[TCN] Friday, July 10, 2015

 

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Friday, July 10, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA to Drop Donald Trump-Related Navigation Codes

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/travel/faa-to-drop-donald-trump-related-navigation-codes.html

 

2) Dining App 'AirGrub' Lets Travelers Pre-Order Meals at Airports

Link to article on iDigitalTimes:

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/dining-app-airgrub-lets-travelers-pre-order-meals-airports-456279

 

CAMERAS

 

3) New Jersey Transit Board to Vote on Buying Train Cameras Recommended by NTSB

Link to article in The Star-Ledger:

http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2015/07/nj_transit_to_buy_train_cameras_in_wake_of_amtrak.html

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) South Africa's Sanral to Test Electronic Toll Collection System

Link to article on News24:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Sanral-to-test-its-electronic-collection-system-at-tolls-20150709

 

OTHER

 

5) High-Tech Transportation: Can Congress Regulate Technology That Doesn't Exist Yet?

Link to article on Nextgov:

http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2015/07/high-tech-transportation-can-congress-regulate-technology-doesnt-exist-yet/117313/  

 

RAILROADS

 

6) New Deadline Proposed for Positive Train Control

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150710_New_deadline_proposed_for_rail_safety_program.html

 

7) Canadian Pacific Railroad Refuses to Release Bridge Inspection Report to City of Milwaukee

Link to story on WISN-TV:

http://www.wisn.com/news/canadian-pacific-says-bridge-report-not-available-to-city-leaders/34077098

 

ROADWAYS

 

8) Massachusetts DOT Ends Use of Electronic Signs to Push Voting for Red Sox Player to All-Star Game

Link to story on WCVB-TV:

http://www.wcvb.com/news/state-pulls-push-to-elect-bogaerts-to-allstar-team/34095352

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) App Warns Drivers of Hazardous Spots on Roadways

Link to article on Autoblog:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/07/09/traffic-app-car-accident-signal-labs/

 

10) US Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Urges TSA to Improve Security of Boarding Passes

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/09/tsa-encryption-boarding-passes/29918947/

 

TRANSIT

 

11) France Gets Tough with Sexual Harassment on Public Transport with Text Alert System and 'Fight' Against Sexist Ads

Link to article in The Independent:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-gets-tough-with-sexual-harassment-and-sexist-adverts-on-its-public-transport-networks-10379122.html

 

12) AC Transit Partners with Google Maps to Give Riders Real-Time Bus Data

Link to Bay City News article:

http://abc7news.com/traffic/ac-transit-partners-with-google-maps-to-give-riders-real-time-bus-data/840473/

Link to news release

 

13) Refurbished PATCO Trains Being Reinspected After Shutdown; Riders Complain About Communications During Outage

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150710_PATCO_probing_breakdown_of_refurbed_train.html

 

VEHICLES

 

14) Carmakers to Tech Partners: Keep Your Hands Off Our Data

Link to Reuters article:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carmakers-tech-partners-keep-hands-050000371.html

 

15) Senators Introduce Bill Requiring Crash-Avoidance Technologies, Recall Warning Lights on Dashboards

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/07/09/auto-safety-reform-bill/29905475/

Link to news release

 

16) With CarPlay, Apple Looks to Upend Tradition

Link to article in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/business/with-carplay-apple-looks-to-upend-tradition.html

 

17) The Race to Connect Old Cars to the Internet

Link to story on Marketplace:

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/race-connect-old-cars-internet

 

 

News Releases

1) Image Sensing Systems Announces Sale of ANPR/LPR Business to TagMaster

2) National Parking Association Announces Top ITS and Tech Leaders to Open 2015 Convention and Expo

3) Texas DOT to Begin Work on Expansion of ITS Project in Lubbock Area

 

 

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Friday Bonus

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Solicitation

 -  Call for Nominations – Intelligent Transportation Society of New Jersey 2015 Awards

http://transportation.njit.edu/itsnj/ITSNJ2015AwardsCallNominations.pdf

 - Nominees Sought – Transit Advisory Committee for Safety – Federal Transit Administration

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-07-02/pdf/2015-16288.pdf

 

 

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