Monday, February 22, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, February 22, 2021 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) South Korea To Introduce Contact-Free Boarding At Airports

Korea Herald

2) Orlando Airport Tests Colored Columns Which Warn Of Overcrowding

Jerusalem Post

3) American Airlines CEO Talks Inflight Infotainment

ZDNet column

CAMERAS

4) UK Man Gets Ticket For Sticking Middle Fingers At Speed Camera While Driving Under Limit

Lancashire Telegraph

5) Sydney Traffic Camera So Successful Authorities Stopped Issuing Fines

Sydney Morning Herald

6) ‘Overkill’? 13 Traffic Cameras Added To One Auckland Road

New Zealand Autocar

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) How FASTag Has Become The Easier, Faster And Environment-Friendly Way To Collect Tolls

ThePrint

8) The State Of The Peach Pass Lanes 10 Years Later

Atlanta Journal-Constitution column

FREIGHT

9) The ‘Original Social Media,’ CB Still Meets Needs Even If Its Glory Days Have Passed

Overdrive

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

10) Transport Bodies Lay Out Ground Rules For Modernization Across Europe

Intelligent Transport

OTHER

11) Delhi Government Plans To Make All Motor Vehicle Services Digital By April

Hindustan Times

PRIVACY

12) United Airlines Investigating Leak Of Cruz’s Cancun Flight Information

Politico

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Pennsylvania DOT Begins Task Of Selling Importance Of Bridge Tolls

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

RAILROADS

14) UK’s Network Rail Implements Online Safe Spaces Portal To Support Victims Of Domestic Abuse

Rail Technology Magazine

15) North Carolina Rail Trespassing Project Identifies Hotspots, Will Inform Outreach Efforts

Progressive Railroading

 

ROADWAYS

16) How Traffic Sensors, Cameras Are Transforming City Streets

CNBC

TRANSIT

17) New York City Transit Chief Blames Media For Low Subway Ridership Amid COVID-19

New York Post

18) Miami Deploys Informational Signs To Enhance Public Transportation Experience

SmartCitiesWorld

19) Pennsylvania Transit Agencies Embrace New App To Streamline Travel

Government Technology

20) ATRA Pulse - February 2021

Advanced Transit Association

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) Traffic Alert App Launched In Kenya

The Star

VEHICLES

22) Autonomous Buses To Become ‘Fully Operational’ This Year In Scotland

FutureScot

23) Will Intelligent Roads Finally Move Self-Driving Cars Into Fast Lane?

Autocar analysis

News Releases

1) Georgia Department Of Driver Services Gets Grant To Accelerate Conviction, Dismissals, Updates In State’s Electronic Conviction Processing System

2) University Of Toronto Driver Attention Study Could Help Cities Turn The Corner On Road Safety

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