Friday, September 28, 2018

Friday, September 28, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, September 28, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey


BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

1) Netherlands Proposes Legislation to Ban Use of Phones on Bicycles

2) #ISeeYou Campaign to Help South African Pedestrians

CAMERAS

3) States and Cities Making U-Turn on Despised Red-Light and Speed Cameras

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Why You Can’t Always Trust Your Handy Map App

FREIGHT

5) Volkswagen Brazil Launches Logistics Portal

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) ERTICO Newsletter - September 28, 2018

PARKING

7) DC Transportation Officials Receive Hundreds of Parking Sign Complaints

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

8) Engaging Communities Online in Conversations About Growth

ROADWAYS

9) Hudson, New York Residents May Face Charges for Painting Unauthorized Crosswalk

10) Alaska Governor Declares Emergency for Native Languages

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) TSA’s Role in Pipeline Cybersecurity Could Be Up for Grabs

12) Two-Second Rule for Distracted Driving Can Mean Life or Death

TOURISM

13) How Innovation in Technology is Changing the Travel World

TRANSIT

14) Federal Court Rules King County Metro Can’t Ban ‘Disparaging’ Ads

15) Maryland Transit Administration Introduces App for Mobile Payment

VEHICLES

16) In-Car Audio 2018


News Releases


Friday Bonus

 
Upcoming Events

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, September 27, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

The Consortium for Innovative Transportation Education (CITE) is now accepting registrations for the following online, BLENDED (instructor-led) course:

September 28 - October 31, 2018: Traffic Signal Operations – ($399.00 - 1.0 CEUs) ***50% off for next 3 people who register***
This course provides students with an understanding of both the theory and practice of traffic signal timing and its impact on traffic operations. It gives students an overview of the terms associated with signal timing; discusses the concepts of cycle length, split, offset, midblock friction, phase sequences, the signal timing process, and signal timing optimization; and looks at the types of actuated controllers, passage time, extension, and the coordination of actuated and pre-timed controllers. It also discusses the development of timing plans, explores types of signal control (first generation control and advanced techniques, including Rhodes, RT-TRACS, SCAT, and SCOOT) and investigates the relationship of signal timing to ITS: regional and system/design considerations.
Instructor: Kevin Lee, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Questions, please contact Denise Twisdale (mztwiz@umd.edu) or Abigail Montgomery (amontgo3@umd.edu)

AVIATION

1) Flight Information Screens at Heathrow Go Down

2) In-Seat Monitors, USB Ports Bring Passenger Safety Concerns to Fore

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Tesla Autopilot on Version 9: Mad Max Mode, Path Planning, Navigate, and More

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Ford, Uber, Lyft and Others Band Together to Smarten Up Our Streets

MARITIME

5) Bahamas Maritime Launches New Website in Celebration of World Maritime Day

OTHER

6) FCC Sets Rules for 5G Infrastructure, Limiting State and Local Control

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) Los Angeles Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette

ROADWAYS

8) California DOT’s Gas Tax Freeway Signs Raise Concerns with FHWA

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Port of San Diego Victim of Cyberattack

10) How Automakers Are Tackling Connected Vehicle Vulnerability Management

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) Uber Pays $148 Million Over Yearlong Cover-Up of Data Breach

TELEMATICS

12) Under Pressure from Google, TomTom Eyes Sale of Telematics Division

13) Jaguar and Land Rover Set to Begin Offering CarPlay and Android Auto

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Can Cleveland Do a Better Job Managing Traffic Congestion?

VEHICLES

15) Gothenburg, Sweden Wants to Embrace Autonomous Cars

16) Driverless Vehicle Makers ‘Could be Jailed’ in UK if Vehicles Cause Injury

17) The Cars of the Future Will End Parking Tickets, Traffic Jams and Car Loans


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, September 26, 2018

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey


The Consortium for Innovative Transportation Education (CITE) is now accepting registrations for the following online, BLENDED (instructor-led) course:

September 28 - October 31, 2018: Traffic Signal Operations – ($399.00 - 1.0 CEUs) ***50% off for next 3 people who register***
This course provides students with an understanding of both the theory and practice of traffic signal timing and its impact on traffic operations. It gives students an overview of the terms associated with signal timing; discusses the concepts of cycle length, split, offset, midblock friction, phase sequences, the signal timing process, and signal timing optimization; and looks at the types of actuated controllers, passage time, extension, and the coordination of actuated and pre-timed controllers. It also discusses the development of timing plans, explores types of signal control (first generation control and advanced techniques, including Rhodes, RT-TRACS, SCAT, and SCOOT) and investigates the relationship of signal timing to ITS: regional and system/design considerations.
Instructor: Kevin Lee, Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Questions, please contact Denise Twisdale (mztwiz@umd.edu) or Abigail Montgomery (amontgo3@umd.edu)

AVIATION

1) After Near-Disaster, NTSB Eyes Tech to Keep Planes on Runways

2) How to Service the Digital Passenger: Airport Transformation for the Modern Traveler

CAMERAS

3) Arkansas DOT to Add More Traffic Cameras on I-49

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Better Data Management is Key to Denver’s Smart City Aspirations

5) Mobility Rush 53

MARITIME

6) US Navy Leans on Seattle’s Tech Community to Hack Maritime Challenges

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) London, Ontario to Raise Railway Safety Awareness

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Watchdog Says Face Scanning at US Airports is Plagued with Technical Problems

9) Most Drivers Don’t Understand Limitations of Car Safety Systems, AAA Finds

TRANSIT

10) Three Lessons from Transit in Switzerland

11) WMATA Using SmarTrip Card Data to Understand How Riders Get Around

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Government Agencies Turn to Google, Spark Data to Try and Solve Auckland’s Traffic Woes

13) Florida DOT Criticized for Lack of Notice of Lane Closures on Manatee Bridge

VEHICLES

14) 2019 Chevy Volt Has New, Weird Pedestrian Warning Sound

15) 5G Used to Send Data to a Self-Driving Vehicle at Record Speeds

16) How Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Could Replace Traffic Lights and Shorten Commutes

17) VTT’s Robot Car, Martti, Now ‘Speaks 5G’ and Takes Another Step Towards Full Automation


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