Friday, April 14, 2017

Friday, April 14, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, April 14, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) FAA Updates, Digitizes Drone Limits

2) Third-Party Browser Extension Aims to Boycott United

CAMERAS

3) Contract Requires Traffic-Camera Company to Study Wrecks, But New Orleans Won’t Push It

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Atlanta Manipulates Waze Information to Divert Drivers from Side Streets

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Iowa DOT Once Again Using ‘Intelligent Work Zones’ to Make Road Repairs Safer

MARITIME

6) The Poignant Significance of Maritime Radio Day

OTHER

7) Here’s How Migo Wants to Become a Search Engine for On-Demand Transportation

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) US Border Searches of Phones and Laptops Have Almost Doubled

TRANSIT

9) These High-Tech Armbands Could Save DC Metro Workers’ Lives on the Tracks
Additional information from Protran Technology

10) Some New York City Countdown Clocks and Kiosks Provide New Transit Information

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Illinois DOT Launches Real-Time Traffic Info Site

12) California DOT-Led Program Could Use Software to Ease Traffic Woes

13) New Tech Allows Knoxville Traffic Managers to Make Adjustments to Reduce Gridlock

14) This Los Angeles Freeway Fixture Just Turned 50. Here’s How It Changed Traffic

VEHICLES

15) Are Voice Assistants Like Alexa Making Your Car Less Secure?

16) Iowa Driving the Way for Autonomous Vehicles

17) Honda’s Silicon Valley Lab Becomes Honda Innovations

18) Der Bundestag Lays an Egg

19) Valuation Consternation in Detroit

News Releases

Friday Bonus
In most instances drinking beer and railroading are not a good combination. But a number of rail-themed restaurants and breweries can now be found near rail lines and sometimes even in old stations. Long-time TCN subscriber Alexander D. Mitchell IV writes about it in Mid-Atlantic Brewing News.

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