Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday,
September 18, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057
Got Traffic? Don’t miss this Webinar!
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Cost Effective Decisions Using Powerful Analytics
In this Webinar, INRIX
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Demand Management. You will learn how to scan a region for the top traffic
jams, how to identify key causes of congestion and how to find traffic
patterns that are likely to be helped by particular TDM techniques such as bike
lanes, shuttles, better road network design and smarter parking services.
AVIATION
1)
Attendees at FTE Global 2015 Hear from
Google, Facebook on How Technology Can Improve Customer Experience
Link
to article on Future Travel Experience:
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
2)
Research Shows Pedestrians Lack
Visibility Based on Clothing Color, Not Driver Distraction
Link
to article in The Sunflower:
Link
to news release
CARTOGRAPHY
3)
Inside iOS9: Apple Maps Gains Transit
Directions for Buses, Trains, Subways, More
Link
to article on AppleInsider:
GPS / NAVIGATION
4)
New US Air Force GPS Director Brings
Technical, Space Program Background
Link
to article in Inside GNSS:
5)
Opening the Floodgates: Five Reasons
Truck Navigation is Growing
Link
to article in Commercial Carrier Journal:
OTHER
6)
What It's Like to Be Hearing Impaired in
a Big, Dense City
Link
to article on CityLab:
7)
MyWay European Smart Mobility Resource
Manager Project Newsletter – September/October 2015
Link
to newsletter:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
8)
Skills Awards Highlight State DOT Public Communication Programs, Special
Efforts
Link
to article in the AASHTO Journal:
Link
to Transportation TV video
9)
Kris Van Cleave Upped to CBS News
Transportation Correspondent
Link
to article in Adweek:
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/kris-van-cleave-upped-to-cbs-news-transportation-correspondent/272006
RAILROADS
10)
Lawmakers Press FRA Nominee on Safety
Deadline
Link
to article in The New York Times:
SAFETY / SECURITY
11)
TSA Has Taken Steps Designed to Develop
Processes for Sharing and Analyzing Information and to Improve Rail Security
Incident Reporting
Link
to US Government Accountability Office report:
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
12)
Holy Holdups: Cities Gear Up for Papal
Traffic Gridlock
Link
to article in USA Today:
TRANSIT
13)
'Data Helps Us Provide Better
Transport': Transport for London on Oyster Cards, Big Data and Contactless
Payments
Link
to article on CityMetric:
14)
Can the New York City Subway Become a
Musical Instrument?
Link
to story on Studio 360:
TRAVELER INFORMATION /
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15)
British Columbia Posting Commute Times
to Boost Port Mann Bridge Usage
Link
to CTV News story:
Link
to news release
16)
Inside Boston's Traffic Jams
Link
to story on WGBH-TV:
VEHICLES
17)
USDOT to Conduct Research in Maryland on
Spectrum Effects on V2V and V2I
Link
to article on MyEasternShoreMD:
18)
Apple Meets California Officials to
Discuss Self-Driving Car
Link
to article in The Guardian:
19)
Apple and Google Create a Buzz at
Frankfurt Motor Show
Link
to article in The New York Times:
News Releases
Friday Bonus
If you've been unlucky
enough to be driving in a city when the president comes to town, you know how
bad traffic can get. Take a look at how quickly things can change.
Solicitation
-
Request for Proposals – Bell Road
Signal Control Technology (ASCT) Deployment – Maricopa County, Arizona
-
Request for Proposals – Wi-Fi
System Concession – State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports
Division
Upcoming Events
IANA Intermodal Expo – September 20-22 – Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
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The
Transportation Communications Newsletter
is published electronically Monday through Friday.
Questions,
comments about the TCN? Please write
the editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.
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