Tuesday, March 8, 2022

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**International Women’s Day**

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Geographic Hints Help A Simple Robot Navigate For Kilometers

IEEE Spectrum

MARITIME

2) How AI Could ‘Flatten The Curve’ Of Port Infrastructure Utilization

Maritime Executive

ROADWAYS

3) States Use Road Sensors To Combat Treacherous ‘Tire Carcasses’

Stateline

4) Crowdsourced Map Shows Locations Of Spanish Directorate-General For Traffic Radar Locations

NewsTrace

VEHICLES

5) Startup Pony.ai Agrees To Automated Driving Software Recall

Reuters

6) Automated Vehicles Eyed For Depopulated Areas Of Japan

Yomiuri Shimbun

7) Tesla Submits Partial Response To NHTSA’s Probe On In-Car ‘Passenger Play’ Feature

Teslarati

8) AI-Powered Tesla Traffic Light Device Intrigues Elon

Not A Tesla App

News Releases

1) More Female Staff, Better Design And Checks For Frontline Staff Key To Ending Violence Against Women On UK Public Transport

2) New Rekor Systems Report Analyzes Benefits Of Intelligent Variable Speed Limits In Mitigating Pollution From Traffic Congestion

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

While there seems to be some dispute about this, I suggest that this is the world’s shortest ferry ride. It’s 200 feet (61 meters) across a gap on the Island Line Bike Trail across Lake Champlain in Vermont. The trail follows an old railroad line and the ferry fills the gap that was once covered by a railroad drawbridge. 

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