Monday, August 8, 2016

Monday, August 8, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, August 8, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

Eberle Design Inc.’s iCITE™ Data Aggregator DA-300 ™ Offers Real-Time Traffic & Arterial Data with Cabinet Monitoring

The DA-Data Aggregator® Model DA-300™ provides cost effective remote access to real-time performance measures and traffic data from any isolated or networked intersection or arterial roadway. It easily interfaces with any make or model of traffic cabinet or controller (NEMA, ATCC, or Type 33X), to provide real-time traffic counts and parsed data. It offers Wi-Fi-based roadway network travel time and monitors and reports on mission critical traffic cabinet or intersection faults via SMS or email. The DA-Data Aggregator® Model DA-300™ is also designed to endure temperature extremes and is well suited for solar powered applications. To receive more information, visit www.editraffic.com or kindly contact Jon Muilenberg, EDI Sales Director, at jmuilenberg@editraffic.com.


AVIATION

1) Passengers Stranded After Delta Flights Grounded Worldwide
Link to USA Today article
Link to Delta news release

2) Boingo Adds Major Cell Carrier to Make Wi-Fi Faster at US Airports
Link to Skift article

3) Controversy Over Removal of Same-Sex Kissing Scenes from Movie on Delta Flights
Link to Entertainment Weekly article

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Under Attack as Crooks, Rogue Workers Wage Electronic War
Link to NBC News story

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) ITS Glasgow Congress Summary Now Available
Link to summary

MARITIME

6) Inside the Port of Los Angeles' Cyber Command Center
Link to PC Magazine article

OTHER

7) Smartphones Bring More Mobility to the Rental Car Business
Link to New York Times article

RAILROADS

8) CBTC vs Conventional Signaling – Which Is Safer?
Link to RaillyNews article

TRANSIT

9) A Platform-Centric Map of Montreal's Green Line Metro
Link to CityLab article

10) City Transit Systems and Their Fonts
Link to Economist blog

VEHICLES

11) Google's Self-Driving Car CTO Chris Urmson Departs
Link to New York Times article

12) Hamburg to Become Testing Ground for Self-Driving Cars
Link to ERTICO article

13) Singapore Launches New Autonomous Vehicle Testing Center
Link to Traffic Technology Today article


News Releases


Upcoming Events
TransportationCamp NYC 2016 – September 24 – New York City

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