Tuesday, June 27, 2023

  

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

  Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - Burlington, Vermont

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**Djibouti Independence Day**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) MilWAKee Walks Hires New Crosswalk Ambassador To Promote Safer Streets For Pedestrians

WTMJ-TV

AVIATION

2) FAA Still Silent On Dulles Airport Noise Concerns

Loudoun Now

3) USDOT Targets Improved CX For Airline Travelers Through New Digital Services

GovCIO Media & Research

4) Mom Introduces Her Daughter To Aviation Through TikTok Videos

Black Enterprise

CAMERAS

5) Indiana DOT Rolling Out Speed Camera Program In Work Zones

WFIE-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) New York City Cleared For First-In-US Congestion Tolls As Soon As April

Bloomberg

FREIGHT

7) Automated Trucking Is Maturing Rapidly But There’s So Much More To Do

Forbes

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) T-Mobile Wins A C-V2X Traffic Safety Project In Bellevue, Washington

Telecompetitor

OTHER

9) NYPD’s Fight Against ‘Ghost Cars’ Lacks Serious Muscle

Streetsblog NYC

10) From Student To Younger Member: ITE’s Roadmap To Success – Anamaria Torres, Senior Transportation Engineer, Stantec

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) Should Government Agencies Respond To Bad Reviews?

Government Technology

12) How The Wabaunsee County, Kansas Sheriff’s PSA Got 4 Million Page Views

Topeka Capital-Journal

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) UK Launches App For Transport Workers To Report Safety Concerns

Railway Technology

News Releases

1) FHWA Opens First Round Of $85 Million Competitive Grant Program To Fund Digital Construction Technologies

2) Technology Key To Navigating July Fourth Washington State Ferry Travel

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

In the 19th century American railroads did not have uniform gauges. It meant passenger and freight rail cars could not complete journeys across multiple lines, at times. In Switzerland this is still an issue, but a train solves the problem through carriages which can adjust to accommodate the different track widths.

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