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Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057


Mitsubishi Electric Visual and Imaging Systems

Seattle Department of Transportation and their cutting edge control room was featured in the April/May edition of Thinking Highways. Read the digital version by clicking here: https://lnkd.in/ewixRqp

 

With over 71,000 mission critical display wall installations worldwide, Mitsubishi Electric plays an essential role in keeping our modern world moving. From Moscow to Tokyo and New York to Istanbul, Mitsubishi Electric displays operate around the clock, helping ensure the smooth running of the network and allowing operators to zoom in quickly to any potential trouble spots. With an expected lifetime of 100,000 hours. Mitsubishi Electric display wall cubes are designed and built to meet the most demanding requirements of the end user. 

Where there is a need to monitor and control information flows, Mitsubishi Electric Visual and Imaging Systems is there.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA Chief: We Won't Extend Deadline to Change Aircraft Tracking Equipment

Link to article in the Wichita Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/blog/2015/05/faa-chief-we-won-t-extend-deadline-to-change.html

 

2) Dubai Airports to Make Automated Announcements in 25 Languages

Link to WAM article:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/aviation/2015/May/aviation_May29.xml&section=aviation

 

3) EasyJet Launches Mobile Host iOS App to Guide Passengers Through Airports

Link to article in Marketing:

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1346898/easyjet-launches-mobile-host-ios-app-guide-passengers-airports

Link to news release

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Iowa DOT Rejects Four Cities' Speed-Cameras Appeals

Link to article in The Des Moines Register:

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/05/12/enforcement-cameras-iowa-dot-appeals-denied/27182295/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) Virginia Women Launch Website Targeting Express Lane Fines

Link to story on WTOP Radio:

http://wtop.com/ticketbuster/2015/05/women-launch-website-targeting-express-lane-fines/

Link to Changing L.A.N.E.S.

 

MARITIME

 

6) US Senators Introduce Bill to Increase Port Transparency

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/241832-gop-files-bill-to-boost-federal-port-oversight

Link to news release

 

7) Indonesian Navy to Set Up Sea Traffic Management Center

Link to Antara News article:

http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/98917/indonesian-navy-to-set-up-sea-traffic-management-center

 

OTHER

 

8) Articles from Latest Issue of Texas Transportation Researcher

 -  Researchers Test Emergency Exit Signs for Tunnels

http://tti.tamu.edu/2015/03/01/researchers-test-emergency-exit-signs-for-tunnels-2/

 -  Sharing Information is Key to Solving Transportation Problems

http://tti.tamu.edu/2015/03/01/sharing-information-is-key-to-solving-transportation-problems/

 -  TTI, TxDOT Team Up to Test Connected Vehicle Technology

http://tti.tamu.edu/2015/03/01/tti-txdot-team-up-to-test-connected-vehicle-technology-2/

 

RAILROADS

 

9) Los Angeles Sets the Track for the Safest, Smartest Train

Link to article in Governing:

http://www.governing.com/topics/transportation-infrastructure/gov-los-angeles-positive-train-control.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

10) Drivers Traveling to Bayonne, New Jersey Complain About Lack of Information, Coordination

Link to article in Bayonne Community News:

http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/26630997/article-Stuck-in-traffic-Drivers-say-getting-into-the-city-is-still-a-crap-shoot-?instance=latest_story

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

11) University of Central Florida Researchers Hope to Help Drivers Navigate Foggy Roads

Link to story on Bay News 9:

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2015/5/13/i_4_fog_study_ucf.html

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

12) With Robot Taxi, Japan Firms Eye Driverless Transport

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2015/05/13/with-robot-taxi-japan-firms-eye-driverless-transport/

 

13) OpenStreetCab: Addressing the Need for Simplicity and Transparency in Urban Transport

Link to blog from The London School of Economics and Political Science:

http://bit.ly/1Ja5tvm

Link to further information

 

VEHICLES

 

14) US to Speed Up Rule to Require 'Talking' Cars

Link to article in The Detroit News:

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/05/13/us-speed-rule-require-talking-cars/27242237/

 

15) Porsche SE Plans Car-Connectivity Investments

Link to Bloomberg article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-13/volkswagen-owner-porsche-se-plans-car-connectivity-investments

 

16) Tesla Sees Turn Signal as Potential Solution to Liability Issues Over Semiautonomous Vehicles

Link to article in The Wall Street Journal:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-electric-cars-soon-to-sport-autopilot-functions-such-as-passing-other-vehicles-1431532720

 

 

News Releases

1) Jeffrey Paniati Named ITE Executive Director and CEO

2) FAA Launches National Capital Region No Drone Zone Campaign

3) Cambridge Systematics Brings Extreme Weather Risk Transportation Expertise to The Discover Channel's Innovations

 

 

Job Postings

 -  Tolling Consultant – Traffic Technologies Inc. – Southern California

http://tticonsulting.com/newsitem/employment-opportunity

 

 

Upcoming Events

ITS America Annual Meeting & Exposition – May 31-June 3 – Pittsburgh

http://itsannualmeeting.org/

 

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