Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, July 31, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1) Pushing Buttons Gets Pedestrians Nowhere in Downtown Dallas
Link to article in The Dallas Morning News:
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
2) Indian Government Working Towards Electronic Toll Collection System
Link to article in The Economic Times:
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:
MARITIME
6) Salem Marine Society, Hidden Even from the Locals
Link to commentary in The Salem News:
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:
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:
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:
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 **50th 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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