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Friday, October 7, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

 

1) FAA Outlines Performance Based Navigation-Centric Vision

Link to Air Traffic Management article

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2016/10/faa-outlines-pbncentric-vision/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Alabama Man Designs Brake Light for Bicycles

Link to WAAY-TV story

http://www.waaytv.com/tech_alabama/huntsville-man-designs-brake-light-for-bicycles/article_88ad1ee2-8c13-11e6-a93b-3bb4d629f3ae.html

 

3) Volvo Adding Proximity Sensors to Buses for Pedestrian Detection

Link to RCR Wireless News article

http://www.rcrwireless.com/20161006/internet-of-things/volvo-bus-automated-vehicle-tag31

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) 'Grace Period' Planned for Drivers as Part of Switch to All-Electronic Tolling on Massachusetts Pike

Link to Republican article

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/10/grace_period_planned_for_drive.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) ITS World Congress Coming to Melbourne Next Week

Link to Conference & Meetings World article

http://www.c-mw.net/intelligent-transport-systems-world-congress-comes-melbourne/

 

OTHER

 

6) Texas DOT Offers 'Traffic Jam Initiative' on Facebook, Twitter to Give Motorists Savings During Construction Project

Link to KVIA-TV story

http://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/traffic-jam-initiative-txdot-local-businesses-team-up-to-offer-frustrated-drivers-relief/107878054

 

7) Can Big Data Offer Hope for Africa's Exasperate Commuters?

Link to Guardian article

https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/oct/07/big-data-africa-cities-commuters-transport

 

8) Some Washington State Homeowners Receive Notices on WSDOT Letterhead Saying Hillary Clinton Campaign Signs Are Illegal Due to Arrow

Link to KING-TV story

http://www.king5.com/news/politics/political-signs-with-arrows-near-roadways-could-violate-state-law/329709996

 

9) Putting USDOT Open Data to Work in the White House Opportunity Project

Link to USDOT's Fast Lane blog

https://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/putting-usdot-open-data-work-white-house-opportunity-project

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) Hawaii DOT Proposes Sending Mock Bills to Compare Gas Tax and Mileage Tax

Link to Honolulu Star-Advertiser article

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=43472

 

11) Road Safety Advertisements – You Laugh, You Cry

Link to World Highways article

http://www.worldhighways.com/sections/general/news/video-road-safety-advertisements-you-laugh-you-cry/

 

RAILROADS

 

12) Chicago Rail Link Testing Grade-Crossing Safety Pilot Project

Link to Railway Track & Structures article

http://www.rtands.com/index.php/track-maintenance/chicago-rail-link-testing-grade-crossing-safety-pilot-project.html

 

13) No Positive Train Control for Staten Island Railway: Here's Why

Link to Staten Island Advance article

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/10/staten_island_railway_positive_train_control.html

 

14) Glamorizing Train Track Trespassing to Teens and Young Adults

Link to Operation Lifesaver Train of Thought blog

http://bit.ly/2dk7vgy

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

15) Facial Recognition: A Quantum Leap for Biometric Airport Security?

Link to Airport Technology article

http://www.airport-technology.com/features/featurefacial-recognition-a-quantum-leap-for-biometric-airport-security-5020769/

 

TELEMATICS

 

16) MyFord Touch Frustrated Top Company Execs, Court Documents Show

Link to Automotive News article

http://www.autonews.com/article/20161006/OEM06/161009901/myford-touch-frustrated-top-company-execs-court-documents-show

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

17) The Responder – October 2016

Link to newsletter from the Traffic Incident Management Network

http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e084dc36cb5a82b398b7b5dc6&id=688e4d7b6a&e=cca376218e

 

TRANSIT

 

18) New York City Bus Service Report Cards Offered on New Website

Link to amNew York article

http://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-bus-service-report-cards-offered-on-new-website-1.12415121

Link to news release

 

VEHICLES

 

19) Der Spiegel: German Government Report Critical of Tesla Autopilot

Link to Reuters article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/german-government-report-critical-tesla-162244918.html

 

20) Why AI Makes It Hard to Prove Self-Driving Cars Are Safe

Link to IEEE Spectrum article

http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/why-ai-makes-selfdriving-cars-hard-to-prove-safe

 

 

News Releases

1) Port of Montreal Web-Based App Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

2) MIT Administration 'Walking the Talk' on Transit Commuter Benefits

3) ITS Australia and HERE Release App for ITS World Congress

4) Intelligent Sports Helmet Comes with Camera

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Executive Director – University of Denver Transportation Institute – Denver, Colorado

https://du-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobInfo&version=1&jobid=1901

 

 

Friday Bonus

A new definition of light rail.

http://illuminate.org/projects/lightrail/

 

 

Upcoming Events

NOCoE Webinar: Connected/Automated/Autonomous Vehicles and MPOs - What Do You Need to Start to Consider – October 19

http://www.transportationops.org/event/connectedautomatedautonomous-vehicles-metropolitan-planning-organizations-%E2%80%93-what-do-you-need

 

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