Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Wednesday, August 31, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) The Quest to End Lost Airline Luggage
Link to AP article

2) Delta Air Lines Develops App for Avoiding Turbulence
Link to Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal article
Link to news release

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) New Self-Driving Car Tells Pedestrians When It's Safe to Cross the Street
Link to MIT Technology Review article

4) New Campaign Hopes to Curb Jaywalking and Improve Pedestrian Safety in Las Vegas
Link to KSNV-TV story

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) ITS Australia Newsletter – August 2016
Link to newsletter

OTHER

6) The MG Squared Story
Link to Thinking Highways interview

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) The National Transportation Database: A Reporter's Goldmine
Link to Reynolds Center article

RAILROADS

8) Slow-Watching Slow TV: All Aboard the Train from Bergen to Oslo
Link to MTV story

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Report: Google Launching Ride-Hailing Service in San Francisco
Link to The Hill article

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) South Korean Experts Eye Establishing Emergency Call Service for Car Accidents
Link to Yonhap News Agency article

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) AAA Stops Labor Day Traffic Forecast, the Holiday Less Traveled
Link to San Diego Union-Tribune article

12) Determining the Effectiveness of ILCS in Minneapolis
Link to Roads & Bridges article

VEHICLES

13) Tesla's Elon Musk Promises 'Major Improvement' for Autopilot
Link to MarketWatch article

14) Australia's First Driverless Bus in Perth
Link to AAP article
Link to news release


News Releases


Upcoming Events
Webinar: Truck Platooning-Spreading the Word – September 28

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 30, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

Wednesday, September 7th
10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EDT

Learn how INRIX partner, StreetLight Data, helps cities become Smart Cities by giving planners and development professionals the tools they need to strengthen existing models and observe impacts of policy decisions without requiring costly and time-intensive surveys. Billions of trips, with high spatial precision, allow StreetLight InSight® to answer important questions such as: 
  • What are the origins and destinations of travelers on this road segment? How does that differ from peak to off-peak times of the day?
  • How do average commute times differ between cities or regions and what does the data today indicate about the future
  • How can I understand the impacts of congestion and target programs to bust congestion (then monitor how they’re doing)?
  • How can we design and implement smart tolling and signaling programs, and make sure they're effective?


AVIATION

1) Why Airports Can't Stop False Alarms
Link to Slate article

CAMERAS

2) Discussions Underway for CCTV to Link Schools, Transport Center in Jamaica
Link to Jamaica Observer article

3) Computer Error Erases Over 2,200 Seattle Police Dashcam Videos
Link to KATU-TV story
Link to news release

CARTOGRAPHY

4) VRE's Map Keeps Getting More Diagrammatic
Link to Greater Greater Washington blog

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Georgia May Give Drivers Credits for Not Using Toll Express Lanes
Link to Atlanta Journal-Constitution article

6) Bulgaria Relaunches 120 Million Euro E-Toll Collection System Tender
Link to SeeNews article
Link to news release (in Bulgarian)

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Centimeter-Level GPS Positioning for Cars
Link to IEEE Spectrum article

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

8) USDOT Releases New ITS Publications
Link to further information

MARITIME

9) Thai Ports to be Outfitted with Monitoring Equipment to Tackle Illegal Fishing
Link to Thai Visa News article

10) Maritime Professionals from Africa and Asia Improve Maritime Domain Awareness Skills
Link to Volpe News article

PLANNING

11) Ford, MIT Use Bostonians' Cellphone Location Data for Traffic Planning
Link to Computerworld article
Link to MIT news release

12) Investigating Wearable Sensors in Transportation Research
Link to Volpe News article

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

13) Indianapolis Transit Advocates Launch Info Blitz
Link to Indianapolis Star article

RAILROADS

14) BNSF Railway Tests Skies for the Drone Age
Link to Bloomberg article

ROADWAYS

15) South Korea to Build Network of Smart Expressways by 2020
Link to Korea Times article
Link to news release (in Korean)

16) Core of Texas Highway Sign Ban Tossed by Appeals Court
Link to Houston Chronicle article

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) BART Works with LAN Inc. to Deliver Two-Pronged Intrusion Detection System
Link to Progressive Railroading article

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

18) 'Smart Signals' Could Improve University of Georgia Football Gameday Traffic Next Year
Link to Athens Banner-Herald article

TRANSIT

19) London Tube Launches 'Please Offer Me a Seat' Badges for Hidden Disabilities
Link to Sun article
Link to news release

20) Trends in Mobile Transit Information Utilization: An Exploratory Analysis of Transit App in New York City
Link to Journal of Public Transportation article

21) Read Free E-Books Times to Your Subway Commute Through New York MTA Promotion
Link to amNew York article
Link to news release

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

22) 1,200 People Volunteer to Help Manage Traffic in Mumbai
Link to DNA article

VEHICLES

23) Uber, Alphabet Autonomous Car Rivalry Heats Up
Link to IDG News Service article


News Releases


Job Postings
 -  Traffic Management Center Manager – Gannett Fleming – Chipley, Florida


Upcoming Events
Smart Transit – October 25-26 – Elizabeth, New Jersey

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday. 
For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.
Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@transportationradio.com.     
© 2016 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net

1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016