Monday, July 9, 2018

Monday, July 9, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, July 9, 2018 - Garwood, New Jersey

Eberle Design Inc.’s New iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ Offers Real-Time Traffic & Arterial Data with Cabinet Monitoring

From the Intelligent Cabinet Interface to Traffic Equipment (iCITE®) suite of products, the new iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ accesses real-time intersection and arterial traffic data from any traffic cabinet, via high-speed internal or external communications devices, regardless of the traffic controller or central ITS system. In cooperation with any iCITE Ready® data analytics partner, the DA-400x™ can provide turning movement counts, amber/red actuations, arrivals on red, detector failures, preemption details, communications and power failures/alerts, split and interval timing data, and the Purdue Coordination Diagram, based upon high resolution data, all tailored to provide automated traffic signal performance measures via a Cloud-based user-friendly interface. For more information, contact EDI Sales Director John Shearer at jshearer@editraffic.com.        


AVIATION

1) New Zealand Transport Minister Fined $500 for Using Phone on Plane

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Uber Will Rent Scooters Through Its App in Partnership with Lime

3) Self-Driving Bikes: Seattle’s Next Transit Revolution?

CAMERAS

4) Dubuque, Iowa to Share Traffic Camera Video with Tech Company to Improve Safety and Traffic Flow

ENVIRONMENT

5) Utah Puts Sensors on Public Transit to Monitor Air Quality

OTHER

6) Mobile Driver’s Licenses to Debut in Iowa this Year

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Vancouver, British Columbia Transit Police Roll Out Ads Urging Bystanders to Report Assault, Harassment

RAILROADS

8) Syracuse Mayor: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Hasn’t Delivered Safety Records Day After Partial Collapse of Bridge Wall

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) USDOT Researchers Using Data from Waze and Maryland to Try to Predict Road Dangers

10) Thieves Hack Into Detroit Gas Pump, Stealing More Than 600 Gallons

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) San Francisco Report Says Uber and Lyft Hoarding Vital Transit Data

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

12) Skagit County, Washington Using New Maps to Prepare for Tsunamis

TRANSIT

13) Greater Washington Partnership Asks for One-Click Planning and Purchase of Transportation in Region

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Franklin, Tennessee Updates Traffic Operations Center

15) Hawaii DOT Trialing Travel Time Message Boards on Oahu

16) Pilot Run Success Sets Stage for Real-Time Traffic Management in Kolkata

17) Waze Partners with Esri to Offer Live Traffic Alerts to American Citizens

18) China’s Biggest Ride-Hailing Platform Didi Now Wants to Help Cities Solve Traffic Jams

VEHICLES

19) Roadmap Unclear for Driverless Cars in New Hampshire After Governor’s Veto

20) Poll: Most Americans Don’t Trust Self-Driving Vehicles

21) An AI Learnt to Drive an Autonomous Car in 20 Minutes


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