Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Ports Testing Use Of Drones To Sniff Out Polluting Ships

Straits Times

CAMERAS

2) Trump Administration Could Blacklist China’s Hikvision, A Surveillance Firm

New York Times

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Grande Prairie, Alberta Launches Traffic Planner Map Showing Road Construction

Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune

FREIGHT

4) Ford Thinks Digit, A Funky Little Robot, Could Be The Future Of Last-Mile Delivery

CNET Roadshow

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Raytheon Rejects Report That $6.2 Billion GPS Project Will Be Delayed Further

C4ISRNET

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Interview With Simon Reed, Transport For London

Intelligent Transport podcast

7) ERTICO Newsletter - May 22, 2019

ERTICO-ITS Europe

8) Mobility Rush 68

ITS America

MARITIME

9) Italy Advances EU Maritime Surveillance And Protection Effort

Jane’s Navy International

RAILROADS

10) NTSB: Engineer Was Confused By Warning System Ahead Of 2017 Amtrak Crash

KING-TV video

11) Data Analytics Giving Rail Asset Owners New Ways To Improve Their Predictive Maintenance Practices

Progressive Railroading

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) Lyft Adds In-App 911 And Prominent License Plates To Its Safety Tools

Engadget

TELEMATICS

13) GM’s New ‘Digital Nerve System’ Will Enable Over-The-Air Software Updates To All Vehicles

The Verge

TRANSIT

14) Transport For London To Track All Devices Using Wi-Fi In London Underground

Wired

15) Portland-Vancouver Area First In US To Offer Apple Pay Express Transit Integration

AppleInsider

16) Hong Kong Transport Authorities Approve LGBT Ad After Backlash

AFP

17) A Guide To OMNY, The MTA’s New MetroCard-Replacing Fare System

Curbed New York

18) Five Ways Mobile Transit Payments Evolved — In Just The Past Two Months

PaymentsSource

19) ATRA Pulse - May 2019

Advanced Transit Association

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

20) Digital Traffic Boards In Mumbai To Screen Election Results

India Today

News Releases

1) GEWI To Demonstrate Smart Work Zone At ITS America 2019

2) CITE Now Accepting Registrations For Database Management System Essentials Instructor-Led (Blended) Course

3) Mapillary Announces Demand-Driven Marketplace For Street-Level Images

4) Tait Communications Completes Digital Upgrade Of Transport For London Bus Radios

5) AWP Acquires Northern Colorado Traffic Control, Inc.

6) New Campaign Promotes Rear Belt Use In Rideshare Vehicles

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