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Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) American Airlines Moving to Cashless Model at Miami Airport

Miami Herald

2) San Francisco International Airport to Improve Signage and Create Wayfinding Master Plan

San Francisco Examiner

3) New Air Traffic Management System Inaugurated in Philippines

Philippine News Agency

Philippines Presidential Communications Operations Office news release

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Florida's First Geographic Information Officer Maps Out a Statewide Strategy

Government Technology

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Website, App for Virginia I-66 Tolls Failed to Display Price

Washington Post

FREIGHT

6) Ghana Government to Review Operations at Ports Months After Going Paperless

JoyBusiness

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) IEEE ITS Society Newsletter - January 2018

IEEE ITS Society

8) ERTICO Newsletter - January 17

ERTICO - ITS Europe

MARITIME

9) New COSCO Container Ship First to Earn Cyber Rating

Port Technology

Lloyd's Register news release

OTHER

10) Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Prohibit Racial Profiling and Track Data During Traffic Stops

AL.com

11) Interview with Gene Hawkins, New Chairman of National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

Streetsblog USA

PARKING

12) BMW Acquires Parkmobile to Help Tackle Urban Traffic

TechCrunch

Parkmobile news release

13) Muir Woods National Monument Parking Reservation System Off to Quiet Start

San Francisco Chronicle

Muir Woods news release

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

14) Jakarta Transport Council Says It's Been Left in Dark About Latest Policies

Jakarta Post

Original article on Kompas (in Indonesian)

RAILROADS

15) Japanese Train Barks Like a Dog, Snorts Like a Deer to Cut Animal Collisions

Asahi Shimbun

Further information from Railway Technical Research Institute

ROADWAYS

16) FHWA Monitoring States' Progress on Modernizing Roadway Inventory Data

Transport Topics

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Researchers Studying Ways to Use AI to Reduce Traffic Accidents in Atlanta

Hypepotamus

Kennesaw State University news release

18) State DOTs, Regulators, Railroads Collaborate on Grade Crossing Upgrades, Closures

Progressive Railroading

19) Most Indian State Have Not Done Much to Meet April 1 GPS Requirement for Taxis, Public Transport

Times of India

20) MDOT, Michigan State Police Team Up to Stop Wrong-Way Drivers

WXYZ-TV

21) Road Safety Newsletter - January 2018

European Commission

TELEMATICS

22) Is BMW Going to Make You Pay for Apple CarPlay Every Year?

The Verge

TRANSIT

23) US Justice Department Backs DC Archdiocese in Christmas Transit Ad Fight

AP

Department of Justice news release

24) Myanmar to Introduce Card Payment System on Yangon Bus Transport System

Xinhua

25) Crowdsourcing the Commute

New York Times

26) Shanghai Metro Embraces Mobile Payments in Partnership with Alipay

Intelligent Transport

Shanghai Metro news release (in Chinese)

27) Adopting an Intelligent Approach to Public Transport

Huawei

VEHICLES

28) Kansas Lawmakers Preparing for Fully Autonomous Vehicles

Lawrence Journal-World

29) Arlington, Massachusetts Could Become Testing Site for Self-Driving Cars

Wicked Local Arlington

News Releases

1) 'PTBusBeacon' App, Plus Map Make Washington State University Transportation Easier

2) Gogo Business Aviation Now Offers 30 Digital Magazine Titles and Adds Bloomberg News

3) Los Angeles Metro Urges Customers to Report Suspected Human Trafficking on Transit

4) Kapsch TrafficCom Begins Implementing Tolling Project in Bulgaria

5) Heathrow Airport Launches Public Consultation Process for Expansion

6) 'Working at SFO' Event Engages Local Educators and Community Partners

7) Park Air Systems Provides Complete Refresh of Ground-to-Air Communications at Heathrow

8) SiriusXM to Launch 'Women in Trucking' Show

Solicitation

-  Call for Abstracts - National Electronic Tolling and Charging Worldwide Conference

Upcoming Events

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