[TCN] Monday, July 27, 2015

Transportation Communications Newsletter

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Monday, July 27, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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EDI Brings Technology to a New Level with ATC Cabinet Solutions

Eberle Design Inc. is at the forefront of the industry's development of the new Advanced Traffic Controller cabinet – bringing the traffic cabinet of the future into the market today. The ATC cabinet has an open architecture design that takes advantage of ultra-low power LED signals, enhanced fail-safer design, with enhanced cabinet peripheral equipment diagnostics, compact double-density size and modularity. EDI looks forward to working closely with its OEM partners, and traffic management agencies wishing to deploy the ATC in either new or upgraded intersections. For more information, kindly contact Matt Zinn, EDI Application Sales and Technical Services Manager, at mzinn@editraffic.com.

AVIATION

1) Clear Channel Airports, Monster Media Partner for Interactive 'Humans' Ads

Link to article on MediaDailyNews:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/254696/clear-channel-airports-monster-partner-for-inter.html

2) The Top American Airlines Reporter Will Head Off Into Retirement

Link to column in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2015/07/25/the-top-american-airlines-reporter-will-head-off-into-retirement/

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Toll Collectors: A Disappearing Breed

Link to article on Stateline:

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2015/07/24/toll-collectors-a-disappearing-breed

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) China Launches Two Satellites as It Builds GPS Rival

Link to AFP article:

http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/china-launches-2-satellites-as-it-builds-gps-rival-720248

Link to news release (in Chinese)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

5) Futurists Offer Glimpse at How Transportation Might Evolve

Link to commentary in the Asbury Park Press:

http://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/07/24/issue-glimpse-future-transportation/30613207/

OTHER

6) Nevada DMV's Dash Pass Penalized Poor, Less Tech-Savvy

Link to column in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/columns-blogs/john-l-smith/dmvs-dash-pass-penalized-poor-less-tech-savvy  

ROADWAYS

7) Wyoming Highway Patrol Starts Effort to Curb Sign Vandalism

Link to article in the Casper Star-Tribune:

http://trib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/wyoming-highway-patrol-starts-effort-to-curb-sign-vandalism/article_9ca3acec-ee18-539c-b8c7-03d94cbb6316.html

TELEMATICS

8) Shanghai OnStar Introduces New Service Plans

Link to blog on GM Authority:

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2015/07/shanghai-onstar-introduces-new-service-plans/

TRANSIT

9) SEPTA Cancels Papal Rail Pass Announcement

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pope/20150728_SEPTA_to_announce_resumption_of_Papal_rail_passes.html

10) Public Transport Smartcards Should Be Replaced for Free, Says Dutch Ombudsman

Link to article on DutchNews.nl:

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/07/public-transport-smart-cards-should-be-free-says-ombudsman/

11) GPS-Based Info System Launched on Local Trains for India's Southern Railway

Link to article in The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/GPS-based-info-system-launched-on-local-trains/articleshow/48230076.cms

12) How Big Data and Internet of Things Improve Public Transport in London

Link to article on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-big-data-internet-things-improve-public-transport-bernard-marr

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Traffic Management Tools a Legacy of Pan Am Games

Link to article in The Hamilton Spectator:

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5750690-our-pan-am-legacy-preventing-car-tastrophe/

14) Taiwan Smartcard Data Technology Team to Find Traffic Solutions, Ministry Says

Link to article in the Taipei Times:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/26/2003623939

15) Some Toronto-Area Drivers Question Value of Travel-Time Information

Link to column in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/the_fixer/2015/07/26/electronic-road-sign-gives-odd-information-fixer.html

VEHICLES

16) Daimler Plans Tests of Self-Driving Trucks in Germany This Year

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/25/us-daimler-autonomousdriving-idUSKCN0PZ0KH20150725

Link to article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (in German)

17) GM Puts New Safety Tech Through Its Paces at Michigan Training Grounds

Link to article in the Detroit Free Press:

http://www.freep.com/story/money/2015/07/24/general-motors-mark-reuss-safety/30623899/  

18) Android Auto Secrets Hint at Vehicle Diagnostic App, Expanded Car Integration

Link to article on Ars Technica:

http://arstechnica.com/cars/2015/07/android-auto-secrets-hint-at-vehicle-diagnostic-app-expanded-car-integration/

News Releases

1) Los Angeles MTA's Go Metro Mobile App Update Introduces Geofencing and Beacon Technology

Upcoming Events

4th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention – November 9-11 – Sydney

http://www.ivvy.com/event/DD2015//

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