Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
July 18, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1)
Google Maps for Mobile Now Helps Bikers
Avoid Steep Hills
Link
to article on Engadget:
CAMERAS
2)
Faulty Chicago Red-Light Cameras
Produced Thousands of Bogus Traffic Tickets
Link
to article on Ars Technica:
GPS / NAVIGATION
3)
Senate Spending Bill Directs US Air
Force to Develop Alternative GPS Payload
Link
to article on SpaceNews:
4)
Survey Marker Has Been on the Job for 80
Years
Link
to column in the Tallahassee Democrat:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5)
New York State Thruway Authority
Refusing to Release Records
Link
to story on WIVB-TV:
TRANSIT
6)
Maryland Transit Administration to Offer
Tracking of Buses via Smartphone
Link
to article in The Baltimore Sun:
Link
to news release
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
7)
Roads in Newcastle, UK to Get Smart
Link
to article in the Evening Chronicle:
VEHICLES
8)
Volkswagen Sets Sights on Apple-Like
Updates with New Speed Team
Link
to Bloomberg article:
9)
Technology Will Heavily Influence
Vehicle Choice by Fleet Industry
Link
to article in Fleet News:
10)
Consumers Appear Uncertain About
Connected Cars
Link
to article in The New York Times:
11)
The Connected Car Takes Its Place
Link
to article in Radio World:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
I've
heard of wanting to keep parking spaces fluid, but this may be going too far.
Solicitation
-
Call for Applications – Select
Members of Platform for Deployment of C-ITS in the EU – European Commission
Upcoming Events
US DOT ITS Transit Workshop – August 26 –
Branson, Missouri
Today in Transportation
History
1904
**110th anniversary** The Rahway Valley Railroad was chartered to
run between New Orange (Kenilworth) and Summit, New Jersey.
1914
**100th anniversary** The Aviation Section, Signal Corps was created
within the US Army.
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