Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Wednesday, December 9, 2015


Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT 

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AVIATION

1) Busy Air Traffic Control Facilities Lack Enough Controllers, Watchdog Says
Link to AP article and Fox News story
Link to GAO report

CAMERAS

2) Enforcement Cameras Lose Federal Funding Under FAST Act
Link to Land Line article

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Atlas Created to Guide Travelers Through New York's Penn Station
Link to Curbed NY article

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) LightSquared, Deere Settle Long GPS Legal Fight
Link to MarketWatch article
Link to news release

5) US Air Force General: Raytheon's GPS Control System is 'a Disaster'
Link to Reuters article

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) ITS Australia Newsletter – December 2015
Link to newsletter

MARITIME

7) Nigeria Inaugurates Maritime Surveillance System
Link to Maritime Executive article

OTHER

8) Daily News Updates from Gulf Traffic Exhibition
Link to updates

PARKING

9) Port of New Orleans Sues Parking Lot Firm Over Trademark
Link to Times-Picayune article

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) FMCSA Pulls Carrier Safety Data from Public Website
Link to Safety+Health article

TRANSIT

11) Uber's Testing a New Mass Transit Alternative
Link to TechCrunch article

12) Testing Completed on NFC Ticketing Trial in Montreal
Link to NFC World+ article
Link to news release

VEHICLES

13) Samsung Sets Up Team to Focus on Driverless Cars
Link to CNBC story

14) Cities Should Help Bring About the Smart Car, Transportation Tech Leaders Say
Link to Future Structure article

15) Bridgestone's New Car Tire Technology Detects Road Conditions
Link to Gizmag article


News Releases


Solicitation
 -  Call for Papers – 2016 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium


Upcoming Events
iMobility Forum Webinar: Pre-Commercial Procurement – December 14

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