Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, May 2, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Iteris to Introduce ClearPath™ Weather at APWA North American Snow Conference
Visit Iteris at the APWA 2014 North American Snow Conference in Cincinnati May 4 – 7 at Booth #1325 to experience ClearPath™ Weather, a next-generation road maintenance decision support system (MDSS). The cloud-based software provides winter maintenance strategies for optimizing personnel, equipment, and chemical treatments. ClearPath™ Weather features a user-friendly interface which allows maintenance managers to view the real-time information needed, such as looping radar, satellite imagery, weather forecasts, plow location, treatment recommendations, and route-specific hyper-local weather and pavement conditions.
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
1) Fastrak Averages 33 Mistaken Toll Violations Per Day
Link to story on KPIX-TV:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/fastrak-averages-33-mistaken-toll-violations-per-day/
MARITIME
2) US Discussions Target Navigation Tech
Link to article on Marine Electronics:
http://www.marineelectronics.com/news/discussions-target-navigation-182370
OTHER
3) Public Sector Takes Sides in Patent-Troll Fight
Link to article in Governing:
http://www.governing.com/news/headlines/gov-public-sector-takes-sides-in-patent-fight.html
ROADWAYS
4) Pittsburgh Expands Use of High-Tech Traffic Signals
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
SAFETY / SECURITY
5) Not-in-Traffic Surveillance: Child Fatality and Injury in Non-traffic Crashes – 2008-2011 Statistics
Link to further information from NHTSA:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811812.pdf
TRANSIT
6) Metra Wind Detectors Aim to Keep Trains On Time
Link to article in the Daily Herald:
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140502/news/140509735/
Friday Bonus
You don't often think of slides as a mode of transportation.
Upcoming Events
Insurance Telematics Canada 2014 – May 28-29 – Toronto
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/insurance-telematics-canada/
Today in Transportation History
1969 **45th anniversary** The Queen Elizabeth 2 departed Southampton for New York on its maiden voyage.
May 3
1939 **75th anniversary** Union Station in Los Angeles opened.
http://www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/LAX
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