Thursday, August 31, 2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, August 31, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) Behind the Scenes: What Happens at an Airport Overnight?
2) Uses of Social Media to Inform Operational Response and Recovery During an Airport Emergency
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3) MIT’s New Ford-Funded Robot Can Deftly Navigate Pedestrian Traffic
4) Dane County, Wisconsin Bicycle Map Available in Print and Interactive Form
CAMERAS
5) Las Vegas Airport’s New Cutting-Edge Camera System to Upgrade Surveillance
CARTOGRAPHY
6) Philadelphia Becomes First US City to Map Urban Trails on Google Street View
FREIGHT
7) Interactive Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Commercial Traffic in Houston
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
8) Singapore to Help Philippines Deal with Traffic Woes with ‘Intelligent Transport System’
9) ITS Australia Newsletter - August 2017
OTHER
10) Jaguar-Backed Blockchain Startup Wants to Trade Tokens for Transport Data
PLANNING
11) Uber Movement’s Traffic Data Now Available to Public
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
12) Port of Vancouver Admits It Violated Public Meetings Law
Port of Vancouver news release
RAILROADS
13) NTSB Seeks Video to Document Mysterious Transit Rail Crashes
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) France Targets Ports with ‘Maritime Surveillance’
TRANSIT
15) Transit Wireless Takes on Challenge of Bringing 21st Century Communications Technology to 100+ Year Old New York City Subway System
16) New Radio System on C TRAN Buses to Increase Safety for Riders, Operators
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
17) Florida DOT to Use New Platform for Integration of Video and Data Systems
VEHICLES
18) Ford Seeking Commercial Vehicle Autonomous Tech Partnerships
19) US Army Is Developing Autonomous Armored Vehicles
20) Magna Launches MAX4 System, Aims to Scale Autonomous Driving Broadly
21) Strategies to Advance Automated and Connected Vehicles
22) Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies


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