Transportation Communications Newsletter: October 2021

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 28, 2021 - Burlington, Vermont

CAMERAS

1) Mother Of Recent Hit-And-Run Victim Sounding Off On Broken Traffic Cameras In Kansas City

WDAF-TV

2) Tesla Owners Can Now Remotely Stream Live Footage From Their Car’s Cameras

The Verge

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - October 28, 2021

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

4) AP Fact Check: Biden Tale Of Amtrak Conductor Doesn’t Add Up

5) McDonald’s Enters Strategic Partnership With IBM To Automate Drive-Thru Lanes

CNBC

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) Minnesota State Fair Allows Transportation Researchers To Gather Diverse Views

Catalyst

ROADWAYS

7) ‘Don’t Litter’ Signs Become Gentler In Washington State

KUOW Radio

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Connected Vehicle App Boosts School Zone Safety, Says Study

ITS International

TELEMATICS

9) Subaru Disabling StarLink In Massachusetts For Right-To-Repair Compliance

Jalopnik

TRANSIT

10) Ann Arbor, Michigan Transit System Investigating Cyberattack That Caused Temporary Disruptions

MLive

11) Helena, Montana Looking At New Dispatch Software To Expand Share Ride System

KTVH-TV

12) Autonomous Vehicles In Public Transit Today …And In The Future

Metro

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Seoul To Demonstrate Real-Time Traffic Light Information Service Through Popular Navigation Apps

Aju Business Daily

VEHICLES

14) Ford Delays BlueCruise Hands-Free Driving System OTA Update To Early 2022

CNET’s Roadshow

15) mmWave 5G Is Here To Stay, Qualcomm Exec Says

Light Reading

News Releases

1) ConSysTec Announces Launch Of New Website

2) Einride, GE Appliances Announce Upcoming Deployment Of First US Fleet Of Autonomous And Electric Trucks

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Rebuilding the Causes of Congestion Pie Chart with Real-World Data - November 10

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Bill Requiring Multilingual Signage At US Airports Advances

Las Vegas Review-Journal

2) Delta To Roll Out Facial Recognition In Atlanta Domestic Terminal

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

3) Meet Japan's Drone Traffic Management System

ZDNet

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Can A Map Rekindle London’s Love Of Walking

Bloomberg CityLab

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) First GPS-Free Device Developed With Quantum Mechanics Could Start New Era Of Navigation

Science Times

6) Physics Experiment In Earth’s Atmosphere Could Help Improve GPS Performance

University of Strathclyde

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) ERTICO Newsletter - October 27, 2021

ERTICO-ITS Europe

8) The Role Of IoT In The Making Of Smart Cities

TechGenyz

MARITIME

9) Robot Taxi Boats Take To The Water In Amsterdam

ZDNet

OTHER

10) First US Passport With A Gender ‘X’ Designation Issued

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) US Lawmakers Split On Next Steps To Secure Transportation Sector Against Hackers

The Hill

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) Transport For New South Wales To Investigate Use Of Driverless Rideshare Services

ZDNet

News Releases

1) New UK Campaign Launches To Stamp Out Sexual Harassment On Public Transport

2) Annual Monitoring Report 2020 Assesses Performance Of Air Navigation Service Providers In Europe

3) SWARCO Expands In Road Marking Systems Business In UK With HITEX Group Acquisition

4) University Of Florida Study Shows TravelSafely Connected Vehicle Smartphone App Can Improve Safety In School Zones And For Cyclists

Upcoming Events

Podcar City Conference - December 9-10 - Atlanta

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Indian Government Announces National Framework For Drone Traffic Management

Times Now

CAMERAS

2) Croydon, UK Council Fears It’ll Lose £2Million As Drivers ‘Wise Up’ To Traffic Cameras

Express

3) New Cypriot Traffic Cams Register 80 Violations Per Hour

Financial Mirror

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Japan Launches New Satellite To Improve GPS

EFE

MARITIME

5) First-Of-Its-Kind Lab Set Up In Singapore To Better Chart World’s Seas And Oceans

Straits Times

MOBILITY

6) Root Cause Of Late Assistance At Airports Explained

Reduced Mobility Rights Limited

OTHER

7) DBi Services Announces Closing Of Operations

WHSV-TV

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Pensacola, Florida Police Department Gently Mocks Drivers Who Don’t Know How To Use Roundabouts

Orlando Sentinel

ROADWAYS

9) Decolonizing Idaho’s Road Signs

High Country News

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) USDOT To Undergo Cybersecurity Review

Reuters

11) Iran Says Cyberattack Paralyzed Gas Stations Nationwide

Iran International

TRANSIT

12) Utilizing AI To Improve Mass Transit

VentureBeat

13) How Autonomous Vehicles Are Fitting Into The Bigger Public Transit Landscape

Transit Unplugged podcast

VEHICLES

14) China’s Autonomous Driving Industry – An Introduction For Foreign Investors

China Briefing

News Releases

1) Technological Boost For Transperth Bus Stops

2) Metro Aviation To Test Capabilities Of FAA Weather Cameras At Ann Arbor Base

Upcoming Events

ITS America Annual Meeting - December 7-10 - Charlotte, North Carolina

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