Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday,
July 31, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1)
Pushing Buttons Gets Pedestrians Nowhere
in Downtown Dallas
Link
to article in The Dallas Morning News:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
2)
Indian Government Working Towards
Electronic Toll Collection System
Link
to article in The Economic Times:
3)
Verrazano Bridge Will Soon Accept Debit
and Credit Cards for Toll Payments
Link
to article in the Staten Island Advance:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
4)
Edmond, Oklahoma Spends $1.7 Million on
ITS
Link
to article in The Edmond Sun:
5)
Rhode Island Maker of Electronic Highway
Signs Plans Move, Expansion
Link
to article in The Providence Journal:
MARITIME
6)
Salem Marine Society, Hidden Even from
the Locals
Link
to commentary in The Salem News:
OTHER
7)
Meet HitchBOT, the Robotic Hitchhiking
Wonder
Link
to story on NPR's All Things Considered:
SAFETY / SECURITY
8)
Campaign Launched to Prevent Heatstroke
Deaths of Children Left in Cars
Link
to article in the Chicago Tribune:
9)
New Hotline in Place to Report Odors
from Port of Albany
Link
to story on WGY Radio:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
10)
Another Avenue to Reach Policy Makers:
Taxicabs
Link
to article in The New York Times:
TELEMATICS
11)
How Auto Insurer Progressive Collected
10 Billion Miles of Driving Data from Its Customers
Link
to article on ZDNet:
TRANSIT
12)
Free Wi-Fi at Bus Stop in Kansas City,
Kansas
Link
to article in The Kansas City Star:
13)
All Calgary Transit Buses Now Have GPS
Tracking, Real-Time Mobile App Due in December
Link
to article in Metro:
VEHICLES
14)
Smartwatches Can be Used to Control a
Tesla
Link
to article on Mobile Commerce Press:
Upcoming Events
IBTTA Global Summit –
October 19-21 – Prague
Today in Transportation
History
1964
**50th anniversary** County singer Jim Reeves died when the small
plane he was piloting crashed in Tennessee.
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