Transportation Communications Newsletter: August 2019

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 29, 2019 - Colchester, Vermont

AVIATION

1) New Service To Help Visually-Impaired Travelers At Buffalo And Niagara Falls Airports

WBFO Radio

2) Which Airport Has The Fastest Wi-Fi?

PCMag

3) How Airlines And Airports Use Your Data, From Security To The Flight Itself

Condé Nast Traveler

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) The Unsettling Rise Of The Urban Narc App

CityLab

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GPS Testing To Degrade Signal in Southeastern US

AOPA

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Technology Answer To Kenya’s Chaotic Transport Sector. Are We Ready?

Daily Nation

7) ITS Australia Newsletter - August 2019

ITS Australia

8) Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 29, 2019

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

9) Port Of Hamburg Tests Autonomous Boats For Bottom Surveys

Maritime Executive

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Maritime UK Launches Campaign To Attract Women In The Shipping Sector

Ship Technology

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Vehicle-Scanning Technology At Border About To Ruin The Drug Trade

Sinclair Broadcast Group

TRANSIT

12) New DC-Area Transit Planning App Offers Users Cash Rewards For Greener Commutes

ARLnow

13) How Technology Can Help Stop Groping On Public Transport

The Guardian

14) Google’s Crowdsourced App Pigeon Expands To All New York City-Area Transit Services

New York Post

15) HART Launches Ride With Respect Campaign To Promote Positive Transit

Osprey Observer

16) Effective Digital Signage Strategies For Small- To Mid-Sized Transit Agencies

Metro advertorial

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) AI-Based Traffic Monitoring System Developed By Russian Researchers

Traffic Technology Today

News Releases

1) Swiss Federal Railways, Axon Vibe Develop New Mobility Platform

2) World-Leading Software To Keep London’s Roads Moving

3) ICBC Launching Telematics Pilot To Track Habits Of New Drivers

Upcoming Events

Expo Ferroviaria International Railway Industry Exhibition - October 1-3 - Milan

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Could Scrapping In-Flight Magazines Cut Aviation Emissions?

Simple Flying

CAMERAS

2) NHTSA To Test Mirrorless, Camera-Base Systems In Autos

Reuters

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) ITS Deployment Completed In Latin America’s Longest Road Tunnel

Traffic Technology Today

4) ERTICO Newsletter - August 28, 2019

ERTICO-ITS Europe

5) Mobility Rush 74

ITS America

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) South Dakota Office of Highway Safety Receives National Award For ‘Jim Reaper’ Campaign

KOTA-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Facebook Expands Tool That Lets Local Governments Send Alerts

Route Fifty

8) Bozeman, Montana Partners With Seattle To Distribute Free Traffic-Calming Signs

KECI/KCFW/KTVM-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) UK Government Plans To Reduce Traffic By Opening Up Data To AI Firms

Forbes

10) Model Systems Engineering Documents For Dynamic Message Signs

FHWA Office of Operations

VEHICLES

11) Customers Often Fearful, Frustrated By New ‘Nanny’ Tech, Turn Off Safety Systems

The Detroit Bureau

News Releases

1) Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Works With Los Angeles Angels To Raise Awareness Of Rail Safety

Upcoming Events

Railway Forum - October 1-2 - Berlin

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey

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

September 6 – October 9, 2019

Network Design and Deployment Considerations for ITS Managers and Professionals (1.0 CEUs)

The overall goal of this course is to provide a system-level understanding of the operation of modern broadband transportation communications networks. This course focuses on how to plan and implement telecommunications networks to support a major Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) infrastructure.

Instructor: Paul R Olson, P.E., PTOE

For more information click here.

Questions, please contact Denise Twisdale or Abigail Montgomery.

AVIATION

1) Can Data Help Overcome Airport Traffic Congestion?

International Airport Review advertorial

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Maps Will Now Let Users Combine Transit Directions With Biking And Ridesharing

The Verge

FREIGHT

3) US Trucking Industry Rushes To Switch To Electronic Logging Devices

IEEE Spectrum