[TCN] Thursday, July 31, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Thursday, July 31, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

1) Pushing Buttons Gets Pedestrians Nowhere in Downtown Dallas

Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140730-pushing-buttons-gets-pedestrians-nowhere-in-downtown-dallas.ece

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

2) Indian Government Working Towards Electronic Toll Collection System

Link to article in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/goverment-working-towards-electronic-toll-collection-system-krishanpal-gurjar/articleshow/39356457.cms

 

3) Verrazano Bridge Will Soon Accept Debit and Credit Cards for Toll Payments

Link to article in the Staten Island Advance:

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/verrazano_bridge_will_soon_acc.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) Edmond, Oklahoma Spends $1.7 Million on ITS

Link to article in The Edmond Sun:

http://www.edmondsun.com/business/x197377356/City-spends-1-7-million-on-ITS

 

5) Rhode Island Maker of Electronic Highway Signs Plans Move, Expansion

Link to article in The Providence Journal:

http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140731-smithfield-r.i.-maker-of-electronic-highway-signs-plans-to-move-to-warwick-expand.ece

 

MARITIME

 

6) Salem Marine Society, Hidden Even from the Locals

Link to commentary in The Salem News:

http://www.salemnews.com/opinion/x1927886710/Shribman-Salem-s-secret-treasure-hidden-even-from-the-locals

 

OTHER

 

7) Meet HitchBOT, the Robotic Hitchhiking Wonder

Link to story on NPR's All Things Considered:

http://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=336603416:336603417  

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Campaign Launched to Prevent Heatstroke Deaths of Children Left in Cars

Link to article in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/chi-national-heatstroke-prevention-day-campaign,0,2098512.story

 

9) New Hotline in Place to Report Odors from Port of Albany

Link to story on WGY Radio:

http://www.wgy.com/articles/capital-region-news-312698/new-hotline-in-place-to-report-12620569

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

10) Another Avenue to Reach Policy Makers: Taxicabs

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/us/politics/taking-their-message-to-policy-makers-in-transit.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

11) How Auto Insurer Progressive Collected 10 Billion Miles of Driving Data from Its Customers

Link to article on ZDNet:

http://www.zdnet.com/how-auto-insurer-progressive-collected-10-billion-miles-of-driving-data-from-its-customers-7000032198/

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Free Wi-Fi at Bus Stop in Kansas City, Kansas

Link to article in The Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article836536.html

 

13) All Calgary Transit Buses Now Have GPS Tracking, Real-Time Mobile App Due in December

Link to article in Metro:

http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/1114257/all-calgary-transit-buses-now-have-gps-tracking-real-time-mobile-app-due-in-december/

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Smartwatches Can be Used to Control a Tesla

Link to article on Mobile Commerce Press:

http://www.mobilecommercepress.com/smartwatches-can-used-control-tesla/8513238/

 

 

Upcoming Events

IBTTA Global Summit – October 19-21 – Prague

http://ibtta.org/events/ibtta-global-summit

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1964 **50^th anniversary** County singer Jim Reeves died when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Tennessee.

http://www.jimreevesfanclub.com/crash.htm

 

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