[TCN] Friday, January 1, 2016

 

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Friday, January 1, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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All the Best in 2016!

 

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

1) This is How Visualizing Open Data Can Help Save Lives

Link to Huffington Post article

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/this-is-how-visualizing-open-data-can-help-save-lives_56781c17e4b014efe0d5fd59

 

2) Telling Better Bike Stories with Contextual Data

Link to Mobility Lab blog

http://mobilitylab.org/2015/12/21/telling-better-bike-stories-with-contextual-data/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) Cashless Tolling Starts Sunday at Pennsylvania Turnpike Bridge Over Delaware River

Link to WFMZ-TV story

http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-southeasternpa/cashless-tolling-starts-sunday-at-pa-turnpike-bridge/37215780

Link to further information

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) IEEE ITS Podcast: STIRPE- Autonomous Driving in Unstructured Environments

Link to podcast

http://goo.gl/RlqDxi

 

OTHER

 

5) Uber Thinking of Getting Into the Travel Business

Link to Business Insider article

http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-travel-lets-you-know-when-to-call-an-uber-2015-12  

 

ROADWAYS

 

6) Traffic Signals at Pinellas County, Florida Intersection Flashing for Months

Link to WTSP-TV story

http://www.wtsp.com/story/traffic/2015/12/31/unused-traffic-signals/78131866/

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Idaho State Police Wants Unmarked Cruisers to Combat Distracted Drivers

Link to Idaho State Journal article

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/isp-wants-unmarked-cruisers-to-combat-distracted-drivers/article_2090469d-0206-5e6d-90d2-e70cd6de841b.html

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

8) GM Promoting Employee Carpooling App in Shanghai

Link to CNET article

http://www.cnet.com/news/gm-launches-employee-carpooling-app-in-china/

Link to news release

 

TELEMATICS

 

9) The Connected Car Could Mean the Closing of America's Open Road

Link to WBUR Radio commentary

http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2016/01/01/the-closing-of-americas-open-road

 

TRANSIT

 

10) Making the Bus More Like an Uber with Real-Time Data and Mobile Payments

Link to Fortune article

http://fortune.com/2015/12/31/mass-transit-like-uber/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Inside Missouri DOT's Operation to Keep Area Traffic Flowing Despite Flooding

Link to KTVI-TV story

http://fox2now.com/2015/12/31/inside-modots-operation-to-keep-area-traffic-flowing-despite-flooding/

 

VEHICLES

 

12) USDOT Releases the Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture Version 2.1 and Systems Engineering Tool for Intelligent Transportation Version 2.1

Link to further information

http://www.its.dot.gov/arch/cvria2.htm

 

 

 

News Releases

1) Teledyne BlueView Partners with Measutronics on Marine Positioning, Guidance, Mapping and Underwater Imaging

2) Railways: Ensuring Readiness In Case of Space Weather Events

 

 

Friday Bonus

Holiday travel at airports can be anything but pleasant, however a gentleman in Toronto manages to elicit a few smiles.

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-12-30/toronto-airport-baggage-handler-makes-air-travel-almost-pleasant

 

 

Upcoming Events

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http://www.salon-auto.ch/en/

 

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