Thursday, July 14, 2016

Thursday, July 14, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, July 14, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057


AVIATION

1) Children's Book Loaning Program Takes Off at Anchorage Airport
Link to KTVA-TV story

FREIGHT

2) Trucking Industry Fights Back in Suit Over Electronic Logging Mandate
Link to Logistics Management article

MARITIME

3) Public Awareness Campaign for World Maritime Industry/Seafarers Launched
Link to Maritime TV story

4) Vessel Traffic Management System Installed at Port of Visakhapatnam, India
Link to Times of India article

OTHER

5) Bloomington, Indiana Fire Department First in US with High-Tech Response System
Link to WXIN-TV story

6) The Northeast Officially Has America's Angriest Drivers
Link to CityLab article

7) Wrangling Data for Public Benefit at US DOT
Link to SiliconAngle blog

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) New York Times Adds 'Transportation and Infrastructure' Team
Link to FishbowlNY article

RAILROADS

9) Oil Trains: Railroads Will Have to Tell Local Responders of Cargoes and Routes
Link to seattlepi article
Link to PHMSA news release

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) How IoT and Machine Learning Can Make Our Roads Safer
Link to TechCrunch article

TRANSIT

11) Idaho Group Uses Game to Get People Thinking About Public Transit
Link to KMVT/KSVT-TV story

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) While You Drive, Your Mobile Devices Chat with Government
Link to Gainesville Sun article

VEHICLES

13) NHTSA Examines How Tesla Autopilot Reacts to Crossing Traffic
Link to AP article

14) Michigan in Race for Autonomous Car Infrastructure
Link to Detroit News photo essay


News Releases


Upcoming Events
Middle East Transport & Logistics Expo & Conference – September 5-7 – Muscat, Oman

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