[TCN] Thursday, February 5, 2015

 

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Thursday, February 5, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

1) Newtown, Connecticut to Post Bicycling Safety Signs on Selected Roads

Link to article in The Newtown Bee:

http://newtownbee.com/news/0001/11/30/town-post-bicycling-safety-signs-selected-roads/252301

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

2) ITS New Jersey's 'The Connector' – January 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://transportation.njit.edu/itsnj/newsletters/ITSNJ-The_Connector-January_2015.pdf

 

OTHER

 

3) Rhode Island Bills that Would Define Traffic Obstruction as a Crime Draw Opposition

Link to article in The Providence Journal:

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/government/20150204-bills-that-would-define-traffic-obstruction-as-a-crime-draw-opposition.ece

 

4) Forget the Line at Starbucks: Apple Wants to Provide Indoor Traffic Information

Link to article on TechnoBuffalo:

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/02/05/forget-the-line-at-starbucks-apple-wants-to-provide-indoor-traffic-information/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) Brent Spence Billboard Message Changed

Link to article in The Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/04/brent-spence-group-billboard/22891255/

 

RAILROADS

 

6) Sensors Could Warn Trains of Cars on Tracks

Link to story on WNBC-TV:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Sensors-on-Connecticut-Amtrak-Line-Alerts-Trains-to-Vehicles-on-Track-290850911.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

7) Technical Glitches Create Problems for Amber Alert in Utah

Link to story on KSTU-TV:

http://fox13now.com/2015/02/04/technical-glitches-create-problems-for-amber-alert-issued-in-utah-wednesday/

 

TRANSIT

 

8) PATCO to Get New Electronic Signs at All Stations

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20150206_PATCO_to_get_new_electronic_signs_at_all_stations.html

 

9) A Soundtrack of Income Inequality Along the New York City Subway

Link to blog on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/02/a-soundtrack-of-income-inequality-along-the-new-york-city-subway/385172/

 

VEHICLES

 

10) World Wide Web Consortium, Auto Industry Start New Web Standards Work for Connected Cars

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/au/news/web-technologies-branch-out-to-auto-industry/

Link to news release

 

 

News Releases

1) 407 ETR Customer Service Wins Highest Award

 

 

Upcoming Events

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