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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057


I-95 Corridor Coalition Holding Significant Events Conference

 

Significant events – planned or unplanned – are impacting all transportation agencies, and coordination among neighboring jurisdictions is essential.  To arm public agencies and the private sector with tools and plans to best manage significant events, the I-95 Corridor Coalition is conducting the conference "Significant Events Coordination: Removing Barriers and Opening the Door for Cross-Disciplinary Understanding and Coordination" on May 12-13 in Linthicum, Maryland. 

 

Conference details (including the agenda, registration information, and sponsorship opportunities) can be found on the I-95 Corridor Coalition's home page at www.i95coalition.org.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Airline World's Tiny Secret: Infatuation with Model Planes

Link to AP article:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/03/18/airline-worlds-tiny-secret-infatuation-with-model-planes/24947785/

 

2) A Guidebook for Mitigating Disruptive Wi-Fi Interference at Airports

Link to report from the Transportation Research Board:

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/172272.aspx

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) SEPTA Unveils Talking Buses in Effort to Keep Pedestrians Safe

Link to story on WCAU-TV:

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/SEPTA-Unveils-Talking-Buses-in-an-Effort-to-Keep-Pedestrians-Safe-296584101.html

Link to news release

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Noida-Greater Noida Expressway First in India to Use E-Challans to Enforce Speed Limits

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/No-plate-reader-to-catch-speed-violators/articleshow/46603425.cms 

 

5) In Red-Light Camera Debate in US, Opponents Find Legal Technicalities

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/18/us-usa-florida-traffic-cameras-idUSKBN0ME2F020150318

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Texas DOT Refunding $1.7 Million in Toll Road Overcharges

Link to article in the San Marcos Mercury:

http://smmercury.com/2015/03/18/txdot-refunding-1-7m-in-toll-road-overcharges/

 

OTHER

 

7) Bristol, England is Making a Smart City for Actual Humans

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/17/bristol-smart-city  

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

8) Several Emerging Services Are Betting Technology Can Revive Carpooling

Link to blog on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/03/carpooling-tries-for-a-comeback/388009/

 

TRANSIT

 

9) Guiding the Blind Through London's Subway with Estimote Beacons

Link to article in Wired:

http://www.wired.com/2015/03/blind-will-soon-navigate-london-tube-beacons/

Link to blog from the Royal London Society for Blind People

 

10) Keolis Motivates Boston-Area Commuter Rail Employees with Buttons, Posters

Link to story on WFXT-TV:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/28545460/keolis-employees-wear-buttons-to-help-company-improve-image

 

11) New Los Angeles Metro Videos Aim to Teach Public Transit Etiquette

Link to commentary in the Los Angeles Times:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-metro-public-transit-etiquette-20150317-story.html

Link to blog from Los Angeles County MTA

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

12) Prime Minister: Poles Will Have to Wait for Traffic System on Motorways

Link to article from Polish Press Agency:

http://www.thenews.pl/1/2/Artykul/200649,PM-Poles-will-have-to-wait-for-traffic-system-on-motorways

 

VEHICLES

 

13) Google Exec Wants Self-Driving Cars to Be Standard Within Five Years

Link to story on NBC News:

http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/google-exec-wants-self-driving-cars-be-standard-within-5-n325856

 

 

News Releases

1) MTA New York City Transit Names John Gaul as Vice President, 21st Century Service Delivery

2) Online Parking Reservation System Debuts at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

3) Norfolk Southern Expands Its 'Railroad University' Operations Training Center

4) Sacramento Regional Transit District and Operation Lifesaver Partner on Light Rail Safety Campaign

5) Cubic and Transport for London's Contactless Payment System Wins Back-to-Back Awards

6) Florida's Collier County Transit to Use Google Transit to Help Riders Find Bus Stops, Schedules

7) Gartner Says Smart Cities Will Use 1.1 Billion Connected Things in 2015

 

 

Upcoming Events

Lecture: Real-Time Transit Information-Enablers, Impacts and Implications – March 19 – Burlington, Vermont

http://www.uvm.edu/trc/event/dr-kari-watkins-guest-lecture-real-time-transit-information-enablers-impacts-and-implications/

 

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