Tuesday, March 21, 2023

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

  Tuesday, March 21, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Namibia Independence Day**

AVIATION

1) New Air Traffic Control Tower Coming To Tampa International Airport

WUSF Radio

2) Pearland, Texas Police Become First In US To Get FAA Nod For Station-Controlled Drone Flight

Houston Chronicle

3) Orlando Airport Uses ‘Virtual’ Ramp Control To Prevent Planes From Getting Clipped

WKMG-TV

4) Congress: Don’t Let Jet Owners Cover Their Tracks On The Taxpayer Dime

Freedom of the Press Foundation commentary

CAMERAS

5) New York City Begins Long Process Of Making It Harder To Evade Speed Cameras

NYC Streetsblog

6) Free App, dashcamUK, Turns Smartphone Into Camera And Can Report 21 Driving Offenses To Police At Touch Of Button

The Sun

MARITIME

7) European Ports Brace For Cybersecurity Regulation

Wall Street Journal

MOBILITY

8) New App Makes Travel More Accessible In Mankato, Minnesota Region

Free Press

RAILROADS

9) Programs, Awareness Campaigns Not Stopping Railroad Grade Crossing Crashes

The Center Square

10) Railroads Pilot Emergency Dispatching System In Tennessee To Increase First Responder Information Access

Progressive Railroading

ROADWAYS

11) Here's How Artificial Intelligence is Being Used to Improve Bridge Safety in Miami-Dade County

WTVJ-TV

TRANSIT

12) A Look Inside Minnesota Metro’s Real Time Information Center

WCCO-TV

VEHICLES

13) BMW Is Renaming Its Entire Model Lineup

CarBuzz

News Releases

1) Northeastern University Professor’s Project Could Revolutionize How We Measure Racial Profiling In Traffic Stops

2) Free Wi-Fi Now Available On Cascades East Transit Fixed-Route Buses

3) Mikki Tayor-Hendrix, WSP Public Outreach Changemaker

4) Atlanta’s First DOT Commissioner, Josh Rowan, Joins Applied Information To Head Connected Vehicle Safety Initiative

5) Nearly $2 Million In Federal Funds For Improvements To Louisville’s Traffic Management System

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

One of the shortest forms of transportation is the escalator. The first one was installed at Coney Island in 1896. It wasn’t built to carry riders between floors of a building but as a novelty by Jesse Reno and was called a continuous elevator. Originally the word Escalator was a trademark, but like trampoline and aspirin, it is now a generic term.

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