Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION

1) Airport Wireless Networks and the Need for Speed… Density and Coverage

CAMERAS

2) Moscow’s Smart Tech Includes 160,000 Cameras to Detect Traffic Violators

3) Finland Study: Dense Automatic Speed Enforcement Effectively Reduces Speeding

FREIGHT

4) Access to Big Data Would Help Trucking Companies Improve Safety and Productivity

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GPS Device-Maker Garmin Reeling After Workers Gunned Down

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) How ‘Smart City’ Technology is Connecting Europeans

OTHER

7) TV Station Says Dozens of Federal Employees, Including Some at USDOT, Watched Abundance of Porn on Job in Recent Years

8) Volpe Center Bulletin - February 28

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) US Transportation Secretary to Auto Industry: ‘Educate Skeptical Public’ About Self-Driving Tech

RAILROADS

10) Why Trains Crash

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Fine Pedestrians for Texting While Crossing the Street, Montreal Asks Province

12) San Francisco Testing New Signs to Cut Cars Hitting Light Rail Trains

TELEMATICS

13) Remote Updates Coming for Volvo Trucks

14) Weigh Station Bypass App Keeps Truck Drivers Moving in US and Canada
Drivewyze website

TRANSIT

15) Singapore Commuters Can Use Mastercard to Pay for Public Transport from March 20
Land Transport Authority news release

16) New Connecticut Buses Bring New Opportunity for Mobile Apps, College Students

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) California DOT’s Donner Pass Chief Tweets a Blizzard to Aid Drivers
Caltrans District 3 Twitter feed

VEHICLES

18) US Department of Energy’s Reuben Sarkar’s Discusses New Report, The Transforming Mobility Ecosystem: Enabling an Energy-Efficient Future

19) Minnesota DOT Wants Robot Buses in the Streets Next Year

20) Iowa Highways Could Become Testing Ground for Truck Platooning Tech
Iowa House Study Bill 111

21) Carmakers Must Embrace Big Tech to Survive the Coming Revolution

News Releases

Solicitation

Upcoming Events

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