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Friday, November 25, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Newspaper: Disasters Loom at Nigerian Airports Over Obsolete Traffic Tools

Link to Guardian article

http://guardian.ng/news/disasters-loom-at-airports-over-obsolete-traffic-tools/

2) Glitches Are 'Frequent', But New Air Traffic System Requires Time to Stabilize, Says Hong Kong Aviation Regulator

Link to South China Morning Post article

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2049166/glitches-are-frequent-new-air-traffic-system

3) Lessons Learned from Airport Crises

Link to Airport World article

http://www.airport-world.com/features/other-articles/5891-people-matters-learning-from-crises.html

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Indian Roads Ministry Approves Use of Mobile Wallets for Toll Collection

Link to Economic Times article

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/roads-ministry-approves-use-of-mobile-wallets-for-toll-collection/articleshow/55618951.cms

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) Nashville Needs to Adopt ITS to Handle Growth

Link to commentary in The Tennessean

http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/11/25/nashville-transit-poised-technological-revolution/94029308/

OTHER

6) BMW Demonstrates Future Autonomous and Connected Logistics Technologies

Link to Robotics & Automation News article

https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2016/11/25/bmw-demonstrates-future-autonomous-and-connected-logistics-technolgies/8807/

PARKING

7) City of Louisville App Provides Real-Time Parking and Traffic Updates for City Events

Link to Courier-Journal article

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/11/25/get-real-time-traffic-updates-louisville-events/94421314/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Cranford, New Jersey Police Debut Pedestrian Safety Video

Link to Cranford TV35 video

https://goo.gl/WcshPt

9) Wyoming, Minnesota Police Take Serious, Yet Comical Approach to Drunk Driving on Twitter

Link to WBRC-TV story

http://www.wbrc.com/story/33790290/wyoming-pd-tweets-impaired-driving-warning

RAILROADS

10) Police in Fallon, Nevada Test Using Drone to Find Suicidal Person on Tracks

Link to Nevada Appeal article

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lahontan-valley/drone-technology-prevents-disaster-along-the-rail-line/

ROADWAYS

11) Do Blue Stripes on Roadways Cross a Line?

Link to LNP article

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/does-a-lancaster-county-community-s-support-for-first-responders/article_898ede36-b1a7-11e6-b067-0bb92816241e.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Report: Britain's Transport Sector Needs to Prepare for Cybersecurity Threat

Link to Xinhua article

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-11/25/c_135856659.htm

13) Lawsuit Settlement Could Lead to More Cellphone Bans by Trucking Firms

Link to Post and Courier article

http://www.postandcourier.com/business/lawsuit-settlement-could-lead-to-more-cellphone-bans-by-trucking/article_20a0dd2a-b026-11e6-a6cf-5741c6d13e5b.html

14) Members of Arkansas Road Team Promote Big Rig Safety

Link to Baxter Bulletin article

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/2016/11/25/members-arkansas-road-team-promote-big-rig-safety/94424458/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) The Humans Behind Those Wisconsin Highway Message Boards

Link to Journal Sentinel article

http://www.jsonline.com/story/life/green-sheet/2016/11/24/sign-times-humans-behind-those-highway-message-boards/94251286/

Friday Bonus

Next summer, why not pay a visit to that little-known New England resort, Cod Cape?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/22/massdot-apologizes-for-cod-cape-sign-dartmouth/bpmdTMDf96Jk7maly3BcxO/story.html

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