Friday, August 25, 2017

Friday, August 25, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, August 25, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) USDOT’s Inspector General Questions FAA’s Assumptions on NextGen
2) Baidu Offers Facial Recognition Technology to Help Beijing Airport Streamline Boarding, Traffic
3) Waypoints, Including a Casino Light, Guide Pilots Worldwide
4) Tracking Smartphones Helps Airports Stay Ahead
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
5) New Singapore Bikesharing Company Will Use Geofencing
CARTOGRAPHY
6) Windows Maps Now Lets Insiders Tap Transit Stops for Arrival Times
FREIGHT
7) UK to Start Trial of Driverless Trucks on Public Roads
Department for Transport news release
MARITIME
8) Technology Boom at US Ports
9) Naval Vessels, Shadowy by Intent, Are Hard for Commercial Ships to Spot
10) On Croatia’s Coast, Uber Takes Its Ride-Hailing App to the Seas
Link to UberBOAT
11) Who Is Leading the Autonomous Ship Race?
OTHER
12) Traffic Reporters Divided on What They’ll Call the New Mario Cuomo/Tappan Zee Bridge
RAILROADS
13) Gory CSX Train Accident in Tennessee Linked to Solar Eclipse
14) Bloggers Could Help Bring Passenger Train Service to Gulf Coast
ROADWAYS
15) Bridge Monitoring Aided by Sensor Technology
SAFETY / SECURITY
16) UK Road Haulage Association: ‘Advantages of Driverless Lorries Can’t Be Gained at the Cost of Safety’
TELEMATICS
17) More Evidence Emerges that Tesla May Make a Music Service
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
18) Amid Hurricane Harvey Threat, Decision to Order Evacuation Can Be a Difficult One
TRANSIT
19) ‘Subway Therapy’ Returns to New York City Transit System as Riders Send Messages to Charlottesville
20) The Transit App That Can See Subway Disruptions
21) Articles from Eurotransport
VEHICLES
22) US Government’s Self-Driving Car Council Has Fallen Apart Under Trump
23) Germany Draws Up Rules of the Road for Driverless Cars
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure news release (in German)
24) Inside Waymo’s Secret World for Training Self-Driving Cars


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