Friday, August 30, 2019

Friday, August 30, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 30, 2019 - Essex Junction, Vermont


AVIATION

1) FCC Fines Wireless Internet Companies For FAA Weather Radar Interference in Puerto Rico

2) FAA Transitions To ICAO Flight Plan Format

MARITIME

3) Port Of Singapore Targets Digital Safety Solutions

ROADWAYS

4) Michigan's Mighty Mackinac Bridge Has Mega Monitoring System Powered By Traffic

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) How Raleigh Will Use Cameras To Keep Residents And Drivers Out Of Flood Waters

TRANSIT

6) Saskatoon Transit App Incorporates Taxis, Rideshare, Bikes

7) Park Ridge, Illinois Considers Bus Stop Exception For Electronic Sign Prohibition

VEHICLES

8) GM, Lyft, Waymo Want To Be Allowed To Remove Driver Controls On Autonomous Cars


News Releases


Friday Bonus


Upcoming Events

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Thursday, August 29, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 29, 2019 - Colchester, Vermont


AVIATION

1) New Service To Help Visually-Impaired Travelers At Buffalo And Niagara Falls Airports

2) Which Airport Has The Fastest Wi-Fi?

3) How Airlines And Airports Use Your Data, From Security To The Flight Itself

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) The Unsettling Rise Of The Urban Narc App

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GPS Testing To Degrade Signal in Southeastern US

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Technology Answer To Kenya’s Chaotic Transport Sector. Are We Ready?

7) ITS Australia Newsletter - August 2019

8) Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 29, 2019

MARITIME

9) Port Of Hamburg Tests Autonomous Boats For Bottom Surveys

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Maritime UK Launches Campaign To Attract Women In The Shipping Sector

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Vehicle-Scanning Technology At Border About To Ruin The Drug Trade

TRANSIT

12) New DC-Area Transit Planning App Offers Users Cash Rewards For Greener Commutes

13) How Technology Can Help Stop Groping On Public Transport

14) Google’s Crowdsourced App Pigeon Expands To All New York City-Area Transit Services

15) HART Launches Ride With Respect Campaign To Promote Positive Transit

16) Effective Digital Signage Strategies For Small- To Mid-Sized Transit Agencies

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) AI-Based Traffic Monitoring System Developed By Russian Researchers


News Releases


Upcoming Events

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications    
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© 2019 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) Could Scrapping In-Flight Magazines Cut Aviation Emissions?

CAMERAS

2) NHTSA To Test Mirrorless, Camera-Base Systems In Autos

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) ITS Deployment Completed In Latin America’s Longest Road Tunnel

4) ERTICO Newsletter - August 28, 2019

5) Mobility Rush 74

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) South Dakota Office of Highway Safety Receives National Award For ‘Jim Reaper’ Campaign

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Facebook Expands Tool That Lets Local Governments Send Alerts

8) Bozeman, Montana Partners With Seattle To Distribute Free Traffic-Calming Signs

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) UK Government Plans To Reduce Traffic By Opening Up Data To AI Firms

10) Model Systems Engineering Documents For Dynamic Message Signs

VEHICLES

11) Customers Often Fearful, Frustrated By New ‘Nanny’ Tech, Turn Off Safety Systems


News Releases


Upcoming Events

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey

The Consortium for Innovative Transportation Education (CITE) is now accepting registrations for the following online, BLENDED (instructor-led) course:
September 6 – October 9, 2019
Network Design and Deployment Considerations for ITS Managers and Professionals (1.0 CEUs)
The overall goal of this course is to provide a system-level understanding of the operation of modern broadband transportation communications networks. This course focuses on how to plan and implement telecommunications networks to support a major Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) infrastructure.
Instructor: Paul R Olson, P.E., PTOE
For more information click here.
Questions, please contact Denise Twisdale or Abigail Montgomery


AVIATION

1) Can Data Help Overcome Airport Traffic Congestion?

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Maps Will Now Let Users Combine Transit Directions With Biking And Ridesharing

FREIGHT

3) US Trucking Industry Rushes To Switch To Electronic Logging Devices

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Why Is The GPS Always A Female?

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Colorado ‘Smart Cities’ Effort Shifts Focus Toward Results

TRANSIT

6) Utah State University Student Launches New Transit App

7) New Mobile Public Transportation App For Amarillo Residents

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) New York City Congestion Pricing: From Idea To Reality, With Sam Schwartz, PE

9) New Digital Message Signs/Web Cameras Coming To Northwest Wyoming

10) TransitScreen Partnering With Captivate To Bring Transport Info To More Displays

VEHICLES

11) 5G Could Makes Self-Driving Cars Smarter And Commutes Safer


News Releases


Upcoming Events

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. TCN archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications    
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© 2019 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016