Thursday, April 7, 2016

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Thursday, April 7, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) German Authorities Struggle to Reel In Errant Drones

Link to Deutsche Welle story

http://www.dw.com/en/german-authorities-struggle-to-reel-in-errant-drones/a-19172228

CAMERAS

2) St. Helena, California Police Will Photograph Traffic in Crime-Fighting Pilot

Link to Napa Valley Register article

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/st-helena-police-will-photograph-highway-traffic/article_0ea85d63-5c81-52f7-83d2-c0af6980eb80.html

3) Researcher Launches Website That Gives 'All Seeing Eye' on London Traffic

Link to Evening Standard article

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/researcher-launches-website-that-gives-all-seeing-eye-on-london-traffic-a3220436.html

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

4) IEEE ITS Society Newsletter – April 2016

Link to newsletter

http://sites.ieee.org/itss/files/2016/04/V18N2April2016.pdf

OTHER

5) 'Netflix-Like' City Transport App Could Mean People Buy Fewer Cars

Link to EurActiv article

http://www.euractiv.com/section/innovation-industry/news/netflix-like-city-transport-app-could-mean-people-buy-less-cars/

6) The Transport Artist Who Paints Your Daily Commute

Link to Manchester Evening News article

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/transport-artist-who-spends-up-11145850

Link to more information

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Grieving Mom Fights to Prevent Traffic Deaths After Daughter is Fatally Struck by Bus

Link to People article

http://www.people.com/article/judy-kottick-changes-traffic-laws-daugther-struck-nyc-bus

RAILROADS

8) Feds Had Advised Amtrak to Install Safety Backup Systems

Link to Philadelphia Inquirer article

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160407_Feds_had_advised_Amtrak_to_install_safety_backup_systems.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Singapore Government to Use ERP Data to Fight Terrorism

Link to AsiaOne article

http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/government-use-erp-data-fight-terrorism

10) Vermont Launches New Traffic Fatality Message Boards

Link to WCAX-TV story

http://www.wcax.com/story/31656048/vermont-launches-new-traffic-fatality-message-boards

11) New York Bill Would OK 'Textalyzer' for Cops to Peg Distracted Drivers

Link to Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch article

http://patch.com/new-york/chappaqua/ny-bill-would-ok-textalyzer-cops-peg-distracted-drivers

TRANSIT

12) San Francisco Muni Plans 25¢ Surcharge for Riders Paying Cash

Link to San Francisco Chronicle article

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Muni-plans-25-cent-surcharge-for-riders-paying-7230625.php

13) New York State Audit Questions How MTA Measures Subway Wait Times

Link to Transit Wire article

http://www.thetransitwire.com/2016/04/07/state-audit-questions-how-mta-measures-subway-wait-times

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) New I-66 Technology Helping Some Virginia Drivers, But Not Daily Commuters

Link to WTOP Radio story

http://wtop.com/sprawl-crawl/2016/04/new-66-technology-helping-drivers-not-daily-commuters/

15) Getting Up-to-the-Minute Masters Traffic Information Via Social Media

Link to WJBF-TV story

http://wjbf.com/2016/04/06/getting-up-to-the-minute-masters-traffic-information-via-social-media/

VEHICLES

16) Convoy of Self-Driving Trucks Completes First European Cross-Border Trip

Link to AFP article

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/07/convoy-self-driving-trucks-completes-first-european-cross-border-trip

17) Volvo Wants to Put Civilians in Autonomous Vehicles on Public Chinese Roads

Link to CNET article

http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/volvo-civilians-in-autonomous-vehicles-on-chinese-roads/

18) Google Expanding Self-Driving Vehicle Testing to Phoenix Area

Link to Reuters article

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-selfdriving-arizona-idUSKCN0X40KF

News Releases

1) GEWI Newsletter: The Spring ITS Conference Issue – March/April 2016

2) Denmark Makes Maritime Data Publicly Available

3) BLIP Systems Recruits Award-Winning Data Expert Benjamin Bjerre Krog

4) Vehicle Sensor Crowdsourcing to Transform the Digital Map Ecosystem in Preparation for the Driverless Era

5) Cellcontrol Teams with TomTom to Reduce Distracted Driving in Fleets

6) Pennsylvania DOT Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Proposals Until April 30

7) Massachusetts DOT and SES America Building Largest Travel-Time Network in US

8) Gogo Publishes First Aviation Book on IoT

9) Virginia DOT Uses Humor to Encourage Pothole Reporting

Solicitation

 -  Nominations Sought – South Dakota Transportation Hall of Fame – South Dakota DOT

http://www.sddot.com/HallOfHonorNomForm.docx

Upcoming Events

American Association of Airport Executives Conference & Exposition – May 15-18 – Houston

http://www.aaae.org/annual

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