Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Reading, Pennsylvania Airport Board Concerned Proposed Traffic Lights May Confuse Pilots

2) Africa Requires Advance Technology to Improve Civil Aviation

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Iowa DOT Launches Map Detailing Condition of 24,000 Bridges

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) ITS Australia Newsletter - May 2017

OTHER

5) Global Digital Summit Promises Revolution in Transport

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

6) Communication Issues Cited with Release of I-77 Toll Lane Map in North Carolina

7) Vic Roads Campaign to Slow Cyclists on Paths Shared with Pedestrians

ROADWAYS

8) FHWA Presses New York State on ‘I Love NY’ Signs

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) DHS: No European Laptop Ban for Now

10) Wisconsin Dynamic Message Signs Play Public Safety Role in Silver Alert Success

TRANSIT

11) New York MTA Will Roll Out Countdown Clocks on All Lettered Subway Lines

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Boston Takes on Traffic By Building Better Data, Not More Roads

VEHICLES

13) Cadillac Tests V2I Tech for Traffic-Light Alerts
General Motors news release

14) Automotive Grade Linux: The Story So Far

News Releases

Upcoming Events

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Helsinki Airport Successfully Trials Face-Recognition Technology Instead of Travel Documents

2) Montana Convenes Working Group on Historic Airway Beacons

3) Digital Risk in Aviation

4) What Can Humanities Do to Improve Airports?

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

5) Copenhagen Installs Big Screen Information System to Cut Bicycle Traffic Jams
Original story on DR (in Danish)

CAMERAS

6) New Digital CCTV System to Monitor Traffic Flow in Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen City Council news release

CARTOGRAPHY

7) Regional Transit Diagram: Good Start, But New York and New Jersey Need a Better Transit User Experience

MARITIME

8) China Plans Underwater Observation System in South China Sea

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Maryland One of Four States to Get Grant for Drowsy Driving Information Campaign
Governors Highway Safety Association news release

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Can an App Increase Carpooling? Contra Costa County, California’s Partnership with Scoop Aims To

VEHICLES

11) Uber Fires Self-Driving Car Guru Anthony Levandowski

12) BMW’s ReachNow Investigating Cases of Cars Getting Stuck on Washington State Ferries

13) BMW’s Future of Autonomous Driving

News Releases

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

Monday, May 29, 2017

Monday, May 29, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, May 29, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

Reno A&E’s iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-300™ Offers Real-Time Traffic & Arterial Data with Cabinet Monitoring

From the Intelligent Cabinet Interface to Traffic Equipment (iCITE®) suite of products, the iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-300™ accesses real-time intersection and arterial traffic data from any traffic cabinet, via high-speed internal or external communications devices, regardless of the traffic controller or central ITS system. These devices are also designed to endure temperature extremes and are well suited for solar powered applications. In cooperation with any iCITE Ready™ data analytics partner, the DA-300™ can provide turning movement counts, amber/red actuations, arrivals on red, detector failures, preemption details, communications and power failures/alerts, split and interval timing data, travel time and the Purdue Coordination Diagram, based upon Hi Resolution Data, all tailored to provide Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures via a Cloud-based user-friendly interface. Wi-Fi equipped and travel time ready. For more information, visit www.renoae.com or kindly contact Matt Zinn, Reno A&E Sales Manager, at mattz@renoae.com.

AVIATION

1) British Airways Vows ‘Never Again’ After Costly IT Collapse
British Airways news release

2) Hong Kong’s New Aviation System Needs Regular Reboots

CAMERAS

3) Wisconsin DOT Adding Traffic Cameras to I-41

MARITIME

4) Inside the High-Tech Simulator Where New York City Ferry Captains Learn to Avoid Killing Kayakers

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) US Might Ban Laptops on All Flights Into and Out of the Country
Fox News Sunday transcript

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

6) Lyft Ditches Pink Mustache Ornament in Favor of Device to Connect Drivers and Riders

VEHICLES

7) Pittsburgh Mayor to Lay Out ‘Road Map’ for Cities to Benefit from Self-Driving Tech

8) South Korea Urged to Focus on Connected Car Tech Development, Standardization

9) Researchers Find Way to Speed Testing of Self-Driving Vehicles

10) Wisconsin Gives Autonomous Vehicle Innovation a Lane to Drive Itself

News Releases

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