Friday, March 30, 2018

Friday, March 30, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter


Friday, March 30, 2018 - Gillette, New Jersey

Happy Passover and Happy Easter!

AVIATION


1) Smart City Panel: Passenger Drone Technology Has Arrived


CAMERAS


2) Ohio Cities Suggest Legal Action a Possibility if Lawmakers Pass Latest Traffic Cameras Bill


3) Waterloo, Iowa Traffic Camera Plan Could Help Police Investigations


ELECTRONIC TOLLING


4) Indiana Toll Road E-ZPass System Back to Normal After Outage


5) Cashless Tolling Goes Live on New York’s Grand Island Bridges


GPS / NAVIGATION


6) GPS Signals Mostly Unaffected by Solar Eclipse, Research Shows


7) First Look at Tesla’s New Navigation Engine


OTHER


8) Managing Transportation Infrastructure in the Digital Age


SAFETY / SECURITY


9) US State Department Wants to Ask Visa Applicants for Social Media Info


10) How to Stop Cyberattacks on GPS-Enabled Devices


TRANSIT


11) Toronto Transit Rider Pushes TTC to Improve Communication with Hearing-Impaired Customers


12) Apple Pay Transit Car Integration Goes Live in Beijing and Shanghai


13) Customer-Focused Service Guarantees and Transparency Practices


VEHICLES


14) Self-Driving Cars Could Kill Hundreds But Save Tens of Thousands, Toyota Executive Says


15) Self-Driving Car Ticketed in San Francisco; Company Disputes Violation


16) Meet the 61,000 Transit Nerds of Facebook’s ‘New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens’


News Releases

Friday Bonus

Upcoming Events


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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 29, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

1) ITS Australia Newsletter - March 2018

2) ITS International - March/April 2018

3) Smart Transportation Dispatch - March 29, 2018

OTHER

4) Sydney Suburb Trials New On-Demand Mobility Service

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) Arizona Governor and Uber Kept Self-Driving Program Secret, Emails Reveal

6) How Coverage of Pedestrian Fatalities Dehumanizes Victims and Absolves Drivers

RAILROADS

7) FRA Seeks Input on Railroad Industry Automation

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Distracted Driving Tops List of Dangers on Road New Survey Says
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety news release

TRANSIT

9) Transit Workers Union in Ohio Campaigns Against Driverless Buses

10) New York City Transit President Holds Twitter Q&A

11) Transport for London Takes ‘Huge Step’ to Double Its Communication Capacity

VEHICLES

12) Subaru Will Use Facial Recognition Technology to Detect Driver Fatigue
Subaru news release

13) Delaware Task Force Weighs Possibility of Driverless Cars

14) Interview with Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua

15) Chicago First US City to Roll Out Drone and Autonomous Infrastructure


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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© 2018 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - Kenilworth, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) NASA Completes New Level of Drone Traffic Management Testing

2) IoT Technology Tracks Pets in Airports
Unisys news release

CAMERAS

3) Baltimore Aims to Triple Red-Light, Speed Camera Revenue to $24 Million

4) How AI Can Aid in Tracking Traffic

CARTOGRAPHY

5) Apple Expands Transit Directions in Virginia, Missouri

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds $3.4 Million Whistleblower Verdict Against Turnpike
Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Get Ready to See More Ads on Waze

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) Russia Ramps-Up Technologies for Transport Communications

OTHER

9) Daimler, BMW to Merge Mobility Services

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Builders, Trades Launch Ad to Bolster Connecticut’s Transportation Program

RAILROADS

11) FHWA: New York State to Take Down ‘I Love NY’ Signs Next Month

TELEMATICS

12) New South Wales to Pay Young Drivers $100 to Monitor Driving Behavior
NSW Finance, Services & Innovation news release

TRANSIT

13) Honolulu Unveils Holo Transit Smart Card for Bus, Future Rail System

14) Real-Time Transit Info Can Increase Bus Ridership and Improve Rider Experience

15) Enabling Technologies for Bus Transit Automation

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) Online Service Helps Floridians Find Transportation Options

VEHICLES

17) Uber’s Use of Fewer Safety Sensors Prompts Questions After Arizona Crash

18) Ford Proposes New System of Marshalling Traffic Through Car-to-Car Crypto Communications

19) Uber Will Not Renew Self-Driving Car Permit in California


News Releases

Job Postings


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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© 2018 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, March 27, 2018 - Bridgewater, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) In-Time Aviation Safety Management

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) Brexit May Exclude UK from EU’s Satellite Program

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Mobility Rush 41

MARITIME

4) Port of Poulsbo, Washington to Spend $15,000 on New Wi-Fi Network

5) Sophisticated Sensors Playing a Key Role as Unmanned Maritime Vessel Use Grows

OTHER

6) Florida Ridesharing Website Targets Homebound Seniors

7) Health, Transportation and Vision Zero with City of San Francisco’s Megan Wier

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Houston Metro Warns Drivers to ‘Respect the Rail’ in YouTube Video

9) Sign Waving Event takes Place in Honolulu to Heighten Pedestrian Safety Awareness

ROADWAYS

10) ‘One of the Smartest Tunnels Ever Built’: New Video Explains How Tech Will Help Keep Seattle Drivers Safe

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

11) Queensland Government Launches Commonwealth Games Transport Coordination Center

TRANSIT

12) New York MTA Gave False Reasons for 10,000 Subway Delays that Originally Couldn’t Be Explained, Data Shows

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Biloxi, Mississippi Rolls Out Traffic Alert System for Spring Break
City of Biloxi news release

VEHICLES

14) Arizona Governor Suspends Testing of Uber Self-Driving Cars

15) Waymo and Jaguar Will Build Up to 20,000 Self-Driving Electric SUVs


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    
Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  
© 2018 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016