Thursday, July 11, 2019

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, July 11, 2019 - Richmond, British Columbia


AVIATION

1) Southwest Updates Safety Information Cards To Avoid Boeing 737 Max Confusion

2) Short Staffing At Air Traffic Control Blamed For Planes Getting Too Close At Montreal Airport

3) Monitoring Of Dubai Airports Operations Gets More High-Tech

4) European Carriers Renew Call To Speed Up Airspace Modernization

5) US Lawmakers Express Frustration With Drone Remote ID Delay

CAMERAS

6) Next Generation Speed Cameras Spring Into Action in Finland

7) Legality Of License Plate Reading Cameras On Cape Cod Bridges Before Supreme Judicial Court

CARTOGRAPHY

8) SEPTA Gets Bold With New Transit Map

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

9) Florida Won’t Renew SunPass Contract With Troubled Contractor, Transportation Secretary Says

10) South African Highway Agency, ETC Company Want To Monetize Road-User Data

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

11) Bots Tweeting About Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs Project Raise Disinformation Red Flags

12) Fiji Roads Authority Working On Intelligent Transportation Systems

13) Wilmington, Delaware Takes A Major Step In Smart City Infrastructure

14) Smart Transportation Dispatch - July 11, 2019

MARITIME

15) UK’s First Maritime Innovation Hub Opens

16) Navigating The Maritime Industry With IoT And AI

PRIVACY

17) ACLU Sues Massachusetts DOT For Details On Its Driver's License Database And Face Surveillance Uses

18) Trump Officials Defend Use Of Facial Recognition Amid Backlash

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

19) Group Aims To Keep Cape Cod Canal Bridges In Spotlight

ROADWAYS

20) Lakeland, Florida’s New ‘Intelligent Rail Bypass System” Relieves Congestion

SAFETY / SECURITY

21) North Carolina Police Departments Using Tech, Social Media To Catch Bad Drivers

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

22) Massachusetts Governor’s Bill Aims To Collect More Data From Ride-Hailing Companies

23) Lyft Self-Driving Cars From Aptiv Offer Tactile Maps, Diagrams For Blind Riders

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

24) TxDOT ‘Prepared’ For More Traffic As Louisiana Residents, Texas Travelers Flee Barry

TRANSIT

25) New South Wales Looks To Biometric Payments And Netflix-Like Public Transport Subscriptions

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

26) Boise, Idaho TV Station First In Market To Have A Dedicated Traffic Reporter

VEHICLES

27) Ohio Driverless Vehicle Test-Track, Touted As Industry’s Biggest, Now Open

28) USDOT Wants To Preserve Spectrum For Connected Vehicle Apps

29) One State’s Plans To Expand Connected Vehicle Technology

30) BMW Partners With China Unicom On 5G Driverless Cars


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