Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) System at Southwest Florida Airport Provides Warning to Chances of Lightning Near and Far
CAMERAS
2) NTSB: More Speed Cameras Needed to Cut Road Deaths
National Transportation Safety Board news release
3) Czech International Airports to Expand Use of Face and Car Number Plates-Reading Systems
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4) Texas DOT Suspends Pay-by-Mail Invoicing as Billing Errors Continue
FREIGHT
5) Bill Gates, Y Combinator Channel Millions to Trucking App
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Over 40 Zambian Oil Tankers Stranded in Tanzania for Not Having GPS
OTHER
7) Karina Ricks, Director of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, Talks Smart Communities
SAFETY / SECURITY
8) Swedish Transport Agency Mistakenly Releases National Driver Database, Other Information
9) Google Launches SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to Help Out in a Crisis
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
10) Pittsburgh Mayor Meets with Uber, Relationship Shows Signs of Improvement
11) Grab App Now Spots Unsafe Drivers
TELEMATICS
12) Verizon, GM Connected Car Deal Is About Global Connectivity
TRANSIT
13) Drivers Fear New MTA Bus Technology Will Screw Up New York City Traffic
14) Teen Arrested for Reporting Bug in Budapest Transit’s E-Ticket System
15) MBTA, Keolis Aim to Improve Outdated Ticket-Checking System
16) Harrisonburg, Virginia Launches New Mobile Bus Transit App
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Nigerian Official Says Radio Station Dedicated to Traffic Information to Launch Soon
18) Delhi Police Traffic Hotline Unavailable During Rush Hour Rain
19) Salt Lake Company Brings Tracking Technology to Solve Movement Problems
VEHICLES
20) Concerned About Connected Car Privacy? Bluetooth Sensors Used to Track Traffic
21) India’s Union Minister Says Driverless Cars Won’t Be Allowed as It Will Lead to Job Loss


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