Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
May 3, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057
INRIX Webinar Tomorrow - Last Chance to Register!
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)
Plane Tracking System at Sydney Airport
Failing Regularly
Link
to story on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's PM
2)
South Africa Signs 'Game-Changing'
Aviation Surveillance Agreement
Link
to Traveller24 article
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3)
See How GPS Tracking Device Helps Stop
Bike Thieves in Their Tracks
Link
to Inside Edition story
FREIGHT
4)
How UPS's Route Optimization System
Saves Fuel and Cuts Emissions
Link
to GreenBiz article
5)
Uber for Trucks: A Mobile Freight
Revolution?
Link
to Fleet Owner article
GPS / NAVIGATION
6)
Death by GPS: Why Do We Follow Digital
Maps into Dodgy Places?
Link
to Ars Technica article
MARITIME
7)
US House Bill Would Require DHS to
Report Cyberattack Threats to Congress
Link
to The Hill article
OTHER
8)
Moovit's Transit App Combines Uber with
Public Transport to Find the Best Route in 131 Cities
Link
to VentureBeat article
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9)
New Rhode Island DOT Signs at Project
Sites Will Track Progress for Taxpayers
Link
to WPRI-TV story
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
Tracking, Alert Buttons, CCTV to Be
Required on Indian Public Transport Vehicles
Link
to Times of India article
TELEMATICS
11)
BMW Introduces SOS Call System for
Motorcyclists
Link
to The Verge article
Link
to news release
12)
Life as the OnStar Voice: Arranging Tow
Trucks and Delivering Babies
Link
to article in The Atlantic
Link
to interview on Bobby Likis Car
Clinic
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
13)
Traffic Police Nepal App Launched
Link
to Republica article
TRANSIT
14)
South Florida Regional Transportation
Authority Launches Tri-Rail Train-Tracking App
Link
to Railway Age article
Link
to additional information
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15)
Massachusetts DOT Launches First of
Statewide Network of Signs with Real-Time Traffic Information
Link
to Boston Globe article
VEHICLES
16)
This is What the Streets of London Look
Like to a Driverless Car
Link
to ZDNet article
17)
Google Inks Driverless Car Pact with
Fiat Chrysler
Link
to Investor's Business Daily article
News Releases
1)
Michigan's Wayne County Airport Authority Names Brian Lassaline as New
Director of Public Affairs
Solicitation
-
Entries Sought – 2017 Traffic
Control Device Challenge – ATSSA, TRB
Upcoming Events
ALK Transportation
Technology Summit – May 23-24 – Philadelphia
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