Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION

1) Airport Wireless Networks and the Need for Speed… Density and Coverage

CAMERAS

2) Moscow’s Smart Tech Includes 160,000 Cameras to Detect Traffic Violators

3) Finland Study: Dense Automatic Speed Enforcement Effectively Reduces Speeding

FREIGHT

4) Access to Big Data Would Help Trucking Companies Improve Safety and Productivity

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GPS Device-Maker Garmin Reeling After Workers Gunned Down

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) How ‘Smart City’ Technology is Connecting Europeans

OTHER

7) TV Station Says Dozens of Federal Employees, Including Some at USDOT, Watched Abundance of Porn on Job in Recent Years

8) Volpe Center Bulletin - February 28

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) US Transportation Secretary to Auto Industry: ‘Educate Skeptical Public’ About Self-Driving Tech

RAILROADS

10) Why Trains Crash

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Fine Pedestrians for Texting While Crossing the Street, Montreal Asks Province

12) San Francisco Testing New Signs to Cut Cars Hitting Light Rail Trains

TELEMATICS

13) Remote Updates Coming for Volvo Trucks

14) Weigh Station Bypass App Keeps Truck Drivers Moving in US and Canada
Drivewyze website

TRANSIT

15) Singapore Commuters Can Use Mastercard to Pay for Public Transport from March 20
Land Transport Authority news release

16) New Connecticut Buses Bring New Opportunity for Mobile Apps, College Students

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) California DOT’s Donner Pass Chief Tweets a Blizzard to Aid Drivers
Caltrans District 3 Twitter feed

VEHICLES

18) US Department of Energy’s Reuben Sarkar’s Discusses New Report, The Transforming Mobility Ecosystem: Enabling an Energy-Efficient Future

19) Minnesota DOT Wants Robot Buses in the Streets Next Year

20) Iowa Highways Could Become Testing Ground for Truck Platooning Tech
Iowa House Study Bill 111

21) Carmakers Must Embrace Big Tech to Survive the Coming Revolution

News Releases

Solicitation

Upcoming Events

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Monday, February 27, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, February 27, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

EDI Brings Technology to a New Level with ATC Cabinet Solutions


Eberle Design Inc. (EDI) is at the forefront of the industry's development of the new Advanced Traffic Controller Cabinet (ATCC) – bringing the traffic cabinet of the future into the market today. The ATC cabinet has an open architecture design that takes advantage of ultra-low power LED signals, enhanced fail-safer design, with enhanced cabinet peripheral equipment diagnostics, compact double-density size and modularity. For more information, kindly contact Jon Muilenberg, EDI Sales Director, at jmuilenberg@editraffic.com.


CAMERAS

1) Traffic Cameras Get Initial Green Light from Hawaiian Legislators

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Navigation is Key to Future Cars

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Smart Mobility Projects Fail to Take Off in Jaipur, India

4) Mobility Rush 15

RAILROADS

5) Caltrain Nixes PTC Contract with Parsons
Caltrain news release

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) UK Transport Secretary Says Put Cellphone in Glove Box

7) Arizonans Have Plenty to Say for Highway Signs

8) Maine DOT Messages Making an Impact

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) George Washington University Researchers Build Sensors to Track Environmental Data Near Campus
GW University news release

10) Drone-Based Traffic Management Planned in Khammam, India

VEHICLES

11) Trump Administration Re-evaluating Self-Driving Car Guidance

12) Waze Digs Into Your Car Dashboard
SmartDeviceLink Consortium news release

13) If Your TV Rats You Out, What About Your Car?

Upcoming Events

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications    
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© 2017 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Friday, February 24, 2017

Friday, February 24, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, February 24, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Two Garmin Aviation Systems Employees Shot, One Killed, in Kansas in Possible Hate Crime

2) Innovation Lab Unveiled at San Diego International Airport

3) Giant Digital Welcome Screen Gets Unveiling at Atlanta Airport

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) IoT Adds Fuel to Smart Cities’ Engine

MARITIME

5) Germany’s Maritime Nerve Center is ‘New Benchmark for Safety’
TradeWinds (free registration required)

6) Video Tour of Mega Ship Bridge
JeffHK’s YouTube channel

OTHER

7) How Digital Signage Can Activate Smart Cities

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Frustration Voiced with Format of Public Meeting on Noise at Vermont’s Burlington Airport

ROADWAYS

9) New Hampshire DOT Uses Sensors to Monitor Slippery Roads During Winter Storms

10) Signs, Signs Everywhere a Sign... at Ontario MTO Sign Shop

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Security Lapse Exposed Stewart Airport’s Critical Servers for a Year

TRANSIT

12) Security Cameras Coming to Transit Buses on Prince Edward Island

13) Florida’s Manatee County Area Transit Makes Bus Schedules Available for Visually Impaired

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) TransitScreen, JLL Partner for Lobby Displays

VEHICLES

15) Embark Enters Race to Develop Autonomous Trucks
Embark website

News Releases

Friday Bonus

Upcoming Events

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications    
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© 2017 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016