Friday, February 23, 2018

Friday, February 23, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, February 23, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) Director of New York City-Area Airports Wants Airlines to Provide Real-Time Operational Data
2) Radar Station Outage Brings Delays to All Major New York City-Area Airports
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3) Michigan Driver Education May Add Bicycle Safety Lesson
CARTOGRAPHY
4) A Powerful Map Promises to Help Cities Keep Streets Free
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) City of Omaha Unveils Website that Tracks Snowplows
City of Omaha news release
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
6) Georgia Launches Smart Cities Competition Grant Program
MARITIME
7) Fleets of Autonomous Boats to be Put to Work on Amsterdam’s Canals
OTHER
8) You’ve Heard Her Voice at Airports, Hospitals and Trains, Now Meet the Lady Behind the Mic
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
9) Ad Featuring Mississippi Transportation Commissioners Criticized
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) Push to Ban Handheld Cellphones Begins with Rally at Minnesota Capitol
11) NHTSA’s National 911 Program Could Strengthen Efforts to Assist States
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
12) Nissan Easy Ride Brings Autonomous Taxis to the Public in Japan
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
13) Ohio DOT Hoping to Get Crashes Cleaned Up More Quickly to Save Time and Lives
TRANSIT
14) Boston City Planner Urges Transit Equity Through Community Engagement
VEHICLES
15) The Problem with Today’s Driverless Car Technology Is the Drivers


News Releases


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Thursday, February 22, 2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, February 22, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

CAMERAS
1) Alabama Cities Fighting Proposed Ban on Traffic Cameras
CARTOGRAPHY
2) Paper Maps Costing Taxpayers Big Money in Missouri and Illinois
FREIGHT
3) Mega Trends in Trucking Technology
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
4) ITS Australia Newsletter - February 2018
OTHER
5) Why the Convergence of New Technologies Is the Future of Mobility
6) Interview with Steve Shur, President of Travel Technology Association
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) USDOT to Launch Website for Agricultural Industry Transportation Regulations
8) Advocacy Billboards Spread Beyond ‘Missouri’
ROADWAYS
9) Leonia, New Jersey Drafts New Signage to Help Businesses Following Traffic Ban
10) Macedonia Begins Removing ‘Alexander the Great’ Highway Signs
SAFETY / SECURITY
11) Ransomware Hits Colorado DOT Computers
12) Israeli Defense Forces Cyber Warriors Thwart Major ISIS Aviation Terror Attack
13) Marietta, Georgia Testing TravelSafely App
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
14) Transit App Citymapper Will Go Head-to-Head with Uber in London
TRANSIT
15) Public Transport Shifting from Forensic to Real-Time Video Surveillance
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16) Real-Time Traffic Monitoring Coming to Accra and Nsawam, Ghana
VEHICLES
17) Poll: Majority Unlikely to Use Self-Driving Cars
18) Safety Tech in Cars Can Cut Backup Crashes by 78%, Study Finds
19) Tesla Model 3: The Ultimate Car Radio Tie-In
20) Before Hitting the Road, Self-Driving Cars Should Have to Pass a Driving Test


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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© 2018 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION
1) USDOT Reports on FAA’s Latest NextGen Steps
2) Lufthansa Pilot Mistakenly Triggers Hijacking Alarm on Approach to German Airport
3) Memphis Airport Videos Detail Tongue-in-Cheek Efforts to Replace Spokesperson
4) Atlanta Airport Offers Nonstop Flights to Kingdom on Wakanda
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
5) New Program Allows Texas A&M Students to Digitally Search for and Rent Bicycles
6) Digging Into the Data of Dockless (and Other Shared) Bike Systems
CAMERAS
7) Alabama House Committee Stalls on Bill Abolishing Traffic Cameras
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
8) Audi to Launch Integrated Toll Collection
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
9) City Council of McKinney, Texas Approves MOU for Multiagency Communications, Data and Video Sharing; Participation in Waze Connected Citizens Program
10) Bringing Smart Roads to Minnesota
11) Taking an Intelligent Approach to Africa's Promising Mobility Revolution
12) ERTICO Newsletter - February 21, 2018
MARITIME
13) Vessel Traffic Management System Launched in Cebu, Philippines
Philippine Coast Guard news release
OTHER
14) Philippines Bill Calls for Free Internet in Transportation Terminals, Stations and Rest Areas
15) US Senate Bill Would Require Broadband Infrastructure Be Included in Federal Transportation Projects in Rural Areas
Senator Cory Gardner news release
PRIVACY
16) The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
17) Much of New York State Thruway Authority’s Contract with Prime Tolling Consultant Kept Secret
18) New York State Court Rules Nassau County Traffic and Parking Violations Agency Subject to Public Information Laws
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
19) A Look at Nevada’s Traffic Incident Management Program
TRANSIT
20) Facial Recognition Technology on Cards for Perth Transport Authority Network
21) Long Island Rail Road ‘Improvement’ Plan Calls for Enhanced Passenger Communication System, Customer Service Guru
22) Intel Leads Moovit’s $50 Million Round as Transit App Morphs Into Mobility Platform
Moovit news release
23) Wi-Fi Access Coming to Some GO Transit Vehicles
GO Transit news release


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    
Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  
© 2018 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

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