[TCN] Tuesday, July 15, 2014

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) ACLU Accuses Sacramento Airport of Censorship Over Ads

Link to story on KTXL-TV:

http://fox40.com/2014/07/14/aclu-accuse-sacramento-international-airport-of-censorship-2/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Wi-Fi Honk Intervenes Before Cars Hit Pedestrians

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/14/wifi-honk

 

CAMERAS

 

3) SEPTA Transit Police to Test Body Cameras

Link to article in the Philadelphia Daily News:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140715_SEPTA_Transit_Police_to_test_body_cameras.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Google's 3D Mapping Tech Flying to Space Station

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249707/Google_s_3D_mapping_tech_flying_to_space_station

 

PARKING

 

5) San Francisco Sees Potential End to Parking App Dispute

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/applications/San-Francisco-Sees-Potential-End-to-Parking-App-Dispute.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Windsor, Ontario Duels with Railroads Over 'Dangerous Goods' Confidentiality

Link to article in Metro:

http://metronews.ca/news/windsor/1095222/windsor-duels-with-railroads-over-dangerous-goods-confidentiality/

 

RAILROADS

 

7) Connecticut Legislators Call for Action on Positive Train Control

Link to article in the Connecticut Post:

http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Legislators-call-for-action-on-train-safety-net-5621234.php

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) NTSB: Systematic Errors Led to Washington State Bridge Collapse

Link to AP article:

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/NTSB-says-systematic-errors-led-to-bridge-collapse-5622715.php

Link to news release

 

9) Blame Game Begins Over 520 Tolling During I-90 Lane Closures in Washington State

Link to story on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Blame-game-begins-over-I-90-lane-closures-267114261.html

Link to story in Seattle Weekly

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

10) The Car Seats Which Detect When Drivers Are Falling Asleep

Link to article in The Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10965547/The-car-seats-which-detect-when-drivers-are-falling-asleep.html

 

11) Montana and Arizona Only States Without Texting Laws

Link to article in Claims Journal:

http://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2014/07/15/251783.htm

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

12) Maryland to Expand Highway Patrols, Add Additional Traffic Cameras

Link to article in The Baltimore Sun:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-sha-patrols-cameras-20140715,0,2089196.story

 

TRANSIT

 

13) New Website Offers One-Stop Shopping for Metro Atlanta Transit Riders

Link to article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle:

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2014/07/new-website-offers-one-stop-shopping-for-transit.html

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) I-990 Traffic Sign in New York Mysteriously Blank for Years

Link to story on WGRZ-TV:

http://www.wgrz.com/story/travel/2014/07/14/990-sign-never-works/12659845/

 

15) Here's the 411 on 511 in the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Region

Link to column in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/your-watchdog/2014/07/14/yes/12660199/

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Obama Touts Talking Cars in Push for US Highway Fund Relief

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-15/obama-touts-talking-cars-in-push-for-u-s-highway-fund-relief.html

 

17) Crash-Notification Patent Case Sent to Detroit

Link to Courthouse News Service article:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2014/07/15/69511.htm

 

 

News Releases

1) ITS America Joins President Obama to Showcase Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication

2) NextGen Technology Transferred from NASA to FAA

 

 

Solicitation

 -  eCrash

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BygdO7AWsujgTlBiaElaWE9XQl9hYXFFdHc2WnhDNmtXWnVF/edit?usp=sharing

 

 

Upcoming Events

AASHTO Webinar: Ways to Utilize SoundCloud – July 17

http://www.aashtojournal.org/Pages/071114SoundCloudWebinar.aspx

 

 

Today in Transportation History    

1954 **60^th anniversary** The first flight of the Boeing 367-80 took place.

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/history/boeing/dash80.page

 

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