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Friday, May 27, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

1) Gatwick Airport's 'Data Socialist' Proves Value of Data-Sharing with Pioneering Airport Community App

Link to Future Travel Experience article

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2016/05/gatwicks-proves-value-of-data-sharing-with-airport-community-app

2) State Court Says California Privacy La Doesn't Apply to Airlines' Mobile Apps

Link to San Francisco Chronicle article

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Court-says-Ca-privacy-law-doesn-t-apply-to-7946012.php

Link to case information

3) Cyber Security in Aviation: The Woman Who Saw the Tsunami Coming

Link to Runway Girl Network article

https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2016/05/26/cyber-security-aviation-woman-saw-tsunami-coming/

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) Helsinki Integrates Bikeshare Program with Public Transportation

Link to Metro article

http://www.metro-magazine.com/government-issues/news/713512/helsinki-integrates-bike-share-program-with-public-transportation

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

5) 'Just Saying': TSA Spokespeople Trying to Downplay Long Line Complaints on Twitter

Link to Mediaite article

http://www.mediaite.com/online/just-saying-tsa-spokespeople-are-trying-to-downplay-long-line-complaints-on-twitter/

RAILROADS

6) Netherlands Railways Deploys Sensor Network with Blip

Link to Industrial IoT 5G article

http://industrialiot5g.com/20160526/channels/news/netherlands-railways-sensor-network-blip-tag29

Link to news release

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Vermont Agency of Transportation Pulls New Seat Belt Safety Ad After Disabled Community Voices Concern

Link to Vermont Public Radio story

http://digital.vpr.net/post/vtrans-pulls-new-seat-belt-safety-ad-after-disabled-community-voices-concern

8) US Homeland Security Secretary: We All Need to Invest in 'E-ZPass of Airports'

Link to CBS This Morning story

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeh-johnson-homeland-security-secretary-on-solutions-to-tsa-security-line-delay/

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Use of KC Bridj, Kansas City's New Transit Service, is Growing But Marketing is a Challenge

Link to KSHB-TV story

http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/do-you-know-about-ride-kc-bridj-kansas-citys-new-transit-service

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Georgia's HERO Drivers Reduce Road Rage on Highways

Link to Marketplace story

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/05/26/world/stuck-traffic-georgia-heros-save-day

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) New Technology Tracks Crime, Traffic Reports in Real-Time, to Help Baton Rouge Police Coordinate Response

Link to Advocate article

http://theadvocate.com/news/15902778-123/mixing-gis-technology-with-baton-rouge-police-dispatch-expected-to-help-put-officers-where-most-effe

Link to news release

VEHICLES

12) 'Smart Car' Tech to Get Boost from US-Israel Collaboration

Link to Jerusalem Post article

http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Tech/Smart-car-tech-to-get-boost-from-US-Israel-collaboration-455125

13) Intel Buys Computer Vision Startup Itseez to Improve Navigation in Self-Driving Cars

Link to TechCruch article

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/26/intel-buys-computer-vision-startup-itseez-to-improve-navigation-in-self-driving-cars/

Link to news release

News Releases

1) New Online Portal Offers Window to Oklahoma DOT Maps, Data

2) New Pennsylvania DOT Open Data Portal Puts Road, Bridge and Other Transportation Data at Public's Fingertips

3) Cemtrex to Acquire Electronics Manufacturer Specializing in Automotive Technologies

Friday Bonus

London old and new.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3496820/London-map-blends-Google-Street-View-photos-100-years-ago.html

Upcoming Events

2016 Traffic Safety Conference – June 6-8 – College Station, Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/group/cts/2016-traffic-safety-conference/

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