Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
May 17, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057
GPS / NAVIGATION
1)
US Senate Kills GPS Ground Control
System Funding Due to Cost Overruns
Link
to Inside GNSS article
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
2)
Portland, Oregon Shows Off
Transportation Technology in Bid for $50 Million Grant
Link
to Oregonian article
3)
Columbus, Ohio Business and Civic
Leaders Pitch City for Smart City Challenge
Link
to Columbus Business First article
4)
Cyprus Transport Minister Addresses
Intelligent Transport Conference
Link
to Cypress Weekly article
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
South Carolina DOT Creates 'Performance
Dashboard' to Connect Public to Key Goals
Link
to WBTW-TV story
Link
to news release
RAILROADS
6)
NTSB: Amtrak Engineer, Distracted by
Radio Talk, Lost Awareness of Curve
Link
to Philadelphia Inquirer article
Link
to news release
ROADWAYS
7)
Articles from May 2016 Issue of Catalyst
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
8)
Google's Waze Takes Aim at Hellish
Silicon Valley Traffic
Link
to SiliconBeat article
TRANSIT
9)
No Debit Card? No Problem, with DART's
New Fare System
Link
to Dallas Morning News article
10)
Tiffany Chu: The Designer Transforming
Transit Planning Through Tech
Link
to Curbed article
11)
Israeli App Moovit to Guide
Olympics-Goers Through Rio Streets
Link
to Jewish Telegraphic Agency article
12)
How 'Gamification' Can Make Transport
Systems and Choices Work Better for Us
Link
to commentary in The Age
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
13)
Seattle Plans to Reduce Gridlock with
Traffic Lights that Adapt to Changing Conditions
Link
to GeekWire article
Link
to news release
VEHICLES
14)
Detroit's Automakers, Sensing a Threat,
Embrace Mobility
Link
to AP article
15)
Self-Driving Cars Might Cut Costs But
Make Traffic Worse, Researchers Say
Link
to AP article
16)
Google Veterans Head Off on Their Own to
Work on Self-Driving Trucks
Link
to The Verge article
17)
The Role of a Software Platform in
Automated Driving Systems
Link
to ECN article
News Releases
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