Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1) New Self-Driving Cars in Texas Have Screens to Warn Pedestrians
CAMERAS
2) Video Surveillance Will Increase in Brisbane in Attempt to Improve Pedestrian Safety
3) I-235 Speeding Was Rampant in Iowa When Traffic Camera Was Off, Data Show
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
4) US Senators Call for Investigation of Florida Toll Systems Vendor
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
5) ITS Australia Newsletter - July 2018
OTHER
6) Arkansas DOT Director on Data-Driven Transportation
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) Wisconsin DOT Teams with Students on Distracted Driving PSA
RAILROADS
8) Tunnel Management, Swiss Style
ROADWAYS
9) UAE to Provide Free Directional Signs for Weddings and Condolence Events
10) New Tech Hopes to Keep Kansas Citians Safe, Copper Thieves Away from Street Lights
11) Supermarket Chain Stew Leonard’s Offers to Take I Love NY Highway Signs
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Automakers Urged to Take More Steps Against Hackers
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
13) Uber to Launch ‘App Takeover’ Opposing New York City Council’s Proposed Cap
TELEMATICS
14) All Kenyan Vehicles to Be Fitted with Speed-Tracking Gadgets
TRANSIT
15) St. Louis Metro Transit Launching Texting and Web Chat for Security, Customer Service
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16) West Virginia Officials Unveil Road Websites
VEHICLES
17) Uber Shuts Down Its Controversy-Steeped Self-Driving Truck Effort to Focus on Autonomous Cars
18) Alphabet’s Waymo Tests Pricing, Teams with Public Transit
19) Move Over, Autonomous Vehicles -- The Digital Cockpit Is Speeding Past
20) Chances and Challenges for Machine Learning in Highly-Automated Driving


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Monday, July 30, 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, July 30, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
Eberle Design Inc.’s New iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ Offers Real-Time Traffic & Arterial Data with Cabinet Monitoring

From the Intelligent Cabinet Interface to Traffic Equipment (iCITE®) suite of products, the new iCITE® Data Aggregator DA-400x™ accesses real-time intersection and arterial traffic data from any traffic cabinet, via high-speed internal or external communications devices, regardless of the traffic controller or central ITS system. In cooperation with any iCITE Ready® data analytics partner, the DA-400x™ can provide turning movement counts, amber/red actuations, arrivals on red, detector failures, preemption details, communications and power failures/alerts, split and interval timing data, and the Purdue Coordination Diagram, based upon high resolution data, all tailored to provide automated traffic signal performance measures via a Cloud-based user-friendly interface. For more information, contact EDI Sales Director John Shearer at jshearer@editraffic.com.       


AVIATION

1) China Says Four US Airlines Have Missed Deadline to Change Their Naming of Taiwan

2) Smart Restrooms Gather Momentum at Airports

CAMERAS

3) Ohio Speed-Camera Signage Could Face More Legal Debate

OTHER

4) United States Traffic Network Files Nasty Lawsuit Against Entercom

5) Could Blockchain Transform the Transportation Industry?

PRIVACY

6) Privacy Concerns Raised with Connecticut’s $10 Million Electronic Tolling Study

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

7) New Travel Campaign Attempts to Tackle Drunk and Disorderly Holidaymakers at UK Airports

RAILROADS

8) Switch Finally Flicked Off at Sydney’s ‘Malfunction Junction’

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Smart Connection to Prevent Motorcycle Collisions

TRANSIT

10) ‘Baby on Board’ Badges Offered to Women on Public Transport in Ireland

11) New York MTA Fails to Notify Riders of Rush-Hour Repair Work

12) Why DC Metro Makes Announcements Saying What Type of Train You’re On

13) The Future of Transit with Mobile Payments and Uber

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Digital In-Car Road Signs to Be Trailed in UK Starting in November

15) Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police Launch Traffic Portal

VEHICLES

16) The Self-Driving Cars Hitting the Road in Texas Today Are Unlike Any We’ve Seen Before


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Friday, July 27, 2018

Friday, July 27, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, July 27, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1) Colorful Crosswalks in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Not Impacting Pedestrian Safety
CAMERAS
2) Baltimore to Add 37 More Traffic Camera Locations, Including 27 for Speed Cameras
CARTOGRAPHY
3) Alibaba’s Mapping Service, Amap, Launches Smart Traffic Control Solution
OTHER
4) Mississippi Lt. Governor, MDOT Director Differ Over Communication on Highway Project
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
5) Massachusetts Audit Cites Transit Authorities for Not Providing Financial Information on State Website
6) After Criticism, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Clarifies What Info is Private
7) New Tallinn Transport Chief’s Salary Should Be Made Public Say Estonian Politicians
ROADWAYS
8) House GOP Presses New York Governor on I Love NY Signs
SAFETY / SECURITY
9) Calls for Multilingual Emergency Alert Systems Grow in Japan as Visitors Crowd Mass Transport
10) Nebraska Legislators Look to Iowa for Legislative Model on How to Crack Down on Distracted Driving
11) ‘In My Feelings’ Dance Challenge Prompts Warning from NTSB

12) 5G Smart Connection Used to Prevent Motorcycle Collisions
13) Road Safety Newsletter - July 27, 2018
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
14) New Singapore Ridehailing App Offers ‘No-Commission’ Model to Drivers, Plans to Monetize User’s Travel Data
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
15) Ireland Announces Transport Plan for Pope’s Visit in August
TRANSIT
16) New Jersey Transit Teams with Neighborhood Watch Social Media Site
17) Seth Rogen’s Voice Will Greet You On Public Transit In Vancouver
WEATHER
18) Accuracy of Sea-Tac Airport’s Weather Tracking Questioned


News Releases


Friday Bonus
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