Tuesday, February 23, 2016

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Biometric Data Carts to Cut Waiting Times at Japanese Airports

Link to Japan Times article

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/23/national/biometric-data-carts-cut-waiting-times-japanese-airports/

2) Düsseldorf Airport's Innovation Hub Looks to Improve Travel Experience for Customers

Link to Skift article

https://skift.com/2016/02/23/dusseldorf-airports-innovation-hub-wants-a-bit-of-startup-magic/

3) American Airlines Ends Lawsuit Over Gogo's Internet Speeds

Link to The Verge article

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/22/11095498/american-airlines-gogo-internet-suit-dismissed

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) High-Tech Bikeshare to Monitor Radiation in Fukushima

Link to National Geographic article

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/23/high-tech-bike-share-to-monitor-radiation-in-fukushima/

CAMERAS

5) Delhi Police Install High-Definition Cameras to Keep Tabs on Traffic Movements

Link to Asian News International article

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/delhi-police-install-high-definition-cameras-to-keep-tabs-on-traffic-movements-116022301147_1.html

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

6) Smart City Tech Connects Cars and Bikes with Big Data at Mobile World Congress

Link to Computerworld article

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3036279/internet-of-things/smart-city-tech-connects-cars-and-bikes-with-big-data-at-mwc.html

7) ITS Australia Showcases What's to Come In Automated Vehicle Technology

Link to Thinking Highways article

http://thinkinghighways.com/driverless-is-the-new-black-its-australia-showcases-whats-to-come-in-automated-vehicle-technology/

8) ITS Rocky Mountain E-Update

Link to update

http://bit.ly/1QBAwGd

OTHER

9) Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Declines to Celebrate Opening of World Trade Center Transportation Hub

Link to Politico New York article

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2016/02/8591588/port-authority-declines-celebrate-calatrava-designed-transportation-h  

10) Transportation Experts Look at Where Things Stand and What's Happening Next

Link to Roads & Bridges article

http://www.roadsbridges.com/brave-new-world

11) New Jersey Transportation Agencies Take Steps to Build Resilience

Link to Transportation Radio story

https://transportationradio.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/new-jersey-transportation-agencies-take-steps-to-build-resilience/

12) Google's City-Fixing 'Sidewalk Labs' is Finally Getting to Work

Link to Wired article

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/googles-city-fixing-sidewalk-labs-is-finally-getting-to-work/

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

13) Filmmaker Ordered to Stop Filming by Guards at Port of Tyne

Link to Shields Gazette article

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/watch-filmmaker-called-idiot-and-ordered-to-stop-filming-by-guards-at-port-of-tyne-1-7743532

14) Vietnam's Traffic Safety Committee Uses Facebook Page to Welcome Feedback

Link to Tuoi Tre News article

http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/33373/vietnams-traffic-safety-committee-sets-up-facebook-page-to-welcome-feedback

RAILROADS

15) Long Island Rail Road's Snowstorm Postmortem: We Need Better Technology – and Communication Skills

Link to WNYC Radio story

http://www.wnyc.org/story/lirrs-snowstorm-postmortem-we-need-better-technology-and-communication-skills/

ROADWAYS

16) Final Tests on Section of M1 'Smart Motorway'

Link to Nottingham Post article

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Final-tests-section-M1-smart-motorway/story-28785779-detail/story.html

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Heads-Up Windshield Displays Provide Information But May Threaten Safety

Link to ZDNet article

http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazons-alexa-is-coming-to-your-car/

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

18) Lyft May Share Data on Rides That Start and End at Los Angeles Metro Stations

Link to Los Angeles Times article

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lyft-metro-los-angeles-20160222-story.html

TRANSIT

19) Florida Transit Agency Rolls Out Plan to Pay Half Its Passengers' Uber or Cab Tabs

Link to Tampa Bay Times article

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/baybuzz/psta-and-uber-team-up/2266318

20) Unauthorized Pro-Palestinian Posters Placed in London Underground

Link to Evening Standard article

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/propalestine-tube-posters-an-act-of-vandalism-a3186221.html

21) Wi-Fi Hotspots Now Installed on One Train Car on Each of Metra's 11 Lines

Link to Chicago Tribune article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-wifi-hotspots-now-installed-on-one-train-car-on-each-of-metras-11-lines-20160222-story.html

22) Hebrew-Only Bus Signs in Haifa Spark Criticism

Link to Haaretz article

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.704962

23) Google Maps About to Include Baltimore's Charm City Circulator in its Directions

Link to Baltimore Business Journal article

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2016/02/23/google-maps-is-about-to-include-the-charm-city.html

24) Public Transportation: Marketing, Fare Policy and Transformative Data Trends, Volume 6, 2016

Link to publication

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/173970.aspx

VEHICLES

25) What's Next for Self-Driving Cars?

Link to NPR's All Things Considered story

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/02/22/467724324/whats-next-for-self-driving-cars

News Releases

1) DC Metro to Expand Real-Time Data for Third-Party App Developers

2) Qantas to Bring Fast, Free In-Flight Wi-Fi to Australian Skies

3) Santa Clarita, California Installs Blue Lights at Intersections to Highlight Red-Light Violations

4) AT&T and Audi Expand Connected Car Relationship

5) AT&T and Porsche Enter Multi-Year Connected Car Agreement

6) AT&T and Vodafone Support Introduction of OnStar Connected Car Service for Opel and Vauxhall OnStar in Europe

7) University of Wyoming Part of Study to Improve Safety, Reduce Traffic Closures on I-80

8) Ontario's Oakville Transit Introduces Real-Time Bus-Tracking Technology

9) Simon and Acuity Brands Pilot Lighting-Based Parking Technology at Atlanta and Orlando Shopping Centers

Solicitations

 -  Nominees Sought – Port Performance Freight Statistics Working Group – USDOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics

http://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOT/bulletins/13816d3

 -  Call for Papers – Intelligent Rail Summit 2016

http://www.railtech.com/intelligent-rail-summit-2016/call-for-papers/

Upcoming Events

Transportation Librarians Roundtable: Innovation and Non-Traditional Librarianship – March 10

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/021916libs.aspx

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