[TCN] Wednesday, January 28, 2015

 

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) General Aviation Groups Press Case for Lower-Cost ADS-B Gear

Link to article in Flying:

http://www.flyingmag.com/news/ga-groups-press-case-lower-cost-ads-b-gear

Link to letter to FAA

 

2) How SkyMall Captured a Moment of Technological and American History

Link to article in Smithsonian:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/how-skymall-captured-moment-technological-and-american-history-180954043/?no-ist

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Michigan State Police Seeking FAA Approval to Use Drones

Link to story on WOOD-TV:

http://woodtv.com/2015/01/27/michigan-state-police-seeking-faa-approval-to-use-drones/

Link to news release

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) TxTag Complaints Continue Despite New Management Company

Link to story on KVUE-TV:

http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/01/27/txtag-complaints-continue-despite-new-management-company/22436311/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) College Station, Texas Hopes to Manage Traffic More Efficiently with Purchase of New Traffic System

Link to story on KAGS-TV:

http://kagstv.com/News/KAGSNews/ID/7132/College-Station-Hopes-to-Manage-Traffic-More-Efficiently-with-Purchase-of-New-Traffic-System

 

6) Intelligent Traffic Signal Project Uses Connected Vehicles

Link to article on Driverless Transportation:

http://www.driverlesstransportation.com/intelligent-traffic-signal-project-uses-connected-vehicles-7770

 

MARITIME

 

7) How the Marine Exchange of Southern California Handles Port Congestion

Link to article in the Los Angeles Daily News:

http://www.dailynews.com/business/20150127/how-the-marine-exchange-of-southern-california-handles-port-congestion

Link to the Marine Exchange of Southern California

 

OTHER

 

8) Delaware Aims to be First with Digital Driver's Licenses

Link to article from The News Journal:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/01/28/delaware-aims-to-be-1st-with-digital-drivers-licenses/22449899/  

 

9) Tampa Golf Course Pairs Technology with Transportation

Link to story on WTVT-TV:

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/27958849/tampa-golf-course-pairs-technology-with-transportation

 

10) Iowa DOT's Track-a-Plow Website a Hit with Travelers

Link to Transportation Matters for Iowa blog:

http://www.transportationmatters.iowadot.gov/2015/01/do-you-see-what-i-see-iowa-dots-track-a-plow-website-a-hit-with-travelers.html

Link to website

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

11) Boston Transit Cops Refuse to Publicly Identify Two Men Held in Shooting

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

https://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/transit_cops_refuse_to_id_two_men_held_in_shooting

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) Iowa DOT Invents New Way to Keep You Safe on Icy Roads

Link to story on KCCI-TV:

http://www.kcci.com/news/dot-invents-new-way-to-keep-you-safe-on-icy-roads/30954760

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

13) Waze Rejects Criticism by Los Angeles Police Chief

Link to Reuters article:

http://fortune.com/2015/01/27/traffic-app-maker-waze-rejects-criticism-by-l-a-police-chief/

 

14) Twitter Threats to Planes Require Delicate Decisions

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/01/27/twitter-threats-to-flights/22395967/

 

15) TSA Plans to Remove Social Media Screening from Airport Security Proposal

Link to article on Sputnik:

http://sputniknews.com/us/20150127/1017426916.html

 

TRANSIT

 

16) New Zealand's Snapper Predicts Demise of Transport Cards

Link to article on Stuff:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/65504493/snapper-predicts-demise-of-transport-cards

 

17) Improving Bus Transit On-Time Performance Through the Use of AVL Data

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/171987.aspx

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

18) Computer Simulation Eases Real-World Traffic Jams in Jilin, China

Link to article in PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2876132/computer-simulation-eases-realworld-chinese-traffic-jams.html

Link to news release

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Google Warns California DMV Not to Over-Regulate Self-Driving Cars

Link to article in the Sacramento Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/01/27/google-dmv-self-driving-cars-workshop.html?page=all

 

20) Daimler Trucks' Top IT Exec Hires Mix of 'Einsteins' and 'Edisons'

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2871913/daimler-trucks-top-it-exec-hires-a-mix-of-einsteins-and-edisons.html

 

WEATHER

 

21) New York Governor Talks Creation of High-Tech State-Run Weather System

Link to article in the Daily News:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-pushing-state-weather-system-winter-storm-article-1.2094269

 

 

News Releases

1) Reno A&E Receives Patent for Bicycle Detection Signature Analysis

2) Texas' TAPS Public Transit Information Now Available on Google Maps

3) Improvements in Facial Recognition Technology Allow Smiles to Return to Delaware Driver License Photos

4) Frost & Sullivan: Telematics Sales to Soar in India with the Government Giving Priority to the Installation of Telematics in CVs

5) New Website Lets Residents Monitor Bay Area's Vital Signs

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Lead Writer/Editor – Amtrak – Washington, DC

http://jobs.amtrak.com/job/Washington-Lead-Writer-Editor-90181666-Washington-DC-20002/244379900/

 -  Communications Lead – Amtrak – Wilmington, Delaware

http://jobs.amtrak.com/job/Wilmington-Communications-Lead-90181670-Wilmington-DE-19801/244322900/

 

 

Upcoming Events

Traffic Management Plan Summit – March 3 – Newark, New Jersey

https://ite-metsection.org/pdf/events/otherOrg/150119_TMP_Summit_Agenda.pdf

 

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