Friday, October 7, 2016

Friday, October 7, 2016


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, October 7, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION

1) FAA Outlines Performance Based Navigation-Centric Vision
Link to Air Traffic Management article

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Alabama Man Designs Brake Light for Bicycles
Link to WAAY-TV story

3) Volvo Adding Proximity Sensors to Buses for Pedestrian Detection
Link to RCR Wireless News article

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) 'Grace Period' Planned for Drivers as Part of Switch to All-Electronic Tolling on Massachusetts Pike
Link to Republican article

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) ITS World Congress Coming to Melbourne Next Week
Link to Conference & Meetings World article

OTHER

6) Texas DOT Offers 'Traffic Jam Initiative' on Facebook, Twitter to Give Motorists Savings During Construction Project
Link to KVIA-TV story

7) Can Big Data Offer Hope for Africa's Exasperate Commuters?
Link to Guardian article

8) Some Washington State Homeowners Receive Notices on WSDOT Letterhead Saying Hillary Clinton Campaign Signs Are Illegal Due to Arrow
Link to KING-TV story

9) Putting USDOT Open Data to Work in the White House Opportunity Project
Link to USDOT's Fast Lane blog

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Hawaii DOT Proposes Sending Mock Bills to Compare Gas Tax and Mileage Tax
Link to Honolulu Star-Advertiser article

11) Road Safety Advertisements – You Laugh, You Cry
Link to World Highways article

RAILROADS

12) Chicago Rail Link Testing Grade-Crossing Safety Pilot Project
Link to Railway Track & Structures article

13) No Positive Train Control for Staten Island Railway: Here's Why
Link to Staten Island Advance article

14) Glamorizing Train Track Trespassing to Teens and Young Adults
Link to Operation Lifesaver Train of Thought blog

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Facial Recognition: A Quantum Leap for Biometric Airport Security?
Link to Airport Technology article

TELEMATICS

16) MyFord Touch Frustrated Top Company Execs, Court Documents Show
Link to Automotive News article

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

17) The Responder – October 2016
Link to newsletter from the Traffic Incident Management Network

TRANSIT

18) New York City Bus Service Report Cards Offered on New Website
Link to amNew York article
Link to news release

VEHICLES

19) Der Spiegel: German Government Report Critical of Tesla Autopilot
Link to Reuters article

20) Why AI Makes It Hard to Prove Self-Driving Cars Are Safe
Link to IEEE Spectrum article


News Releases


Job Posting
 -  Executive Director – University of Denver Transportation Institute – Denver, Colorado


Friday Bonus
A new definition of light rail.


Upcoming Events
NOCoE Webinar: Connected/Automated/Autonomous Vehicles and MPOs - What Do You Need to Start to Consider – October 19

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