Transportation Communications Newsletter

The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday. For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Long Hill, New Jersey

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) How ‘Community Mobility Rituals’ Can Transform Neighborhoods

The Brake podcast

AVIATION

2) ANA To Remove Self-Check-In Machines At Japan Airports Next Year, Saying Most Passengers Can Use Smartphone App

Kyodo News

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Google Maps’ Street View Celebrates 15th Anniversary With New Camera, Features

Chrome Unboxed

FREIGHT

4) More Ports To Join Supply Chain Information Highway

Supply Chain Drive

MARITIME

5) US, Japan, India, Australia Unveil Satellite-Based Maritime Monitoring Initiative

SpaceNews

6) Port Of London Authority Hit By ‘Politically Motivated’ Cyberattack

Tech Monitor

OTHER

7) Maryland Becomes Second State To Offer Driver’s Licenses, State IDs In Apple Wallet

TechCrunch

PRIVACY

8) Democratic Lawmakers Implore Google To Halt Geo Data Collection

Nextgov

RAILROADS

9) Signal Issue Halted Tri-Rail, Amtrak, CSX Tuesday

WPTV-TV

ROADWAYS

10) How Carmel, Indiana Became the ‘Roundabout Capital of the United States’

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Multiple Security Flaws Emerge In Australian Digital Driver’s Licenses

TechSpot

12) Collision-Avoidance Technologies Can Improve Safety For Teen Drivers

NTSB Safety Compass Blog

SPACE

13) Space Industry Officials Say Companies Need To Collaborate On Space Traffic Issues

SpaceNews

TRANSIT

14) Outside Study Finds ‘Critical Flaws’ In New York MTA’s $90 Million Bus Command Center

New York Post

15) DC Metro Partnering With App To Help Visually Impaired People Navigate Transit

WRC-TV

16) New York-Area Transportation Agencies Pick 10 Firms To Test New Tech Ideas

StateScoop

17) Bahrain’s Bus Stops Go Digital With E-Paper Passenger Information Displays

Intelligent Transport

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) North Carolina Unveils Flood-Warning System For Roads

VEHICLES

19) States Lead The Way On Autonomous Vehicle Regulation As Federal Law Looms On The Horizon

Morgan Lewis commentary

News Releases

1) Understanding The Magic Of IoT In Transportation For The Truck Industry

2) Google Street View Adding Virtual Tour Of Sydney Ferries

3) Superpedestrian, Helbiz, Populus Partner On USDOT Safety Initiative

4) Apple Music Now Available On Waze
5) Miovision Launches New Advance Detection Solution - Miovision SmartView Approach

Solicitation

- Call for Abstracts - 2022 Annual Meeting ITS Rocky Mountain

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport Debuts Mock Aircraft To Help Ease Flying Anxiety

Bring Me The News

2) NASA Mulls Data Ecosystem To Help Drones, Air Taxis Make Critical Safety Decisions

DroneDJ

CAMERAS

3) Providence To Install License Plate Cameras On City Roads

WJAR-TV

4) Cyprus Traffic-Camera System Inundated By Number Of Violations

Cyprus Mail

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Philadelphia Launches Real-Time Smart City Project

Government Technology

MARITIME

6) Maritime Comms Sailing At Speed On A Wave Of Digital Developments

Maritime Executive advertorial

OTHER

7) Funding In UK For Transport Projects To Help Tackle Loneliness

Highways News

8) With Noise, Enforcement Is The Key

Quiet Communities blog

PRIVACY

9) Moving Beyond Employee Surveillance In Transportation

ZDNet

10) Cars Can Track Our Driving Habits: Who Owns That Data, And What’s Being Done With It?

Thinking Transportation podcast

ROADWAYS

11) Connecticut Artist Makes Own Traffic-Calming Measures

New Haven Independent

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Iowa Governor Signs Bill To Share Driver’s License Photos For Missing People

KCCI-TV

13) Cape Town Trials New Traffic Signals For MyCiTi Bus To Curb Collisions

CapeTalk Radio

TRANSIT

14) Some City Transportation Authorities Have Safety Apps To Report Issues, Dangers? Why Not The CTA?

WBBM-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Pennsylvania DOT Developing Active Traffic Management System For Pittsburgh-Area Highway

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

16) Croatia Motorway Operator To Fully Digitize It Services By Year’s End

Total Croatia News

VEHICLES

17) Argo AI Testing Fully-Driverless Vehicles In Miami, Austin

The Verge

18) Research Helps Connected And Automated Vehicles Steer Closer To Reality

TRB

19) AVs Need Extreme Training, Says Research

ITS International

20) Ford Tests Automatic Speed Reduction

Ruetir

News Releases

1) New Book Looks At Complex, Stressful Work Of Air Traffic Controllers

2) Zela Aviation Debuts New Website, Logo

3) Saudi’s SDAIA: Autonomous Vehicles Will Be Commercially Available In World By 2030; Will Account For 50% Of Sales After 2045

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Where can cars not use a highway? When it’s a staircase.

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