Thursday, March 30, 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 30, 2017 - Long Hill, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Helicopter Industry Slow to Embrace Flight Data Monitoring

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Hamilton, Ontario Pilot Project Aims for Safety ‘Tool Kit’ for Pedestrians, Cyclists

CAMERAS

3) Texas Senate Votes to Ban Red-Light Cameras Statewide

4) IIHS Under Fire for Unauthorized Speed Cameras

5) Street Sensors and Cameras in Pennsylvania: Urban Asset or Privacy Concern?

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Congress Warned of GPS Vulnerabilities

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) A New ‘Intelligent Routing’ Algorithm for Cars Could Dramatically Improve Traffic Flow

8) The M1 on Sheffield’s Outskirts Now Officially a ‘Smart’ Motorway

MARITIME

9) Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG Goes Digital After ‘Stable’ 2016

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Colorado DOT Pushes to Educate Drivers on ‘Zipper Merging’

RAILROADS

11) USDOT Report: Reporting of Suicide and Trespass Incidents by Online Media in US

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Smartphones May Be to Blame for Unprecedented Spike in Pedestrian Deaths
Governors Highway Safety Association news release
13) Safety Data May Spur Public Trust in Driverless Cars

14) Senator Wyden Aims to End Phone Searches at Airports and Borders

SPACE

15) Integrating Space Vehicle Operations into the National Airspace System

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

16) Uber to Pilot ‘Digital Slug Lines’ in DC Region

17) Uber Will Now Let you Edit Your Pick-Up Location Mid-Trip Request

TRANSIT

18) New App Notifies Public Transit Riders When a Pregnant Rider Needs a Seat

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Behind the Scenes Look at Columbia County, Georgia’s Traffic Control Center

20) Nevada DOT Unveils Project Neon Mobile App

VEHICLES

21) Ford Hires 400 for Canadian Connected Car Research

22) Tesla Now Lets You Doodle in Your Car

23) Ford to Sponsor Connected Car Hackathon at NAB Show

News Releases

Upcoming Events

=========================================================================
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    
Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm. Member: Society of Professional Journalists   
© 2017 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

No comments: