[TCN] Wednesday, July 22, 2015

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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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HERE maps Mcity for automated driving

On July 20th, Michigan's Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) unveiled Mcity, a 32-acre facility devoted to accelerating and testing connected and automated driving. HERE will provide critical HD mapping and real-time data technologies to be used for testing connected and automated vehicles and systems under a variety of different circumstances.  At the Automated Vehicle Symposium on July 21st and July 22nd, HERE demonstrated the HD mapping and big data analytics technologies behind its HD Live Map, which helps automated vehicles understand and interpret the road network and what lies ahead.

AVIATION

1) Latest Edition of Future Airport

Link to magazine:

http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8875d8b8#/8875d8b8/1

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) BikeTag is a Smart Safety Sensor for Cycling

Link to article on TechCrunch:

http://techcrunch.com/2015/07/20/biketag-is-a-smart-safety-sensor-for-cycling/

3) Bone-Conducting Headphones Let You Hear GPS Directions Through the Sounds of the Road

Link to article on TreeHugger:

http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/bone-conducting-headphones-let-you-hear-gps-directions-over-through-sounds-road.html

CAMERAS

4) French Speed Cameras Sabotaged Over Plain Cigarette Packaging Rules

Link to article in The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/22/french-speed-cameras-sabotaged-over-plain-cigarette-packaging-rules

5) Speed Camera Tickets in DC Are Dropping. Does That Mean Drivers Are Behaving Better?

Link to story on WAMU Radio:

http://wamu.org/news/15/07/21/camera_tickets_in_dc_are_dropping_does_that_mean_drivers_are_behaving_better

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Electronic Tolling Test Starts on South Africa's N3

Link to article on News24:

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Amanzimtoti-Fever/Electronic-tolling-test-on-N3-starts-20150716

MARITIME

7) The Maritime Launch of Big Data

Link to article on MarineLink:

http://www.marinelink.com/news/maritime-launch-data395009.aspx

OTHER

8) Commuting Apps, Technology Take on Urban Traffic

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/commuting-apps-technology-take-on-urban-traffic-1.3146711

9) OMG! The DOT! What's Up with Transportation Acronyms?

Link to article in Politico:

http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2015/07/omg-the-dot-000157

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) Vermont Agency of Transportation to Hire More Public Outreach Inhouse

Link to article in the Burlington Free Press

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2015/07/21/vtrans-hire-public-outreach-inhouse/30491961/

RAILROADS

11) Federal Railroad Administration Warns Railroads to Comply with Oil Train Notification Requirement

Link to McClatchy News Service article:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/economy/article28078114.html

12) Challenges of Positive Train Control Implementation

Link to blog in Metro:

http://www.metro-magazine.com/blogpost/294867/challenges-of-positive-train-control-implementation

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) UPS Tractor-Trailers Getting Collision-Avoidance Technology

Link to article in The Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ups_tractor-trailers_getting_collision-avoidance_technology_photos.html

SPACE

14) Astronauts Are Broadcasting Bedtime Stories and Videotaping Science Experiments from Space

Link to article on Quartz:

http://qz.com/442945/astronauts-are-reading-bedtime-stories-and-videotaping-science-experiments-from-space/

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

15) Uber Gets Green Light to Legally Operate in Nebraska

Link to article in the Omaha World-Herald:

http://www.omaha.com/money/uber-gets-green-light-to-legally-operate-in-nebraska/article_b71968dc-2fc9-11e5-8ade-833fed44d668.html

TRANSIT

16) BC Transit to Roll Out Device to Help the Visually Impaired

Link to article on KelownaNow:

http://www.kelownanow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/15/07/21/BC_Transit_to_Roll_Out_Device_to_Help_the_Visually_Impaired

Link to news release

17) This Swingin' Bus Stop is 'Pittsburgh's Smallest Jazz Club'

Link to article on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/07/this-swingin-bus-stop-is-pittsburghs-smallest-jazz-club/399155/

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Pennsylvania DOT District Uses Inrix Data to Provide Real-Time Travel Times on Message Boards

Link to article in The Citizens' Voice:

http://citizensvoice.com/news/penndot-message-boards-provide-real-time-travel-times-1.1915819

VEHICLES

19) Ford Road Tests Carsharing

Link to article in Money:

http://time.com/money/3964706/ford-ride-sharing-getaround/

News Releases

1) Washington State's Community Transit Sponsors Video Contest

2) Australian Ports of Dampier and Port Hedland Recognized as Vessel Traffic Services Authority

3) Denver International Airport Recognized for Fastest Wi-Fi Out of Top Seven Busiest Airports in US

Upcoming Events

Symposium on Transportation Informatics – August 13-14 – Buffalo

http://www.buffalo.edu/transinfo/2015Symposium.html

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