Friday, June 24, 2016

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Friday, June 24, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Btrfly App Helps You Find Love with Other Lonely Travelers at the Airport

Link to Daily Mail article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3656000/The-Tinder-airports-Btrfly-app-helps-love-lonely-travellers-terminal.html

Link to Btrfly

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Untangling Paris' Chaotic Metro Map

Link to CityLab article

http://www.citylab.com/design/2016/06/untangling-pariss-chaotic-metro-map/488171/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Kansas Turnpike Authority Offers to Help Kansans with Out-of-State Toll-Billing Errors

Link to KMBC-TV story

http://www.kmbc.com/9-can-help/kta-offers-to-help-kansans-with-outofstate-tollbilling-errors/40191898

Link to news release

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) UN Aviation Agency Voices 'Grave Concerns' Over North Korea GPS Jamming

Link to Yonhap article

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/northkorea/2016/06/23/0401000000AEN20160623008951315.html

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Seoul Launches Campaign to Keep Smartphone Users Safe

Link to AFP article

http://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2016/06/24/heads-up-seoul-launches-campaign-to-keep-smartphone-users-safe/

TRANSIT

6) Web Page, Smartphone App Help New York Subway Riders Fight Back at Groping, Grinding, Lewd Acts

Link to AP article

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20160623_ap_d31095899ed54878a67cc772f0e9aa27.html

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Shanghai Carries Out Campaign on Traffic Management

Link to CCTV story

http://english.cctv.com/2016/06/24/VIDEJXxLUdIge8j2mF8oFo0E160624.shtml

8) North Carolina DOT Inks $4 Million Partnership to Implement Real-Time Traffic Tracker

Link to Triangle Business Journal article

http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/techflash/2016/06/ncdot-inks-4m-partnership-to-implement-realtime.html

VEHICLES

9) First-Ever Driverless Vehicle Test Rolls Down Michigan Interstate

Link to Flint Journal article

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2016/06/first-ever_driverless_vehicle.html

Link to Michigan DOT news release

News Releases

1) Atkins to Help Colorado DOT Redefine Safety and Mobility in State's Transportation System

2) Los Angeles County Metro Provides Online Interactive Budget Tool

3) USDOT, NASA Launch New NextGen Aviation Test Lab at Charlotte Douglas Airport

4) Munich Airport CEO Receives SignsAward for Visionary Communication Efforts) European Space Agency Testing Potential to Extend Satnav Augmentation to Far North

5) AASHTO Video Celebrates the 60^th Anniversary of America's Interstate Highway System

Job Posting

 -  Connected and Automated Vehicle Program Manager – Virginia DOT – Richmond, Virginia

https://jobs.agencies.virginia.gov/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=1119282

Friday Bonus

In last week's Friday Bonus I talked about one of my favorite bridges, a pedestrian-only drawbridge in Maine. That prompted Charlie Wallace to share one of the more unusual bridges he's seen. It's also a pedestrian bridge that opens for river traffic. What makes the Gateshead Millennium Bridge in the UK unique is how it opens. It tilts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge

Video of bridge tilting

https://youtu.be/oJFqK20ISp8

Solicitations

 -  Public Consultation – European Union C-ITS Initiative

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/its/consultations/2016-c-its-initiative_en.htm

 -  Nominees Sought – Transportation Vanguard Award - AASHTO

http://mmsd.transportation.org/pdf/awards/transportation%20vanguard%20award%20writeup%202016%20final.pdf

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Understanding the Connected Car (from a Radio Perspective) – June 28

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7688636697450024194

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