Friday, September 22, 2017

Friday, September 22, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🍂  Friday, September 22, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey 🌷


AVIATION

1) Airports and Airlines Investing in Baggage Tracking Technology

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) After Deadly Summer, Spartanburg, South Carolina Cyclists Launch Safety Campaign

CAMERAS

3) Timeline: Red-Light Cameras in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois OK’d by IDOT After Campaign Donations Made

4) Peoria, Arizona Police Can Now Use Traffic Cameras as Crime-Fighting Tool

5) ‘Eyes in the Sky’ Now Routine for Disaster Assessment, Recovery

CARTOGRAPHY

6) Google Expands Crowdsourcing to Add Accessibility Info to Maps

MARITIME

7) US Navy Racing to Test, Field Unmanned Maritime Vehicles for Future Ships

OTHER

8) European Commission, Ministers, Industry Join Forces on Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

9) New York DMV Launches Child Passenger Safety Video Series
NYS Department of Motor Vehicles news release

RAILROADS

10) Transpennine Route to Become UK’s First ‘Digital’ Railway
Department for Transport news release

ROADWAYS

11) Colorado DOT Crews to Install Monitoring Technology on I-70 in Glenwood Canyon
Colorado DOT news release

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) AAA Foundation for Safety: Truck Safety Technology Can Prevent 63,000 Crashes Annually

13) Crime-Fighting Robot Can Detect Weapons in a Crowd

14) Madison, Wisconsin Police Ending Long-Time Safety Program in Schools

SPACE

15) Muddling Through Space Traffic Management

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

16) Uber Loses License to Operate in London
Transport for London news release

17) Rural Cantua Creek, California to Get Ridesharing with a Tesla

TRANSIT

18) Montreal Transit Authority Refuses to Show Grand Ballets’ Poster on Transit Network
Les Grands Ballets news release

19) High School Student Reviews Every MBTA Bus Route

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

20) Inside Look at Louisiana DOTD’s Traffic Management Center

VEHICLES

21) Are We Putting Data at Risk for Smarter, Safer Cars?

22) How Will the Connected Car Change the Dynamic Between Automakers and Consumers?


News Releases


Friday Bonus


Upcoming Events

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