[TCN] Friday, July 8, 2016

 

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Friday, July 8, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) New FAA Policy Helps Modernize General Aviation Airplanes and Helicopters

Link to Vertical article

http://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/faa-policy-helps-modernize-ga-airplanes-helicopters/

 

2) Gun Advertisements at South Carolina Airport Upset Some Travelers

Link to The State article

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article88326042.html

 

3) Keeping One Step Ahead of the Game with Airport Weather Forecasting

Link to Airport Technology article

http://www.airport-technology.com/features/featurekeeping-one-step-ahead-of-the-game-with-airport-weather-forecasting-4940501/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

4) Feds Spending $3 Million to Create National Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center

Link to Washington Free Beacon article

http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spending-3-million-create-national-bicycle-center/

 

CAMERAS

 

5) Tennessee Attorney General Weighs In on Traffic Cameras

Link to WBBJ-TV story

http://www.wbbjtv.com/2016/07/07/state-attorney-general-weighs-in-on-traffic-cameras/

 

6) Ohio Appeals Court Upholds Toledo's Use of Traffic Cameras

Link to Blade article

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2016/07/08/Appeals-court-upholds-Toledo-s-use-of-traffic-cameras.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

7) Why Apple's Transit Maps Are Rolling Out So Slowly

Link to AppleInsider article

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/07/why-apples-transit-maps-are-rolling-out-so-slowly

 

OTHER

 

8) How the Media Screwed Up the Fatal Tesla Accident

Link to Vanity Fair commentary

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/how-the-media-screwed-up-the-fatal-tesla-accident  

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) San Antonio Man Uses Lightsaber to Bring Awareness to Pedestrian Safety

Link to KABB-TV story

http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/lightsaber-brings-awareness-to-pedestrian-safety

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

10) Meet Liberty, the Uber-Like Service Built for Rural America

Link to Silicon Prairie News article

http://siliconprairienews.com/2016/07/meet-liberty-uber-like-service-built-for-rural-america/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Facebook Group Lets Drivers Crowdsource Montreal's Mercier Bridge Traffic Updates

Link to CBC News story

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mercier-bridge-traffic-facebook-page-1.3670357

 

12) How Ulytic Solves Urban Traffic Problems in Real Time

Link to Silicon Prairie News article

http://siliconprairienews.com/2016/07/ulytic-solves-urban-traffic-problems-real-time/

 

VEHICLES

 

13) German Transport Ministry Denies Investigating Tesla Over Software Updates

Link to Reuters article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/german-ministry-denies-investigating-tesla-163051783.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Automakers, ITS Community Call on FCC to Protect the Safety Spectrum

2) Greater Cleveland RTA Launches Mobile Fare App

3) Intermodal Association of North America Launches IANA Street Interchange Application

4) Siemens to Supply Traffic Control and Monitoring Systems for Hong Kong Road Tunnel

 

 

Friday Bonus

No matter which way you turn you're on Algonquin Drive.

Usually street signs have at least two different names on them, but this sign in my hometown of Cranford, New Jersey is unusual in that it has the same street name on all four sides.

https://www.facebook.com/CranfordRadio/photos/a.245705022239502.1073741827.230134317129906/859074680902530/?type=3&theater

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Responses Sought – European Electronic Toll Service Survey – European Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/modes/road/consultations/2016-eets_en.htm

 

 

Upcoming Events

Second Annual Symposium on Transportation Informatics – August 4-5 – Arlington, Virginia

https://www.buffalo.edu/transinfo/Events/2016Symposium.html

 

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