Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, November 26, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

---

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

1) Baidu Develops 'Smart Bike' and Its Operating System

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/baidu-develops-smart-bike-and-its-operating-system-7000036166/

CAMERAS

2) Delegate Norton Blasts Lawmakers Trying to Regulate DC Traffic Cameras

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/225386-norton-blasts-lawmakers-trying-to-regulate-dc-traffic-cameras

Link to news release

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Drivers Using New Tool to Avoid Massachusetts Tolls

Link to story on WBZ-TV:

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/11/25/i-team-drivers-using-new-tool-to-avoid-mass-tolls/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

4) Educating the Public About Transit

Link to article in Mass Transit:

http://masstransit.epubxp.com/i/420594/29

RAILROADS

5) Sequestration Cuts Hazmat Train-Tracking Program

Link to blog in Government Security News:

http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/43058?c=disaster_preparedness_emergency_response

ROADWAYS

6) Debate Over Metric Arizona Highway Signs Continues

Link to article in Better Roads:

http://www.betterroads.com/debate-over-arizona-highway-signs-continues/

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Proposed Washington State Distracted Driving Law Won't Stop Siri

Link to story on KUOW Radio:

http://kuow.org/post/proposed-distracted-driving-law-wont-stop-siri

TRANSIT

8) Toronto Transit Group Urges Grumpy TTC Riders to Take Selfies

Link to article in the Toronto Sun:

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/25/transit-group-urges-grumpy-ttc-riders-to-take-selfies

Link to news release

VEHICLES

9) Honda V2X Tech Gets Cars Talking to Each Other

Link to article in Autocar Professional:

http://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/honda-v2x-tech-ready-mass-market-deployment-6920

News Releases

1) Trial of Truck Blind Spot Camera Technology Hailed a Success

2) Boeing Opens Aerospace Photography Vault to Consumers

3) City of Madrid Elected as Polis 2015 President

4) Global Telematics Service Revenues to Exceed $7 Billion by 2019 Says Strategy Analytics

5) Toyota to Bring Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperative Systems to New Models in 2015

6) Langley Research Center's Air Traffic Operations Lab Answering Big Questions About the Future of Air Travel

7) Fujitsu Provides SPATIOWL Traffic Information System to Indonesian Toll Road Management Company

8) Bing Maps Provides More Accurate Trip Times Worldwide

Upcoming Events

Future Travel Experience Europe – February 2-4 – London

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/fte-europe/

======================================================================

The Transportation Communications Newsletter is published electronically Monday through Friday. 

To subscribe (for free) or unsubscribe, please contact me at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications  

Become a TCN fan on Facebook and follow on Twitter @TransportComm.

Questions, comments about the TCN?  Please write the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.     

© 2014 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.bwcommunications.net