Thursday, August 31, 2023

   

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Thursday, August 31, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Giant Bicycle Working With Federal Trade Commission To Have Fake Website Taken Down

Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) UK Startup BackPedal Uses GPS Tracking To Reclaim Stolen E-Bikes

TechCrunch

HEALTH

3) UK Drivers Want Noise Cameras To Catch, Fine Loud Motorists

Quiet Communities blog

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 31, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

5) Shepler’s Upgrading Mackinac Island Ferry Service To Include Real-Time Luggage Tracking

MLive

PRIVACY

6) New York Subway System Disabled Feature That Could Let Stalkers Track Your Trips

The Verge

ROADWAYS

7) Ekurhuleni, South Africa Replacing Traffic Lights With Stops Signs Due To Theft, Vandalism

BusinessTech

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) TSA Proposes Allowing Federal Acceptance Of Digital IDs While Future Requirements Are Crafted

Nextgov/FCW

SPACE

9) NASA Officials Sound Alarm Over Future Of Deep Space Network

Ars Technica

TRANSIT

10) Minnesota’s Metro Transit Turns To Comics To Show Riders How To Access Services

Star Tribune

11) How Smart Ticketing Is Revolutionizing Public Transport And Empowering Operators

Intelligent Transport contributed content

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) California DOT Adding High-Tech Highway Signs In Effort To Solve Tahoe Traffic

SFGATE

News Releases

1) AI And Mobility Data May Improve Air Pollution Exposure Models

2) Tap And Pay Now Available With Visa, Mastercard, metroCARD on Adelaide Trams, O-Bahn Buses

3) NIST Researchers Propose A Method For Automated Vehicle Communications

4) Operation Lifesaver’s New Transit Safety Pledges Empower Safe Choices Around Rail Transit

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© 2023 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

   

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Flight Crews Appeal To Travelers At Newark Airport For Sanity In The Skies

NJ.com

2) Impact Of In-Flight Weather Data Collection, Part 2

Aviation Week

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Google Maps Use Live Traffic Information, Other Data To Predict Pollutants

Sustainability Beat

MOBILITY

4) UK Department For Transport Publishes Mobility-As-A-Service Code Of Practice

UKAuthority

OTHER

5) Colorado Shifts Mobile Driver’s Licenses Into Higher Gear

Route Fifty

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) ‘Faces Of Transit In Nebraska’ Creating Awareness Of Available Services Statewide

KCSR/KBPY Radio

7) Missouri Highway Patrol Begins Awareness Campaign With New Hands-Free Law

KRMS Radio

RAILROADS

8) Unidentified Assailants Use Radio Signals To Halt Polish Trains

dpa 

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Montana Now Only State Not Prohibiting Texting And Driving

The Hill

SPACE

10) US Space Development Agency’s Data-Transport Satellites Get More Complex

SpaceNews

TRANSIT

11) Chicago Transit Authority Planning A Chatbot, Other Real-Time Updates For Riders

WMAQ-TV

12) Los Angeles Metro Looks To Change Name Of Transit Project To Clear Confusion

KTLA-TV

VEHICLES

13) Tesla Ordered By NHTSA To Provide Data On ‘Elon Mode’ Autopilot Configuration

CNBC

News Releases

1) Utah DOT To Launch New Versions Of UDOT Traffic Website And Mobile App

2) TagMaster, Through US Subsidiary Sensys Networks, Acquires Radar Division Of Image Sensing Systems

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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.  

© 2023 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

   

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - Watchung, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) People-Oriented Design: An International Perspective – Bas Govers, Senior Urban Mobility Consultant, Goudappel

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

AVIATION

2) Flight Delays Expected To Continue For Days In UK Due To Data Issue

BBC News

3) Google Flights Will Now Tell You When You Can Get The Cheapest Flights

ZDNET

4) Drones Will Pull Advertising Banners Over Miami-Area Beaches

The Star

EQUITY

5) UK Civil Aviation Authority Report Highlights Accessibility Issues With Airline Websites

TravelMole

OTHER

6) Drivers Fined After Paying ULEZ Charges On Copycat Websites

BBC News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) New Video Explains AI Seatbelt And Phone Use Cameras

Highways News

RAILROADS

8) Norfolk Southern Says Tech Outage To Impact Rail Operations For At Least Two Weeks

Reuters

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Minor Stress Factors Can Cause Major Problems, Even In The Best Driving Conditions

Thinking Transportation podcast

TELEMATICS

10) GM Using Google’s AI Chatbot To Handle Simple OnStar Calls

The Verge

TRANSIT

11) Technology, Not Just Luck, Keeping Minnesota’s Metro Transit Buses And Trains Running On Time

MinnPost

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Xiangyang Is China’s First City To Have AI, IoV-Powered Traffic System

Yicai

VEHICLES

13) Toyota Stops Operations At 13 Japanese Plants Due To System Failure

NHK

News Releases

1) Alaska Airlines Offers Passport Verification By Phone

2) Monroe County (Pennsylvania) Transportation Authority Partners With Via To Enhance Transit Booking App

3) Beep, Oxa Announce Partnership To Deploy Autonomous Vehicles In US

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

What do you call a gas station that doesn’t pump gas?

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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.  

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Monday, August 28, 2023

   

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

  Monday, August 28, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Congratulations to Little League Champion El Segundo, California**

AVIATION

1) Hundreds Of Flights Canceled As UK’s Air Traffic Control System Hit By ‘Nightmare Scenario’

CBS News

2) FAA, Industry Leaders Discuss Responsible Use Of AI, Machine Learning For Drone Technology

Robinson+Cole

3) AI Brings The Robot Wingman To Aerial Combat

New York Times

CAMERAS

4) Speeding Fell 30% Since New York City's Traffic Cameras Went 24/7, Officials Say

New York City Patch

5) Mountain Home, Arkansas Pauses Purchase Of Cameras After Hearing Citizen Privacy Concerns

Mountain Home Observer

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Toll Rules To Be Changed, More Toll Roads In Hungary

Daily News Hungary

OTHER

7) Chattanooga-Area Online Transportation Data Tool Draws Interest

Chattanooga Times Free Press

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Vancouver, British Columbia Withholds Senakw Transportation Planning Documents

Business in Vancouver

RAILROADS

9) New York MTA Sparks Feud With Amtrak Over Penn Station Overhaul Meeting 

Gothamist

ROADWAYS

10) Why Do We Love To Rubberneck?

KXAN-TV

TRANSIT

11) SEPTA Insiders Say It’ll Take A ‘Massive Shift’ Toward Customer Service To Fix Real-Time Tracking And Countdown Clocks

Billy Penn at WHYY

12) Bell, Rogers, Telus Spar Over Provision Of Wireless Coverage In Toronto Subway

Channel Daily News

13) Sunset Empire Transportation District's Website Down After Domain Name Expires, Can't Determine Who Owns Account

The Astorian

14) OMNY Tap-To-Pay System Comes To Roosevelt Island Tram, First Non-MTA Site To Accept It

NY1

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Colorado DOT Moving To New Control Center For Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnels

KUSA-TV

16) G20 Summit: Delhi Traffic Police Launch Website For Traffic Updates And More In 110 Languages

Curly Tales

17) Amman, Jordan’s Mayor Reveals Details Of ‘Smart Traffic Management Project’

Roya News

18) Profile Of Santa Clarita, California Traffic Management Center

The Signal

19) Sharp/NEC Displays Improves Utah DOT Traffic Security Ahead Of Labor Day

Commercial Integrator

VEHICLES

20) Researchers: Driverless Cars ‘Worse At Detecting Children And Darker-Skinned Pedestrians’

Just Auto

21) New Ford Vehicles Allow Drivers To Record Feedback To Engineers

Automotive Engineering

22) Hyundai Mobis, Israel’s Autotalks To Develop V2X For Self-Driving Cars

Korea Economic Daily

News Releases

1) Georgia DOT Celebrates Connected Vehicle Technology Integration

2) Baidu Becomes First In China To Offer Driverless Airport Rides

3) Digital Port Calls To Reduce 1,000 Tons Of CO2 Emissions Annually At Port Of Gothenburg

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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.  

© 2023 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016