Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday,
June 16, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
INRIX Parking Services – Smarter Parking for Better Inventory
Management & Urban Mobility
INRIX On-Street
Parking provides cities with a scalable, cost-effective and immediate way
to manage parking inventory as well as improve traffic in urban areas. Key
benefits of INRIX On-Street Parking to cities include:
· Real-time
Information
· Less
reliance on road-side counters and costly sensors
· Better
insight for urban planning
· Calibrate
demand pricing models
AVIATION
1)
FAA Proposes State-of-the-Art Traffic
Control System for Los Angeles' Crowded Skies
Link
to article in the Los Angeles Times:
2)
Report Says Targeted Advertising in
Airports Could Nearly Triple Ad Revenue
Link
to article on Skift:
3)
Airports and Aging Travelers
Link
to report from the Transportation Research Board:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
4)
Toronto Unveils Wayfinding
Pedestrian-Transit Pilot Project
Link
to story on CFTR Radio:
Link
to news release
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5)
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Test
All-Electronic Tolling on Delaware River Bridge
Link
to article in The Patriot-News:
OTHER
6)
Mobile Apps Increasingly Important for
Fleets
Link
to article in Fleet World:
7)
InTransition – Spring 2015
-
Eyes in the Sky Will Help
Travelers Down the Road
-
Ride-Hailing Apps Rapidly
Expanding from Urban Cores to Suburbs
-
New Jersey DOT Veteran Launches
National Operations Center of Excellence
-
Seven Steps DOTs Must Take Now to
Prepare for Technology's Impact
8)
Catalyst – June 2015
-
Major Ramp-Metering Upgrade
Reduces Freeway Delays for Twin Cities Motorists
-
Improving Merging Safety on
Freeway Ramps with V2V Technology
-
Helping Bicycle Riders Avoid
Crashes with Collision-Prediction Warning Systems
RAILROADS
9)
Inward-Facing Cameras a Distraction from
Serious Rail Safety Debate
Link
to blog from the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO:
ROADWAYS
10) New York State
DOT: Confusing Exit Signs Will Stay on Brooklyn's Gowanus Expressway Until
August
Link to article in Brooklyn Daily:
SAFETY / SECURITY
11)
Distracted Driving Crashes Up 6% in
Texas as TxDOT Launches 'Talk, Text, Crash' Campaign
Link
to story on KXAS-TV:
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
12)
New Tennessee Ridesharing Law Hailed as
Model for Nation
Link
to article in the Chattanooga Times Free
Press:
TELEMATICS
13)
Push Into Cars by Apple, Google Pumps Up
Prospects for QNX
Link
to article in the Ottawa Citizen:
14)
New Telematics Technology to Help
Insurers Tackle Fraudulent Whiplash Claims
Link
to article in Fleet World:
TRANSIT
15)
New Sydney Public Transport Signs
Confusing Visitors and Commuters
Link
to commentary in The Sydney Morning
Herald:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
16)
Digital Road Signs Get Mobile Phone
Real-Time Updates in Denmark
Link
to article in E&T:
VEHICLES
17)
Survey: Many Drivers Unfamiliar with
Infotainment Features
Link
to article in automotiveIT International:
18)
How Volvo Plans to End All Traffic
Fatalities by 2020
Link
to article in Popular Science:
Link
to further information on XC90
News Releases
11)
Iteris Reports Record Revenue for Fiscal
Year 2015 and Significant Progress on Strategic Initiatives
Job Posting
- Tolling Consultant – Traffic Technologies
Inc. – Southern California
Upcoming Events
Webinar - The Road to Driverless: Autonomous
Vehicle Platforms, Sensors and Requirements – June 18
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