Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) FAA Plans Proposed Rulemaking for Remote Drone Identification
2) How Hidden Technology is Making Airports More Efficient
3) More Than an Auto-Pilot, AI Charts Its Course in Aviation
CAMERAS
4) Cameras to Be Used to Study How Pedestrians Are Distracted by Phones While Crossing Busy London Junction
5) PiXORD Uses Fish-Eye Network Cameras to Monitor Traffic
GPS / NAVIGATION
6) Navigation-Optimized Google Assistant for Google Maps Rolling Out to Android
MARITIME
7) Pathfinder Satellites to Support Maritime Sector
PARKING
8) SpotAngels App Aims to Help Boston Drivers Find Parking
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) Indian Traffic Cop Spends from His Own Pocket to Educate Students About Road Signs
RAILROADS
10) Amtrak to Install Digital Info System at 30th Street Station, Philadelphia
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) TSA Unveils Cyber Roadmap
12) Robots Being Tested in Singapore for Use in Public Transport Security
13) A Technical Solution to Driver Distraction
14) Tennessee Bill Would Create ‘Green Alert System’ for Missing Veterans
TELEMATICS
15) All New Cars Could Be Fitted with Black Boxes to Log Speed and Slow Them Automatically Under EU Proposals
TRANSIT
16) New Jersey Governor to Address Communication Problems that Annoy NJ Transit Riders
17) How Moscow Metro is Using Technology to Provide Safe and Efficient Transportation
18) BART Launches New App to Get Riders to and from Airports
VEHICLES
19) Vermont AOT’s Director of Policy Planning and Research Quietly Paving Way for Autonomous Vehicles in State
20) When Self-Driving Cars Meet Florida Drivers
21) Five Ways the Connected Car Will Benefit Car Rental


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Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) Flights at Saarbrücken Airport Now Handled by Traffic Controllers in Leipzig
CARTOGRAPHY
2) Hyundai Partners with AI Start-Up to Make HD Maps for Autonomous Cars
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) Is Your E-ZPass Spying On You?
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
4) USDOT’s Motorcycle Safety Analysis Report Shows Lack of Integration with ITS Ecosystems
5) Gulf Traffic Show
MARITIME
6) SpaceX Launches Pioneering UK Maritime Communications Satellite
7) European Council Looks to Modernize Ship-Reporting Systems
8) How Should Ports Prepare for Autonomous Shipping?
OTHER
9) Startups Collecting Data About Pittsburgh Roads Think They Can Shake Up City Infrastructure
10) Audi to Invest 14 Billion Euros in E-Mobility, Self-Driving Cars
RAILROADS
11) AAR Urges Feds to Be ‘Pro-Innovation’ with Automation Regs
ROADWAYS
12) Wild Horse Advocates Continue Push for Radar Speed Signs on New Mexico Highway
SAFETY / SECURITY
13) Ford Shows How Big Data Analytics Can Reveal Potential Future Road Accident Blackspots
14) US Wants New Aviation Standard to Expand Passenger Data Collection
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
15) Uber Announces New Minibus Service in Traffic-Mad Egypt
TELEMATICS
16) Panasonic Argues for Preserving Entire 5.9 GHz Band for Auto Safety Services
17) ‘CIOs Are Starting to Grasp the Potential of Vehicle Data’
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
18) Irish Gardaí to Stream Live Video of Car Chases to HQ
TRANSIT
19) Delhi Government Launches Common Mobility Card for Buses, Metro Trains
20) Transit Unplugged Podcast - Autonomous Vehicles
VEHICLES
21) Senate Nears Deal to Move Long-Stalled Self-Driving Car Legislation
22) USDOT’s Tampa Pilot Successfully Demonstrates Connected Technology with Transit Vehicles
23) Audi to Drop $16 Billion on Electrification, Autonomy by 2023


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Monday, December 3, 2018

Monday, December 3, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, December 3, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
Eberle Design, Inc.’s iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ Offers Real-Time Traffic & Arterial Data with Cabinet Monitoring

From the award-winning Intelligent Cabinet Interface to Traffic Equipment (iCITE®) suite of products, the iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ accesses real-time intersection and arterial traffic data from any traffic cabinet, via high-speed internal or external communications devices, regardless of the traffic controller or central ITS system. In cooperation with any iCITE Ready® data analytics partner, the DA-400x™ can provide turning movement counts, amber/red actuations, arrivals on red, detector failures, preemption details, communications and power failures/alerts, split and interval timing data, and the Purdue Coordination Diagram, based upon high resolution data, all tailored to provide automated traffic signal performance measures via a Cloud-based user-friendly interface. For more information, contact Eberle Design, Inc. Sales Director John Shearer at jshearer@editraffic.com.


AVIATION

1) Charter Brokers Now Have to Be More Transparent with Fliers, According to New USDOT Rules

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Daimler Concept Shows How Self-Driving Cars Could Communicate with Pedestrians

3) Architects Design Creative Road Graphics for Pedestrians, Motorcycles and Bikes in Shanghai

CAMERAS

4) Crashes Continue to Get Worse in Baltimore, Even as Traffic Cameras Expand

CARTOGRAPHY

5) Walking Tube Map Now Accessible Through Smartphones

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Britain Looks to Its Own GPS After EU Blocks Access to Galileo

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) Israel’s National Postal Service Launching Innovation Center for Tech Solutions, Including ITS

MARITIME

8) Canada to Trial Maritime Awareness System

OTHER

9) Iowa, Nebraska Bridge Collaboration Solidifies Relationships and Fosters New Ideas

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Louisiana Coalition Turns to Digital Media in Latest Push for Gas-Tax Hike

11) Group Plans to Launch Anti-Gas Tax Hike Ads at Louisiana’s Gas Stations

12) Florida DOT Looks to Improve Relations with Public

RAILROADS

13) Survey for Utica’s Polar Express Hacked

ROADWAYS

14) 20% of Dutch Road Signs Superfluous, Traffic Associations Say

15) Why Milwaukee-Area Drivers Are Seeing More Roadside Ads

TRANSIT

16) WMATA Inks Deal with Ohio Firm for GPS-Enabled Ads on Buses

17) Is a Fire Just a Mechanical Issue? How the MBTA Alerts Riders About Problems

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Minnesota DOT Adds Distance to Signs Showing Travel Times


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