[TCN] Thursday, February 26, 2015

 

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Thursday, February 26, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Australian Air Traffic Control System Will Monitor Both Civilian and Military Aircraft in 'World First' Approach

Link to Australian Broadcasting Corporation story:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-27/new-air-traffic-system-to-monitor-civilian-and-military-aircraft/6267304

 

2) FAA to Use Data Fusion to Prevent Near-Misses

Link to article in Air Traffic Management:

http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2015/02/faa-to-use-data-fusion-to-prevent-nearmisses/

 

3) North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Takes Over Local Air Traffic Control from FAA

Link to article in the Marine Corps Times:

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/tech/2015/02/25/cherry-point-assumes-air-traffic-control-responsibilities/23948767/

 

4) Why 40-Year-Old Tech is Still Running America's Air Traffic Control

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/air-traffic-control/?mbid=synd_slate

 

5) Facebook: How Airlines and Airports Can Use Apps, Mobile Tech and Social Media to Optimize the Travel Experience

Link to article in Future Travel Experience:

http://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2015/02/facebook-talks-airports-airlines-apps-and-mobile-tech

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

6) DIY Wayfinding Signs Are About to Go Mainstream

Link to blog on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/02/diy-wayfinding-signs-are-about-to-go-mainstream/386081/

Link to news release

 

CAMERAS

 

7) Colorado Congressman Seeks Federal Ban on Enforcement Cameras

Link to article on Autoblog:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/02/26/us-congressman-federal-ban-traffic-cameras/

Link to news release

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

8) Want to Know if the Mall is Crowded? That's Just One of the Promises of Future Maps

Link to story on PRI's Science Friday:

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-02-26/want-know-if-mall-crowded-thats-just-one-promises-future-maps

 

9) Apple Extends 3D Flyover Support and Strikes New US Partnerships

Link to article on The Next Web:

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/02/26/apple-extends-3d-flyover-support-and-strikes-new-us-partnerships-showing-its-still-serious-about-rivaling-google-maps/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

10) Good to Go Passes Fail in Certain Cars

Link to story on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/02/25/stickerpassfailure/24023431/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

11) ITS Australia Newsletter – February 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://www.summitemarketing.com.au/t/ViewEmail/r/0CD2F67BA8F7F1142540EF23F30FEDED/04DE90B08ADBC906E663AB054A538FBA

 

MARITIME

 

12) Conference Told Asean Countries Should Look Into Information Sharing to Prevent Maritime Terrorism

Link to article from Bernama:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/newsindex.php?id=1111486

 

OTHER

 

13) China's Biggest Ride-Hail App Wants to Be an All-Around Transportation Platform

Link to article on BuzzFeed News:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/chinas-biggest-ride-hail-app-wants-to-be-an-all-around-trans  

 

14) North Carolina DOT Looks to Recruit Girls for Careers in Engineering

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-why-transportation-agencies-need-more-women-engineers.html

 

PARKING

 

15) Ada County, Idaho Highway District OKs Boise's Parking Sensors

Link to article in the Idaho Statesman:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/02/25/3664564_achd-oks-boises-parking-sensors.html

 

16) Siemens to Ease Parking-Space Hunt with Finder App

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-25/siemens-seeks-to-ease-parking-frustration-with-spot-finder-app

Link to further information

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

17) New York MTA Aims to Raise Awareness of Grade-Crossing Safety

Link to article in the Times Herald-Record:

http://www.recordonline.com/article/20150225/NEWS/150229575/101019/NEWS07

 

ROADWAYS

 

18) Two FCC Commissioners Advocate New Uses for DSRC

Link to article on FierceWirelessTech:

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/two-fcc-commissioners-advocate-new-uses-dsrc/2015-02-26

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

19) Arizona DOT 'Wrong Way' Study Resumes Next Week

Link to story on KPNX-TV:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/12-news/2015/02/25/12-news-wrong-way-crash-study/24028259/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

20) The Decline of Carpooling – Can App-Based Carpooling Reverse the Trend?

Link to blog on Planetizen:

http://www.planetizen.com/node/74522/decline-carpooling%E2%80%94can-app-based-carpooling-reverse-trend

 

TELEMATICS

 

21) World of Fleet Management Evolving, Experts Say

Link to article in Daily Commercial News:

http://www.dailycommercialnews.com/Technology/News/2015/2/World-of-fleet-management-evolving-experts-say-1005950W/

 

TRANSIT

 

22) Civic Hackers Open Transit Data Maryland Transit Administration Said Would Cost Too Much to Share

Link to article on Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/bus-pass-civic-hackers-open-transit-data-mta-said-would-cost-too-much-to-share/

 

23) Bridj, a Start-Up Using Big Data to Improve Bus Transit, Set to Launch in Washington, DC

Link to article in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2015/02/25/bridj-a-start-up-using-big-data-to-improve-bus-transit-set-to-launch-in-washington-d-c/

Link to news release

 

24) Apps to Track Boston T in Real Time

Link to article in the Boston Herald:

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/2015/02/apps_to_track_t_in_real_time

 

25) New Real-Time Transit Data from Sound Transit, Metro

Link to Seattle Transit Blog:

http://seattletransitblog.com/2015/02/26/new-real-time-transit-data-from-sound-transit-metro/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

26) Moscow Models Traffic Conditions in Real-Time

Link to article in ITS International:

http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/moscow-models-traffic-conditions-in-real-time/

 

27) Life in the Bangalore Traffic Nerve Center

Link to article in the Bangalore Mirror:

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Life-in-the-traffic-nerve-centre/articleshow/46374670.cms?

 

28) Vehicle Counter on Noida-Greater Expressway to Make Smart Traffic Control Smarter

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Vehicle-counter-to-make-smart-traffic-control-smarter/articleshow/46389699.cms

 

29) Quick Communication Key to Avoiding Gridlock

Link to editorial in The Island Packet:

http://www.islandpacket.com/2015/02/25/3612854/quick-communication-key-to-avoiding.html

 

VEHICLES

 

30) Soon American Highways Could Be Overrun with Self-Driving Trucks

Link to article on Quartz:

http://qz.com/349051/soon-american-highways-could-be-overrun-with-self-driving-trucks/

 

31) The Safer, Faster, More Efficient Commute of the Future

Link to article in Popular Science:

http://www.popsci.com/safer-faster-more-efficient-commute-future

 

32) Articles from automotiveIT

 -  Audi, BMW, Mercedes Embrace Digital

http://www.automotiveit.com/automotiveit-magazine-audi-bmw-mercedes-see-digital-retail-potential/news/id-0010088

 -  Visiting VW's New Data Lab

http://www.automotiveit.com/automotiveit-magazine-visiting-vws-new-data-lab/news/id-0010094

 

 

News Releases

1) New York's Capital District Transportation Authority Unveils Navigator Smartcard Brand

2) Illinois Tollway Seeks to Test Connected Vehicles on New Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

3) World's First Dump Truck Load Board Launched

4) Federal Grant to Plan New Technologies for Multi-Modal Corridor on California's Highway 4

 

 

Solicitation

 - Request for Information – Accessible Transportation Technology Research Initiative Program – FHWA

https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e67aa2e97705dbaea416cd547b3e8197&tab=core&_cview=0

 

 

Upcoming Events

Webinar: Accessible Transportation Technologies Research Initiative: Understanding the Travel Needs of People with Disabilities – March 3

http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/ATTRI_Webinar_Invitation.pdf

 

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