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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