Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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Tuesday, September 27, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Nokia Trials Its Drone Traffic Management Platform

Link to SCxCentral article

https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/nokia-trials-drone-traffic-management-platform/2016/09/

Link to news release

OTHER

2) Presentations Available from National Working Summit on Transportation in Rural America

Link to presentations

https://ruralsafetycenter.org/news-events/moving-rural-america-summit/

PLANNING

3) Urban Planning Conversation with Brent Toderian

Link to ITE Talks Transportation podcast

https://goo.gl/JyfSDd

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Security Robots Begin Patrolling China's Shenzhen International Airport

Link to People's Daily article

http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0922/c90000-9118480.html

5) 'See Something, Say Something' Is Key Anti-Terrorism Tool for Transit

Link to Metro Magazine article

http://www.metro-magazine.com/blogpost/715665/see-something-say-something

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

6) New Online Tool Taps Into Uber to Get Patients to and from Doctors' Offices

Link to WBUR Radio story

http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2016/09/27/online-tool-hospital-transportation-uber

7) Algorithm Developed for Taxi Sharing

Link to Inderscience article

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160926095812.htm

8) New Carpooling App Matches DC-Area Riders and Drivers – for Free

Link to Washington Post article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/09/26/new-carpooling-app-matches-riders-and-drivers-for-free/

TRANSIT

9) DART Taps Firm to 'Mine' Social Media Data

Link to Progressive Railroading article

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/internet-digital/news/DART-taps-firm-to-mine-social-media-data--49606

News Releases

1) Telecommunications and Automotive Players Form 5G Automotive Association

2) Sensors and Beacons Reduce Airport Security Wait Times and Make Terminals More User-Friendly

3) OSPT Alliance Announces New Test Plan

4) NXP and Xiaomi Usher in Era of Secure Tap-to-Pay for Mobile Transit Payment in China

5) Total Transit Launches Discount Ride App for Both Rideshare and Cab Drivers

6) USDOT's ITS JPO Selects Booz Allen Hamilton and Noblis to Provide Technical Support Services

7) City of Seattle Selects CH2M to Deliver RapidRide Bus Rapid Transit Expansion Program

8) Pennsylvania DOT Plan Seeks to Improve Travel Between King of Prussia and Philadelphia by Road, Rail and Trail

9) Arup and Amey to Design New South Wales M4 Smart Motorway Project

Upcoming Events

Webinar & In-Person: Joint Panel on Urban Mobility – September 29 – Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://www.volpe.dot.gov/event/urban-mobility-joint-panel

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