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
https://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/putting-usdot-open-data-work-white-house-opportunity-project
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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The
Transportation Communications Newsletter
(ISSN 1529-1057) is published
electronically Monday through Friday.
Questions,
comments about the TCN? Please
write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@transportationradio.com.
1 Aberdeen
Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016
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