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Wednesday, July 20, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

1) Hundreds of Cameras Watching Over Cleveland RTA for Republican National Convention

Link to WEWS-TV story

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/hundreds-of-cameras-watching-over-public-transportation-for-rnc

2) Ohio Judge: New Miami Can Keep Funds from New Speed Camera Program

Link to Journal-News article

http://www.journal-news.com/news/news/judge-new-miami-can-keep-funds-from-new-speed-came/nr2CK/

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Q&A: Civil Maps CEO on Making Cars that Think Like Humans

Link to San Francisco Business Times interview

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2016/07/q-a-civil-maps-ceo-on-making-cars-that-think-like.html

FREIGHT

4) Charleston Port’s New Gate System Still Vexing Truckers, Causing Delays

Link to Post and Courier article

http://www.postandcourier.com/20160719/160719370/charleston-ports-new-gate-system-still-vexing-truckers-causing-delays

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) US Air Force Seeks Path Forward for Troubled GPS III Program

Link to National Defense article

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2016/august/Pages/AirForceSeeksPathForwardForTroubledGPSIIIProgram.aspx

OTHER

6) Scotland Launches Pilot MaaS Project to Improve Transport for Young People

Link to ITS International article

http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/transmart/news/scotland-launches-pilot-maas-project-to-improve-transport-for-young-people/  

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) United, TSA to Offer Automated Security Checkpoints

Link to AP article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/united-tsa-offer-automated-security-checkpoints-195439739.html

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

8) Uber Partnering with Satellite Imaging Company to Help Drivers Find You

Link to The Verge article

http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/19/12228988/uber-digitalglobe-satellite-imagery-partnership

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management

Link to Police Chief article

http://www.policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&article_id=4207&issue_id=72016

TRANSIT

10) NYC Transit Program Urges Safety When Playing Pokemon Go

Link to Metro Magazine article

http://www.metro-magazine.com/security-and-safety/news/714483/nyc-transit-urges-customers-to-be-safe-when-playing-pokmon-go

VEHICLES

11) US Transportation Secretary Says Autonomous Car Features Need More Rigorous Testing

Link to Oregonian article

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2016/07/transportation_secretary_says.html

12) EU Transport Commissioner: ‘We Are Working on a Master Plan for the Deployment of Driverless Vehicles’

Link to EurActiv interview

http://www.euractiv.com/section/transport/interview/bulc-we-are-working-on-a-master-plan-for-the-deployment-of-driverless-vehicles/

13) Tesla’s Data Collection May Help It Deflect Autopilot Liability

Link to Reuters article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/teslas-data-collection-may-help-195153155.html

News Releases

1) Western Michigan University’s College of Aviation to Launch Virtual Reality Experience

2) TomTom City Extends to 50 Cities

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