Thursday, August 31, 2017

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 31, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Behind the Scenes: What Happens at an Airport Overnight?

2) Uses of Social Media to Inform Operational Response and Recovery During an Airport Emergency

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

3) MIT’s New Ford-Funded Robot Can Deftly Navigate Pedestrian Traffic

4) Dane County, Wisconsin Bicycle Map Available in Print and Interactive Form

CAMERAS

5) Las Vegas Airport’s New Cutting-Edge Camera System to Upgrade Surveillance

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Philadelphia Becomes First US City to Map Urban Trails on Google Street View

FREIGHT

7) Interactive Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Harvey on Commercial Traffic in Houston

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) Singapore to Help Philippines Deal with Traffic Woes with ‘Intelligent Transport System’

9) ITS Australia Newsletter - August 2017

OTHER

10) Jaguar-Backed Blockchain Startup Wants to Trade Tokens for Transport Data

PLANNING

11) Uber Movement’s Traffic Data Now Available to Public

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

12) Port of Vancouver Admits It Violated Public Meetings Law
Port of Vancouver news release

RAILROADS

13) NTSB Seeks Video to Document Mysterious Transit Rail Crashes

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) France Targets Ports with ‘Maritime Surveillance’

TRANSIT

15) Transit Wireless Takes on Challenge of Bringing 21st Century Communications Technology to 100+ Year Old New York City Subway System

16) New Radio System on C TRAN Buses to Increase Safety for Riders, Operators

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Florida DOT to Use New Platform for Integration of Video and Data Systems

VEHICLES

18) Ford Seeking Commercial Vehicle Autonomous Tech Partnerships

19) US Army Is Developing Autonomous Armored Vehicles

20) Magna Launches MAX4 System, Aims to Scale Autonomous Driving Broadly

21) Strategies to Advance Automated and Connected Vehicles

22) Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies


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