Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, December 1, 2014 – ISSN 1529-1057
Mitsubishi Electric Visual and Imaging Systems
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AVIATION
1) FAA to Ramp Up Drone Education, Regulation
Link to story on CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/30/politics/faa-drone-education-regulation-safety/
2) Android Drone Apps Race Against the FAA
Link to article in Fast Company:
http://www.fastcompany.com/3037499/elasticity/android-drone-apps-race-against-the-faa
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) China to Launch Unified ETC System
Link to Xinhua article:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141129/china-launch-unified-etc-system
4) KPMG Report: Singapore's ERP System One of World's Most Innovative Infrastructure Developments
Link to article in The Straits Times:
GPS / NAVIGATION
5) Move to Install GPS in Private Buses in India
Link to article in The New Indian Express:
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION
6) IEEE ITS Podcast: Active Safety with Professor Azim Eskandarian
Link to podcast:
7) News from the ERTICO Network
Link to update:
MARITIME
8) Laser Satellite Connection System Tested
Link to article in Digital Ship:
Link to news release
OTHER
9) New Pennsylvania Trip Planner Looks to Improve Transportation Options for Vets, Military Members
Link to article in The York Dispatch:
http://www.yorkdispatch.com/breaking/ci_27034915/rabbittransit-rolls-out-findmyridepa-york
Link to FindMyRidePA
PARKING
10) Hackers Infiltrate Payment Systems of Major Parking Garage Operator
Link to article on SecurityWeek:
http://www.securityweek.com/hackers-infiltrate-payment-systems-major-parking-garage-operator
Link to news release
ROADWAYS
11) Smart Highways Part of UK Government's £15 Billion Road Infrastructure Package
Link to article in E&T:
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/dec/trasnport-infrastructure-investment.cfm
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Connecticut Only State to Qualify for Federal Funds to Help Enforce Ban on Texting by Drivers
Link to article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/7152554-74/texting-police-driving
TELEMATICS
13) Telematics Saves Fleets Millions
Link to article in BusinessCar:
http://www.businesscar.co.uk/news/2014/telematics-saves-fleets-millions
Link to news release
TRANSIT
14) Ad Blitz in San Francisco Bay Area Transit Hubs Designed to Break Homeless Stereotypes
Link to article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ad-blitz-in-transit-hubs-designed-to-break-5923684.php
15) Public Transport App Moovit Counts on Latin America
Link to EFE article:
16) In DC, Buses Will Get Priority with Technology that Holds Lights at Green
Link to article in the Washington Business Journal:
17) C-Tran Ambassadors Help Train Uneasy Riders
Link to article in The Columbian:
http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/nov/30/c-tran-ambassadors-help-train-uneasy-riders/
18) New Gentle Bus 'Horn' Will Alert Manchester, UK Pedestrians Engrossed with Their Mobile Phones
Link to article in the Manchester Evening News:
Link to news release
19) Oklahoma City Transit Marketing Wins Awards
Link to article in The Oklahoman:
http://newsok.com/transit-marketing-wins-awards/article/5371837
Link to news release
VEHICLES
20) Toyota to Roll Out Active Safety Systems in Mass-Market Vehicles in 2015
Link to article in Automotive News:
http://www.autonews.com/article/20141201/OEM11/312019956/toyota-active-safety-for-all
Link to news release
21) Adding Sophistication to In-Car Voice Output
Link to article in automotiveIT:
http://www.automotiveit.com/adding-sophistication-to-in-car-voice-output/news/id-009848
Link to news release (in German)
22) Report: 150 Million Passenger Cars Will Be Connected to Internet by 2020
Link to article in Computerworld:
News Releases
1) Trimble Acquires Nexala to Expand Its Role in Rail Transport Industry
2) EU-Wide Digital Maritime Services – Facilitating Safe, Secure and Competitive Shipping
3) Emergency Alarms Focus of New Toronto Transit Information Campaign
Upcoming Events
T3 Webinar: Guidance Tool for Implementation of Traffic Incident Management Performance Measures – December 16
http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s141216_NCHRP07_20.asp
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