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Wednesday, October 12, 2016 – Boonton, New Jersey

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

1) Pittsburgh Using Technology to Get Pedestrians to Look Up from Their Phones While Crossing Streets

Link to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/10/11/Grim-Reaper-will-remind-distracted-Pittsburgh-pedestrians-to-look-up/stories/201610110155

Link to news release

 

2) Palos Verdes Estates, California Council Votes Against Bicycle Signs

Link to Daily Breeze article

http://www.dailybreeze.com/government-and-politics/20161011/palos-verdes-estates-puts-brakes-on-new-bicycle-signs

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) As Self-Driving Cars Arrive, Google Maps Looks for Its Place

Link to San Francisco Chronicle article

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/As-self-driving-cars-arrive-Google-Maps-looks-9957447.php

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) Here's Alphabet's Pitch to 'Smarti'-ify Your City

Link to BuzzFeed article

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jsvine/alphabets-pitch-to-smartify-your-city

 

5) Daily News from ITS World Congress

Link to news updates

http://www.itsinternational.com/event-news/its-world-congress/2016/

 

MARITIME

 

6) Maritime Cyberattacks Rising

Link to Port Technology article

https://www.porttechnology.org/news/abs_to_lead_maritime_cybersecurity_research

Link to news release

 

OTHER

 

7) The 'Green Book' Was a Travel Guide Just for Black Motorists in US

Link to NBC News story

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/green-book-was-travel-guide-just-black-motorists-n649081

 

RAILROADS

 

8) Train Braking: USDOT's Rulemaking on Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Brakes Could Benefit from Additional Data and Transparency

Link to GAO report

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-17-122

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Boston's Safe Driving App Seeing Quick Results

Link to WFXT-TV story

http://www.fox25boston.com/news/bostons-safe-driving-app-seeing-quick-results/456156726

 

10) Sensors Will Detect Students Falling Under School Buses

Link to WSAZ-TV story

http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/New-technology-could-be-life-saving-to-children-riding-the-school-bus--396722521.html

 

TRANSIT

 

11) Report: Apple Hoping to Bring Apple Pay to More Transit Systems

Link to AppleInsider article

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/10/11/apple-hoping-to-bring-apple-pay-to-more-transit-systems---report

 

12) This Seamless, Simple Transit App Wants to Plan and Pay for All Your Trips

Link to Curbed article

http://www.curbed.com/2016/10/11/13243674/app-urban-transportation-mobility-whim

 

13) Downtown Burlington, Vermont Transit Center to Offer Gigabit Wi-Fi Hotspot

Link to Vermont Business Magazine article

http://www.vermontbiz.com/news/october/downtown-transit-center-offer-gigabit-wifi-hotspot-burlington

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Nearly $8 Million Slated for Improved Traffic Management, Information at Western New York Border Crossings

Link to AP article

http://www.njherald.com/article/20161012/AP/310129785

Link to news release

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Toyota Has Issues with California's Plans for Self-Driving Safety Check List

Link to Reuters article

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2016/10/12/429109.htm

 

16) How Self-Driving Cars Could Become Weapons of Terror

Link to San Francisco Chronicle article

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/How-self-driving-cars-could-become-weapons-of-9958541.php

 

17) Waze and Esri Make App-to-Infrastructure Possible

Link to TechCrunch article

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/11/waze-and-ezri-make-app-to-infrastructure-possible/

Link to news release

 

18) New Technologies of Heavy Vehicle Enforcement

Link to ATN article

https://www.fullyloaded.com.au/industry-news/1610/new-technologies-of-heavy-vehicle-enforcement

 

 

News Releases

1) TomTom Launches Traffic Stats API

2) New Passenger Information Displays Improve Customer Experience at Penn Station New York

3) Waze Navigation Voices Now Live in Bulgarian, Greek and Estonian

4) Transport for London 100th Waze Connected Citizens Program Partner

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Presentation Abstracts Sought – Secure Rail Conference – Progressive Railroading

http://www.securerailconference.com/cfp/

 

 

Upcoming Events

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