[TCN] Tuesday, May 5, 2015

 

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Announcement: Introducing INRIX Insights™, a Breakthrough in Population Movement Analytics

 

Today INRIX introduces the first data and analytics product to tap into big data from the connected car. Through unique analysis into the movement of people, vehicles and commerce, INRIX Insights™ enables transportation agencies to gain insight from the connected car for use in urban planning, including OD trip records and volume counts by day of week and side of road.

 

Join us for a Webinar and get a first look at INRIX Insights – Thursday, May 7th at 11am EDT.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) NTSB Issues Safety Recommendations on Wrong Airport Landings

Link to article in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoglia/2015/05/04/ntsb-issues-safety-recommendations-on-wrong-airport-landings/

 

2) How the Orlando Airport Went Fully Wireless

Link to article in Network World:

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2918153/cisco-subnet/how-the-orlando-airport-went-fully-wireless.html

 

3) In-Flight Magazines Go Literary

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/business/media/rhapsody-the-in-flight-magazine-is-becoming-a-first-class-literary-journal.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

4) Some Suburban Minnesota Crosswalks Disappearing Due to ADA Requirements and Costs

Link to story on KARE-TV:

http://www.kare11.com/story/life/2015/05/04/pedestrians-notice-crosswalks-disappearing-in-suburbs/26892057/

 

5) Bike-Bump Form Helps Cyclists Plan Caltrain Trips; Feeds Transit Agency Useful Data

Link to story on KCBS Radio:

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/04/bike-bump-form-helps-cyclists-plan-caltrain-trips-feeds-transit-agency-useful-data/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) ITS America Annual Meeting Preview News

Link to update:

http://itsamerica.msgfocus.com/q/120M7t6rCgvQq0KPiACu/wv

 

OTHER

 

7) Florida DOT's SunGuide Disseminator – May 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/TrafficOperations/Newsletters/2015/2015-May.pdf  

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) How Smart Traffic Lights Could Transform Your Commute

Link to article in Time:

http://time.com/3845445/commuting-times-adaptive-trafficl-lights/

 

9) Life-Saving Tech to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes Slow to Arrive in North Texas

Link to story on KXAS-TV:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/investigations/Life-Saving-Tech-to-Prevent-Fatal-Wrong-Way-Crashes-Slow-to-Arrive-in-North-Texas-NBC-5-Investigates-302486331.html

 

10) Highways England Says Electronic Signs Will Only Be Used for Big Incidents

Link to article in the North-West Evening Mail:

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/new-a590-signs-branded-a-waste-of-money-1.1209692

 

11) Federal Act Endangers Giant Times Square Billboards

Link to article in The Real Deal:

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/05/04/federal-act-endangers-giant-times-square-billboards/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) US Lawmakers Push Distracted Driving Prevention

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/241076-lawmakers-push-distracted-driving-prevention

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Partnership Aimed at Helping Visually Impaired Access Mass Transit

Link to article in the Wichita Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/techflash/2015/05/envision-partners-with-gimbal-inc-to-develop.html

 

14) Has Freedom of Speech Run Its Course with the New York MTA?

Link to WNYC Radio's The Brian Lehrer Show:

http://www.wnyc.org/story/has-freedom-speech-run-its-course-mta/

 

15) Is New York Quietly Changing Its Subway Station Lettering?

Link to blog on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/05/is-new-york-quietly-changing-its-subway-station-lettering/392324/

 

16) Hold Your iPhone Up and It Points the Way to a Bus Stop

Link to blog on PSFK:

http://www.psfk.com/2015/05/nyc-bus-routes-departures-nyc-iphone.html

 

 

News Releases

1) New Inrix Insights Platform Transforms Smart Cities Planning, Retail Analytics and Advertising Measurement

2) Bosch Brings Freight Trains to the Internet

3) 4th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress: Shaping a Regional Message on Road Safety

4) Siemens and Duisport Partner to Develop Truck Traffic Management System for Ports

5) Q-Free Acquiring Traffiko, Parking Management Solutions Company

6) New Centimeter-Accurate GPS Could Transform Virtual Reality and Mobile Devices

 

 

Upcoming Events

Teens in the Driver Seat Summit – May 17-19 – San Antonio, Texas

http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/tds15/

 

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