[TCN] Wednesday, June 19, 2013

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 – ISSN 1529-1057

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The V2V & V2I for Auto Safety USA Conference (July 9-10, Novi, MI) will bring together 150 senior decision makers from the North American V2X ecosystem to prepare for the imminent US DOT safety decision this summer. Here are some of the highlights: 

 •   40+ expert speakers including GM, Toyota, Ford, ITS America, Michigan DOT and Cisco will discuss the NHTSA mandate repercussions as well as autonomous vehicles, smartphones, market penetration acceleration and deployment opportunities within the V2X space for 2013 and beyond

 •  Network with 150+ senior-level execs from OEMs, road operators, insurers, government, tier ones, security experts, infrastructure providers and wireless carriers to secure crucial relationships and elevate your business' global profile in this rapidly evolving market place (see attendee list here)

 

 •  20+ industry sessions on deployment business models, the Ann Arbor Safety Pilot, smartphone integration, investment interest, Asian and European market perspective and security will allow you to build a bespoke agenda tailored to your business

Take a look at complete event overview here: telematicsupdate.com/vehicle-to-vehicle

 

As an event partner we can offer you a $100 USD discount on conference passes. Simply register with the discount code 2363MP.

 

 

BICYCLES

 

1) Live Bike Counter Shows San Francisco How Many People Are Riding

Link to article in Fast Company:

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681916/a-live-bike-counter-shows-a-city-how-many-people-are-riding

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Iowa City, Iowa Passes What May Be Unique Traffic Surveillance Law

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://thegazette.com/2013/06/18/iowa-city-passes-what-may-be-unique-traffic-surveillance-law/

 

3) No-Flash Traffic Cameras Going Up Around DC

Link to story on WUSA-TV:

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/263067/373/No-Flash-Traffic-Cameras-Going-Up-Around-DC

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

4) South Korea Plans Navigation System to Defeat the North's GPS Jamming

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2013/06/s-korea-plans-navigation-system-defeat-norths-gps-jamming/65120

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) Freeway Traffic Management System Being Installed in Melbourne

Link to article on Australian Transport News:

http://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/articleid/84189.aspx

 

OTHER

 

6) Rolling Billboards Must Yield to Maine's Ban

Link to article in the Portland Press Herald:

http://www.pressherald.com/news/rolling-billboards-must-yield-to-maines-ban_2013-06-19.html

 

7) Federal Competition Bureau Probes Quebec Road-Lighting, Highway-Traffic Sign Business

Link to article in The Gazette:

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Competition+Bureau+probes+road+lighting+highway+traffic/8548354/story.html

 

PARKING

 

8) App Pays You to Spot Illegally Parked Cars

Link to story on Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/06/17/app-pays-to-spot-illegally-parked-cars/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

9) Ohio Turnpike Gets Fresh Look Online

Link to article in The News-Messenger:

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20130618/NEWS01/306180019/Ohio-turnpike-gets-fresh-look-the

 

10) People Dig Tunnel Boring Machines That Tweet

Link to article in Engineering News-Record:

http://enr.construction.com/products/equipment/2013/0624-65279people-dig-tunnel-boring-machines-that-tweet.asp

 

RAILROADS

 

11) New FRA Rail Crossing Locator App Puts Safety Information in Your Pocket

Link to US DOT's Fast Lane blog:

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2013/06/fra-rail-crossing-app-released.html

 

12) Rail Safety: Preliminary Observations on Federal Rail Safety Oversight and Positive Train Control Implementation

Link to report from the US Government Accountability Office:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-679T

 

TRANSIT

 

13) How Do They Do That? Measure Sound Levels in Stations

Link to blog from the Los Angeles County MTA:

http://thesource.metro.net/2013/06/18/how-do-they-do-that-measure-sound-levels-in-stations/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Cameras to Keep an Eye on Udupi, India Roads

Link to article in The Hindu:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/cameras-to-keep-an-eye-on-udupi-roads/article4830018.ece

 

15) Cities Shouldn't Sell Traffic Data

Link to commentary on Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-18/cities-shouldn-t-sell-traffic-data.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Car Quality Dinged by Tech Glitches, Survey Finds

Link to AP article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/car-quality-dinged-tech-glitches-210338477.html

 

17) Electronic Onboard Recorder Plan Under US DOT Review; Rule Could Come in November

Link to article in the Commercial Carrier Journal:

http://www.ccjdigital.com/eobr-plan-under-dot-review-rule-could-come-in-november/

 

18) Toyota Shows on Twitter How the Auris Hybrid is Built

Link to article in Automotive News Europe:

http://europe.autonews.com/article/20130619/ANE/306199955/toyota-shows-on-twitter-how-the-auris-hybrid-is-built

 

 

News Releases

1) Christchurch Welcomes Visitors to New Zealand's First Multi-Lingual Airport

2) In-Vehicle Infotainment Gets Boost from New Microsoft exFAT File System Deals

3) Iowa DOT Releases Kindle Version of Its Driver's License Practice Test

4) Xerox Helps Transit Riders TAP Their Way Across Southern California on a Single, Smart Payment Ticket

 

 

Solicitations

 -  Call for Entries – Communication Concepts with John and Jane Q. Public – TRB Technical Activities Division's Planning and Environment Group

https://sites.google.com/site/trbcommitteeada60/jjpcompetition/2013-transportation-modeling

 -  Tender Invitation – Study on the Collation and Dissemination of Information Regarding Piracy and Armed Robbery – European Union

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:195524-2013:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0

 

 

Upcoming Events

Trucking Social Media Convention – October 11-13 – North Kansas City, Missouri

http://www.truckingsocialmedia.com/

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1963 **50^th anniversary** Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, returned to Earth aboard Vostok 6.

http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/18-06-2013/124862-valentina_tereshkova-0/

 

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