANSIT
12)
Minnesota's Metro Transit Installs 'Wig
Wag' Headlights Hoping to Improve Light-Rail Safety
Link
to KSTP-TV story
http://kstp.com/traffic/metro-transit-installs-wig-wag-lights-hoping-to-improve-rail-safety/4119477/
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Technology is Changing How We Move – and
Traffic Too
Link
to WBUR Radio story
VEHICLES
14)
Self-Driving Car Advocates Say Feds
Should Set Rules
Link
to USA Today article
15)
Rise of Robot Cars Forcing Detroit to
Ally with Tech Interlopers
Link
to Bloomberg article
16)
Demand for 'Connected Cars' In World's
Youngest Car Market of China Sees Automakers, Internet Giants Link Up
Link
to AFP article
17)
Pennsylvania DOT Looking at Challenges
of Self-Driving Technology
Link
to Patriot-News article
18)
Why Automaker Cheating Threatens the
Self-Driving Car
Link
to ExtremeTech blog
News Releases
Upcoming Events
ITS Virginia Annual
Conference & Exposition – May 19-20 – Richmond, Virginia
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