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Wednesday, January 10, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) New York State Police to Begin Flying Drones to Reconstruct Motor Vehicle Crashes

The Citizen

Governor Andrew Cuomo news release

2) Bush, Hobby Airports Have 'Smart Bathrooms'

KHOU-TV

3) A Brief History of Airport Chapels

Smithsonian

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

4) Can 'Bicycle-to-Vehicle' Communication Help Make Cycling Safer?

The Verge

5) Lithuania Police Handing Out Candles to Pedestrians and Cyclists Without Clothing Reflectors

AP

CAMERAS

6) Dallas Area Rapid Transit Plans More Cameras on Its Trains

Dallas Morning News

CARTOGRAPHY

7) Interactive Crowdsourced Atlas Plots Vanished Railroad Lines

Atlas Obscura

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) ERTICO Newsletter

ERTICO - ITS Europe

MARITIME

9) Port of San Francisco: New Drones Could Help Inspect Pier Damage After Earthquakes

San Francisco Examiner

10) Pilot Program of DrayQ App at Washington Ports Scrapped

Transport Topics

Northwest Seaport Alliance news release

OTHER

11) Report: Trump Administration Scrubbed Mentions of Climate Change from USDOT and Other Websites

CNN

12) How I Learned to Drive in a VR Traffic School

Engadget

13) Latest Issue of Texas Transportation Researcher

Texas A&M Transportation Institute

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) Cellphone Use Dramatically Increases Crash Risk, New AAA Study Says

Denver Post

15) Michigan DOT to Equip More Snow Plows with Green Lights

WZZM-TV

16) Tougher Texting-While-Driving Ban Moves in Florida House

News Service of Florida

Florida House Bill 33

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

17) Moscow Taxi Users Facing Inflated Fares Due to Navigation System Errors

BBC News

TELEMATICS

18) Amazon Alexa Coming to Toyota Cars

USA Today

19) Alexa, Hey Google and Your Car Radio

CEoutlook

TRANSIT

20) Microtransit: How Cities Are, and Aren't, Adapting Transit Technology

Curbed

21) DC Metro and Its Union Spar Over Meetings on Transit Agency Property

Washington Post

22) Sneakers Will Serve as Free 2018 Transit Pass on Berlin Transit

CityLab

23) Chinese 'Smart' Buses Bring Safe, Comfortable Transport to Cambodia

Xinhua

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

24) New Traffic System Will Help Dallas Ease Congestion

KDFW-TV

VEHICLES

25) Net Neutrality and the Driverless Future

CityLab

News Releases

1) Mason City, Iowa Public Transit Now Offers Real-Time Tracking

2) Quanergy and Cisco Deliver Smart City Connected Roadway Solutions

3) ITE Signs MOUs with Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers and Korean Society of Transportation

4) GoVivace Speech Recognition Drives Help to Millions of Commuters Every Month

5) Waze Brings Community-Based Traffic and Navigation App to Ford Vehicles with Sync 3

6) HELP and Oregon Green Light Announce New Partnership

Solicitation

-  Call for Nominations - NATA Industry Excellence Awards - National Air Transportation Association

Upcoming Events

Container Terminal Automation Conference - March 14-15 - London

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