Friday, August 31, 2018

Friday, August 31, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 31, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION

1) UK Further Eases In-Cabin Laptop Ban on Flights from Egypt

CAMERAS

2) Divided Iowa Supreme Court Revives Traffic Camera Lawsuit

3) Lack of Traffic Camera Answers Frustrates New Orleans City Council

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Metro Orlando Toll Roads to Begin Accepting E-ZPass

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) ITS Australia Newsletter - August 2018

6) ITS PCB Update - August 21, 2018

OTHER

7) Study: Impacts of Transit and Walking Amenities on Robust Local Knowledge Economy

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) How a Maritime Lawyer and Raw Sugar Charted a Course for FOIA

RAILROADS

9) Union Pacific’s PTC Work to Continue Into 2019-20

ROADWAYS

10) Judge Rules Against Leonia, New Jersey’s Signs Banning Non-Local Traffic from Streets

11) Maine DOT Denies PETA Request for Roadside Lobster Memorial

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) US Customs and Border Protection Using Facial Comparison Systems at Anzalduas Port of Entry

13) Colorado DOT Testing New Technology to Improve Traffic, Safety

14) Idaho Transportation Department Makes Shift from Orange Safety Vests to High-Visibility Yellow

15) Road Rage and Texting While Driving: The Bane of Vermont's Byways

TELEMATICS

16) A Third of US Truck Drivers Still Use Paper Logs, Despite ELD Mandate

TRANSIT

17) Lack of Communication, Poor Use of Technology Among Problems That Led to Emergency Shutdown of Maryland Transit Administration’s Metro

18) Pittsburgh Area Transit Agency Rolls Out Transit Locator Tools, No Smartphone Required

19) A Day in the Life of New York City’s Subway Wayfinders

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

20) Hate Traffic Jams? There’s an App for That


News Releases

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 30, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION

1) FAA Rolls Out Automated Designee Management System

2) Heathrow Airport Calls for Travelers to Submit Their ‘Holiday Sounds’ for New Soundtrack

CAMERAS

3) Ohio DOT Rules to Allow Speed Signs on State Roads

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 30, 2018

MARITIME

5) Ports Said to Still Lag Other Sectors By 10-15 Years for Standardization and Automation

OTHER

6) New Name for Tappan Zee Bridge Slow to Catch On

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) MARAD Ordered to Turn Over Anchorage Port Study

8) California DOT Contractors Accused of Distributing Flyers at Road Construction Project Urging ‘No’ Vote on Gas Tax Repeal

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Researchers Developing Truck Navigation System to Prevent Vehicles Being Used in Terrorist Attack

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Autonomous Taxi Project Arrives on Tokyo’s Public Roads

11) Europe’s First Driverless Taxi Service Launches in Russia

TELEMATICS

12) Automakers Having Hard Time Competing With Phone Companies on Infotainment

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Alberta Launches New and Improved 511 Service

14) New Course from CITE: Program Planning for TSMO

VEHICLES

15) Study: Humans—Not Technology—Are the Leading Cause of Self-Driving Car Accidents in California

16) Dyson Unveils £120 Million 10-Mile Electric Car Test Track Plan


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    
Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  

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