Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) What Really Happens When You Don’t Turn Off Your Cellphone on a Plane?

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Portland, Oregon Wants to Crowdsource Bike Corral Usage Data with Eye on Improvements

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Guilderland Library First in New York State to Sell E-ZPass On-The-Go

FREIGHT

4) Gamification of Trucking
Fleet Owner (free registration required)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) ITS Ireland, ITS UK Cosponsor Women in ITS Seminar

MARITIME

6) US Coast Guard Tests Maritime Object Tracking Device in New London, Connecticut

PARKING

7) San Francisco to California DMV: How Should Cops Deal with Self-Driving Cars that Park Wrong?

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Most Special Districts Lag in the Transparency Department
U.S. PIRG news release

RAILROADS

9) Indian Railways to Use RFID Tags to Track Rail Equipment

ROADWAYS

10) China Introduces Lane-Changing Robots to Ease Infamous Gridlock

11) EcoStrate Makes Traffic Signs Out of Packaging Scrap

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Florida DOT Survey Raises Cybersecurity Concerns Over Personal, Travel Information

13) Before Tackling Driverless Technology, This Startup Wants to Make Human Drivers Safer

14) Nissan Goes Back in Time to Stop You from Using Your Phone Behind the Wheel

TRANSIT

15) Miami-Dade County Rolls Out Kiosks with Real-Time Transit Info, Public Wi-Fi

16) Tanzanian Government Deploying Technology to Make Public Transport More Attractive

17) Grays Harbor Transit Buses Now Tracked by GPS for Riders

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Cobb County, Georgia DOT Activates Dynamic Message Signs with Travel Times

VEHICLES

19) Louisiana Bill Proposes No Human Drivers Required for Autonomous Vehicles

20) Delphi Spins Off Powertrain Business to Go All-In on Autonomy

News Releases

Solicitation

Upcoming Events

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