Friday, July 8, 2016

Friday, July 8, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 8, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) New FAA Policy Helps Modernize General Aviation Airplanes and Helicopters
Link to Vertical article

2) Gun Advertisements at South Carolina Airport Upset Some Travelers
Link to The State article

3) Keeping One Step Ahead of the Game with Airport Weather Forecasting
Link to Airport Technology article

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) Feds Spending $3 Million to Create National Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
Link to Washington Free Beacon article

CAMERAS

5) Tennessee Attorney General Weighs In on Traffic Cameras
Link to WBBJ-TV story

6) Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Toledo's Use of Traffic Cameras
Link to Blade article

CARTOGRAPHY

7) Why Apple's Transit Maps Are Rolling Out So Slowly
Link to AppleInsider article

OTHER

8) How the Media Screwed Up the Fatal Tesla Accident
Link to Vanity Fair commentary

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) San Antonio Man Uses Lightsaber to Bring Awareness to Pedestrian Safety
Link to KABB-TV story

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Meet Liberty, the Uber-Like Service Built for Rural America
Link to Silicon Prairie News article

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Facebook Group Lets Drivers Crowdsource Montreal's Mercier Bridge Traffic Updates
Link to CBC News story

12) How Ulytic Solves Urban Traffic Problems in Real Time
Link to Silicon Prairie News article

VEHICLES

13) German Transport Ministry Denies Investigating Tesla Over Software Updates
Link to Reuters article


News Releases


Friday Bonus
No matter which way you turn you're on Algonquin Drive.
Usually street signs have at least two different names on them, but this sign in my hometown of Cranford, New Jersey is unusual in that it has the same street name on all four sides.


Solicitation
 -  Responses Sought – European Electronic Toll Service Survey – European Commission


Upcoming Events
Second Annual Symposium on Transportation Informatics – August 4-5 – Arlington, Virginia

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