Wednesday, March 31, 2021

 Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - Burlington, Vermont

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AVIATION

1) Quad Cities International Airport Rebranded

Quad-Cities Times

2) FAA Publishes Preflight Briefing Guide For Pilots

Flying

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Google To Update Maps To Give You The Greenest Route To Destination

The Hill

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Maryland To Replace E-ZPass Website, Update Features

WBAL-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) How Smart City Tech Could Help Us Return To ‘Normal’

IT Pro 20/20

MARITIME

6) Port Of Halifax Dives Into Data

Maritime Logistics Professional

7) Private Cellular Networks Offer Ocean Of Opportunity For Maritime Industry

Smart Industry advertorial

OTHER

8) Volkswagen’s Rebrand To ‘Voltswagen’ Was Just An April Fools’ Day Joke Gone Wrong

Business Insider

9) Online Driver’s License Renewal Among Changes In Ohio Transportation Bill

The Repository

ROADWAYS

10) Highway Variable Speed Limit Signs Fail During Snowy Sunday On Coquihalla Highway

InfoTel News

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) R2 Network For First Responders Officially Launches

Government Technology

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Morocco Introduces New Motorway Control Center To Improve Safety

Morocco World News

13) Introduction Of Modern Technology To Ensure Better Road Surveillance In Pakistan

Associated Press of Pakistan

VEHICLES

14) Volvo, Aurora Pair For Autonomous Trucking Service

Transport Topics

News Releases

1) Valparaiso University Professor Awarded Indiana DOT Research Grant For Traffic Signal Detection

2) Colorado DOT Launches Distracted Driving Awareness Campaign

3) Hyundai Mobis Announces Urban Shared Mobility Concept, M.Vision X And M.Vision POP

4) BlackBerry Launches BlackBerry IVY Innovation Fund To Drive Future Of Transportation

5) Human Horizons Works With JOYNEXT, Quectel, Qualcomm To Feature Intelligent In-Vehicle Experiences In New HiPhi X Sports Utility Vehicles

6) New National Road Safety Foundation Film Dramatizes Dangers Of Driving While High

Upcoming Events

Solar Eclipse Planning Workshop - April 9-10

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - Burlington, Vermont

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Lime Goes App-less On Scooters

ITS International

AVIATION

2) Apple Maps Adds COVID-19 Travel Guidance To Airport Place Cards 

CNET

3) Airplanes, Helicopters Far More Annoying Than Other Sources Of Noise

Quiet Communities blog

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Google Maps Has A Wild New Feature That Will Guide You Through Indoor Spaces Like Airports

CNBC

5) Apple Maps Makes Speed Camera Alerts Available To More Users

autoevolution

OTHER

6) Verizon Will Shut Down Its 3G Network At The End Of 2022

CNET

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Florida’s StarMetro Uses ‘Design Your Transit’ Tool To Gather Public Input On Long-Term Plans

WCTV-TV

8) Humanizing Government Is A Public Outreach Superpower

Government Technology

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) White House Says Private Sector Should Lead On Vaccine Passports

Bloomberg

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Opal Card To Expand To Uber, Share Bikes In World-First Trial

Sydney Morning Herald

News Releases

1) Blue Bird, Fulton County Schools Join Audi, Applied Information On Connected Vehicle Deployment To Boost School Bus And School Zone Safety

2) SEPTA To Stop Accepting Paper Tickets On Regional Rail Effective April 2

3) TransLink Completes Modernization Of Passenger Communications System

4) Project To Establish Higher Education In Transport And Traffic Sciences Kicks Off In Sri Lanka

5) SwRI To Develop AI-Based Integrated Corridor Management Traffic Solutions For Tennessee DOT

6) North Carolina Education Leaders Drive Home Safe Driving Message

Upcoming Events

inter airport CONNECT - April 20-21

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Monday, March 29, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, March 29, 2021 - Burlington, Vermont

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AVIATION

1) FAA Study Finds Most Americans ‘Highly Annoyed’ By Aircraft Noise

Fox News

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Troy, New York Unveils Trails Map

The Record

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Community Improvement Districts Ripe For Smart City Innovation

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

4) Buttigieg Charms Washington With His Accessibility

The Hill

5) Public Participation And Why Zoom Alone Isn’t Good Enough

Governing commentary

ROADWAYS

6) Maine, New Hampshire Officials Hopeful Tech Will Ease Congestion During Bridge Project

WCSH-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) 25 Distracted Driving Statistics

Sibley Dolman Gipe Law

TRANSIT

8) Egypt Introduces Smart Mass Transit In Six New Cities

Arab News

9) Items Lost On New South Wales Public Transport Can Now Be Registered On Opal Card App

7News video

10) NUMTinder, A Facebook Dating Group For People Into Public Transit

The Atlantic

News Releases

1) Connecting Europe Express Introduced. Will Travel Throughout EU Promoting Rail

2) Webcam Offers Public Live View Of Yellowstone Bridge Construction

Solicitation

 -  Applications Being Accepted - Summer Internship Program - USDOT

Upcoming Events

Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology - May 12-13

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Friday, March 26, 2021

 Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, March 26, 2021 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Southwest Airlines Pilot On Hot Mic Rants Against Bay-Area ‘Liberal F---s’

The Hill

2) AOPA Seeks To Have Glider Pilots Squak 1202 For All VFR Ops

AOPA

MOBILITY

3) Lessons From Delhi On Making Mobility Data Work Better For Women

TheCityFix

OTHER

4) Human Smugglers Using Social Media To Transport Migrants To US

Fox News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

5) Nevada Highway Patrol, Tow Operators Raise Awareness Of ‘Move Over’ Law

KVVU-TV

OADWAYS

6) Digital Solutions Can Stem The Economic Toll Of Road Congestion, EU Official Says

Euractiv

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

7) New York City Taxis Integrated Into The Transit App

SmartCitiesWorld

TRANSIT

8) Interview With Tilly Chang, Executive Director, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

Transit Unplugged podcast

VEHICLES

9) US Transportation Secretary Promises To Address Concerns Around 5.9GHz Sharing

Traffic Technology Today

10) Google Sets Up Android Group For Future Car Keys, Mobile Driver’s Licenses

ZDNet

11) Waymo Provides Look Inside Self-Driving Truck Testing

Transport Topics

12) Now Even BMW’s Cars Have Microtransactions

VGC

13) Infrastructure And Autonomous Trucks

American Journal of Transportation

News Releases

1) RTA Of Central Maryland Launches Mobile Ticketing In Transit App

2) New Jersey Sierra Club Gives NJ Transit Website A ‘C’ Grade

3) North Carolina DOT Launches ‘Swat-A-Litterbug’ App To Report Littering

4) TomTom’s Cloud-Native In-Dash Navigation Has Arrived

5) New Uniforms For San Diego MTS Security Teams Aim To Increase Trust, Public Safety

6) Siemens Mobility Launches Video Series on Critical Need For Rail Infrastructure In US

Friday Bonus

A few weeks ago I presented the first TCN fashion update. The response was so strong that I searched for and found another outfit that is perfect for that next transportation conference you attend.

Solicitation

 -  Call for Presentations - Big Data in Railroad Maintenance

Upcoming Events

Future of Commuting Summit - April 27

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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. Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

 Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 25, 2021 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) AI Backpack Concept Gives Audio Alerts To Blind Pedestrians

Mashable

AVIATION

2) Air New Zealand To Trial Digital Vaccine Travel Pass In April

ZDNet video

3) Airports In US, India, Taiwan Launching Biometrics For Contactless Passenger Processing

Biometric Update

4) Royal Schiphol Group Building A Roadmap Towards A ‘Fully Autonomous Airside Operation’ In 2050

Future Travel Experience

5) Major US Airports Deploy Robotic Vending Machines

Chain Store Age

6) Why Cabin Connectivity Is A Key Part Of Aviation’s Recovery

Connected Aviation Today podcast

CAMERAS

7) Portsmouth, England To Install Clean-Air Charge Zone Cameras

BBC News

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

8) Ohio Turnpike Announces No Toll Gates By 2023

WKBN-TV

9) Indonesia Testing RFID Toll Transactions On Single-Lane Free-Flow Gantries

paultan.org

FREIGHT

10) Labor To USDOT: Scrap Trump Administration’s Automated Vehicles Plan

FreightWaves

GPS / NAVIGATION

11) US Space Force Begins Loaning Anti-Jamming GPS Tech To Allies

Defense News

MARITIME

12) Ports Facing A Digital Sea-Change

ITS International advertorial

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) The Riskiest ‘Smart City’ Technologies, According to Cybersecurity Experts

Route Fifty

TRANSIT

14) California Lawmaker Seeks To Streamline ‘Disjointed’ Bay Area Transit Scheduling, Fare Systems

KPIX-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) ATSSA Explores Innovations In Temporary Traffic Control

Roads & Bridges

VEHICLES

16) Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority Testing For V2X Interference In 5.9GHz Band

Traffic Technology Today

17) SAIC, Haier Said To Unite In Latest Big Push Into Smart Cars

Bloomberg

18) China’s Baidu Is Building An Entire ‘Mobility As A Service’ Ecosystem Around Autonomous Vehicles

FutureCar

19) Here’s How Tesla’s New Touchscreen Drive Selector Works

The Verge

News Releases

1) Missouri Launches Statewide Transportation Resource Guide To Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access

2) Embark, Arizona DOT Collaborate To Promote Safe Navigation Of Work Zones By Autonomous Trucks

3) Half-Million Emergency Responders Finish FHWA’s ‘Traffic Incident Management’ Training

4) Long Island Rail Road Unveils Leading Global Technology On Real-Time Seating Availability And Accessible Trip Planning

5) Inrix Launches Cloud-Based Smart Alerts To Help Avoid Dangerous Driving Situations

Upcoming Events

Smart Mobility Summit - April 20-21 - Lisbon

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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. Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  

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