Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
September 9, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
GEWI and BMW Demonstrating VMS2DASH at ITS World Congress
In the newest development of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, BMW and GEWI are demonstrating a prototype technology called VMS2DASH. It would enable public agencies to transmit traffic information from variable message signs (VMS) on public roadways onto a vehicle’s in-dash information display. This would put important traffic messages directly in the driver’s field of view, providing information relevant to their specific location as well as their destination. Register for the ride-along demo at GEWI booth #2805 at ITS World Congress. Demo is held at the Atwater Technology Demonstration area. If you are won’t be attending World Congress, click here for a TIC Features Overview video http://gewi.com/videos/tic-overview/. For more information how TIC Connects Systems – Vehicles – Travelers, visit www.gewi.com
In the newest development of vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, BMW and GEWI are demonstrating a prototype technology called VMS2DASH. It would enable public agencies to transmit traffic information from variable message signs (VMS) on public roadways onto a vehicle’s in-dash information display. This would put important traffic messages directly in the driver’s field of view, providing information relevant to their specific location as well as their destination. Register for the ride-along demo at GEWI booth #2805 at ITS World Congress. Demo is held at the Atwater Technology Demonstration area. If you are won’t be attending World Congress, click here for a TIC Features Overview video http://gewi.com/videos/tic-overview/. For more information how TIC Connects Systems – Vehicles – Travelers, visit www.gewi.com
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1) Drivers Confused by New Downtown Seattle Bike
Lane
Link to story on KOMO-TV:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Drivers-confused-after-Second-Avenue--bike-lane-re-274432691.html
2)
Cincinnati Installs New Thermal Traffic
Sensor to be More Bike-Friendly
Link
to story on WLWT-TV:
CAMERAS
3)
Edmonton, Alberta Mulls Going Into Photo
Radar Business in Other Municipalities
Link
to story on CHED Radio:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
Navigation Apps Are Transforming the Way
We Experience Urban Environments
Link
to blog on City Lab:
http://www.citylab.com/tech/2014/09/smartphones-and-the-uncertain-future-of-spatial-thinking/379796/
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
5)
Daily News from ITS World Congress
Link
to update from ITS International:
6)
ITS World Congress 2014 Thinking Aloud
Show 2
Link
to Thinking Aloud podcast:
OTHER
7) Withering Inspector General Report Criticizes
DC Parking and Traffic Ticketing
Link to article in The Washington Post:
8)
Flight MH17: Considerations for Social
Sharing and Reporting in an Emergency
Link
to article in Government Technology:
ROADWAYS
9)
Leland, North Carolina Drivers Request
Live Traffic Updates During Causeway Construction
Link
to story on WHQR Radio:
SAFETY / SECURITY
10)
New Technology Could Thwart Wrong-Way
Crashes
Link
to article in The Tampa Tribune:
TELEMATICS
11)
Canadian Trucking Firm Builds Telematics
System from Scratch
Link
to article in Truck News:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12)
Montreal Unveils Real-Time Traffic
Management Center
Link
to story on CTV News:
Link
to news release (in French)
VEHICLES
13)
Audi Plans to Take Over the Wheel in
Stop-and-Go Driving
Link
to Bloomberg article:
14)
Tesla's Musk Sees Self-Driving Vehicles
Just Around a Corner
Link
to AFP article:
15)
Verizon CEO: Self-Driving Cars Just
Years Away from Reality
Link
to article in The Detroit News:
16)
Video: Ride Inside a Fully-Automated GM
Car
Link
to article on MLive:
17)
Connected Vehicles Promise Safer, More
Responsive Travel
Link
to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:
18)
Whatever the Future of the Automotive
Industry, Electronics is the Key
Link
to blog on MarketEye:
News Releases
Upcoming Events
European Parking Association Congress and Parken – September 23-25 –
Berlin
Today in Transportation
History
1964
**50th anniversary** The R32 New York City subway car model,
'Brightliners,' had their ceremonial introductory trip from a Bronx rail yard
to Grand Central Terminal.
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