Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, October 30, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
1) Seattle DOT's 'Hilarious' Video Promotes Second Avenue Bike Lane and Rules
Link to blog on SeattlePI:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/SDOT-s-hilarious-video-promotes-Second-Avenue-5856060.php
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
2) Japan Offers to Assist India on ITS
Link to article in The Economic Times:
3) IEEE ITS Society Newsletter – October 2014
Link to newsletter:
http://sites.ieee.org/itss/files/2014/10/v16n4Oct2014.pdf
OTHER
4) US Embassy: American Firms Keen to be Partners in Building Smart Cities in India
Link to article in The Economic Times:
5) Chevrolet Turns World Series Hiccup Into Home Run
Link to story on Fox Business:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/10/30/chevrolet-turns-world-series-hiccup-into-home-run/
Link to video
6) How the Cloud is Boosting Global Travel and Trade
Link to blog from IBM:
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION
7) Air Marshall Whistleblower Gets High Court Hearing Over Leaks to Media
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/29/justice/supreme-court-air-marshal/
8) AAA Goes Back to Court in Bid to Get Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Documents Related to 2011 Toll Increases
Link to AP article:
http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/0929e7b67bf14bf8ba9b2a6546ff3ee3/NJ--Toll-Increases-Lawsuit
ROADWAYS
9) Digital Highway Signs in Ottawa Likely to be Operational by Mid-November After Oversight Issue Resolved
Link to story on CFRA Radio:
http://www.cfra.com/news/2014/10/30/digital-highway-signs-likely-to-be-operational-by-midnovember
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) New Signs in Downtown St. Louis Aim to Prevent Drunken Driving
Link to story on KWMU Radio:
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/new-signs-aim-prevent-drunken-driving-downtown-st-louis
11) US Forest Service Video, 'Avoiding Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions' Wins Telly Award
Link to video:
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Arizona DOT, DPS Partner to Reduce Crashes, Congestion on Freeways
Link to article in The Arizona Republic:
13) Traffic Fix: Technology, Parking or Money? No Consensus in Washington State
Link to story on KING-TV:
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2014/10/29/traffic-seattle-reducing-congestion-fix/18114089/
VEHICLES
14) Execs Pitch FCC on Connected Cars
Link to article in The Hill:
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/222277-execs-pitch-fcc-on-connected-cars
15) Sweden's Self-Driving Cars for Sustainable Mobility
Link to article in EE Times:
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1324383&
16) Heads in the Cloud with BMW's Latest Innovations
Link to article in The National:
News Releases
1) Tennessee Agencies Celebrate Nation's First Traffic Incident Management Training Facility
2) Survey: Self-Driving Vehicles Generate Enthusiasm, Concerns Worldwide
3) Dash Launches Free Location-Based Transit Alert App
4) OTREC is Now TREC, the Transportation Center for Portland State University
5) Astrata Acquires China-Based Yamei from Trimble
6) Union Pacific Railroad Converts Boxcar into Mobile Classroom for Emergency Responder Training
7) Britain Gets Lost as Six-Out-of-Ten Road Users Can't Read a Map
8) Ohio DOT to Launch New State Farm Safety Patrol Fleet
Upcoming Events
1st International Road Federation Asia Regional Congress – November 17-19 – Bali, Indonesia
http://www.irfnews.org/event/1st-asia-regional-congress/
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