Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday,
April 22, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
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AVIATION
1)
Sweden Opens World's First Remote Air
Control Tower
Link
to AFP article:
Link
to further information
2)
Experts Flag Concern About Charging
Devices on Takeoff and Landing
Link
to article on Runway Girl Network:
3)
Free Wi-Fi Still Partially Grounded at
New York Metropolitan Airports
Link
to article in Newsday:
4)
Feds Ask Airlines to Look for
Theoretical Wi-Fi Hacks
Link
to article in Wired:
5)
Hacker: I'm Trying to Make Aviation
Safer
Link
to video on CNBC:
CAMERAS
6)
Texas Senate Votes to Ban Use of
Red-Light Cameras by Cities in State
Link
to article in The Dallas Morning News:
7)
Ban on Red-Light Cameras in Smaller
Towns Passes Illinois House
Link
to AP article:
8)
Cameras to Be Added to All Toll Lanes on
New Hampshire Turnpike
Link
to article in the New Hampshire Union
Leader:
Link
to news release
CARTOGRAPHY
9)
Apple Job Listing Confirms Plans to
Bring Public Transit Info to Its Maps Service
Link
to article on Apple Insider:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
10) New York Civil Liberties Union Raises
Privacy Concerns About Using E-ZPass for Traffic Studies
Link to article in the Staten Island Advance:
Link
to news release
11) Another Free Pass for Toll Dodgers on
New York Roads
Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:
MARITIME
12)
Singapore MPA and Port of Rotterdam
Partner for Information Exchange and R&D
Link
to article on ship-technology:
Link
to news release
OTHER
13)
Pennsylvania DOT Takes Control of
Philadelphia's Outdoor Ads in Commercial Zones
Link
to article in the Philadelphia Daily News:
14)
South Carolina DMV Will Allow
Transgender Teen to Wear Make-Up in License Photo
Link
to story on WCIV-TV:
15)
What It Takes to Build a Communicative
and Connected City
Link
to advertorial on E27:
ROADWAYS
16)
A Look Behind the Scenes at the
Minneapolis Sign Shop
Link
to article in the Star-Tribune:
SAFETY / SECURITY
17)
Smart City Technology May Be Vulnerable
to Hackers
Link
to article in The New York Times:
18) Study: Distracted Driving Happens 11.1
Million Times a Day in Connecticut
Link to article in The News-Times:
19)
New Device Allows Parents to Track
Teens' Texting and Driving Habits
Link
to story on KSHB-TV:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20)
Waze, Los Angeles to Share Data on
Traffic, Hit-and-Runs, Kidnappings
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
21)
St. Mary's County, Maryland Says It's
First 911 Center in US to Provide Traffic Info to Waze
Link
to article on SoMdNews:
VEHICLES
22)
Self-Driving Car Bill in Texas Stalled
by Google, Carmakers
Link
to article on The Texas Tribune:
23)
Self-Driving Cars Will Be Safer, But
Surprises Will Happen
Link
to article in the Detroit Free Press:
24)
What Drivers Really Want (Hint: Not
Connectivity)
Link
to story on CNBC:
Link
to news release
25)
Peugeot, IBM Working to Connect Cars to
Shops and Servicing
Link
to Reuters article:
Link
to news release
News Releases
Solicitation
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Entries Sought – ITS United
Kingdom Student Essay Award
Upcoming Events
New Jersey Work Zone
Safety Conference – April 29 – Piscataway, New Jersey
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