[TCN] Thursday, August 20, 2015

 

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Thursday, August 20, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Iteris is Hiring

 

Iteris has nationwide leadership positions available in the practice areas of freight/goods movement, transport analytics, transit/BRT, and signal system operations.  Join a team that focuses on solving big problems, for greater efficiency and safety of all users.                   

See position details here.

 

Iteris, Inc. is a leading technology firm providing information solutions to the transportation management market.  The company is focused on the development and application of advanced technologies and software-based information systems that reduce traffic congestion, provide measurement, management and predictive traffic and weather analytics, and improve the safety of surface transportation systems.

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) FedEx Hosts Airline Summit on NextGen

Link to article from The Commercial Appeal:

http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12105336/fedex-hosts-airline-summit-on-nextgen

 

2) Most Papua Airports Have No Navigation Systems

Link to article in The Jakarta Post:

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/08/20/most-papua-airports-have-no-navigation-systems.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) New Crosswalk Signs Part of Michigan Pedestrian Safety Research Project

Link to article on MLive:

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2015/08/new_crosswalk_signs_are_part_o.html

 

CAMERAS

 

4) Former CEO of Redflex Traffic Systems Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges

Link to Reuters article:

http://news.yahoo.com/former-red-light-camera-ceo-pleads-guilty-chicago-171113572--finance.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

5) China Gives Its Homegrown GPS Rival Another Big Push

Link to article on Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/20/beidou-alibaba-norinco/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

6) Monash Freeway's ITS Turned On

Link to article in the Berwick Leader:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/monash-freeways-intelligent-transport-system-turned-on/story-fngnvmhm-1227491730248

 

OTHER

 

7) Sheriff's Plea to Indiana DOT for Traffic Light Goes Viral After Facebook Post Spurred by Fatal Crash

Link to story on WXIN-TV:

http://fox59.com/2015/08/19/boone-county-sheriffs-plea-for-traffic-light-goes-viral-after-facebook-post-spurred-by-fatal-crash/  

 

8) Beijing Launches Real-Time Monitoring System to Trace Construction Waste Trucks

Link to story on CCTV:

http://english.cntv.cn/2015/08/20/VIDE1440038523518105.shtml

 

9) App Automates Employee Transportation in India

Link to article on Tech in Asia:

https://www.techinasia.com/india-moveinsync-employee-transportation-solution/

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) Colorado DOT Produces 'How to Get Hit by a Car" Video to Improve Pedestrian Safety

Link to story on KUSA-TV:

http://www.9news.com/story/news/traffic/2015/08/20/cdot-joke-videos/32059903/

 

11) Missouri State Highway Patrol Announces Interactive Crash Data

Link to article in the Fulton Sun:

http://www.fultonsun.com/news/2015/aug/20/highway-patrol-announces-interactive-crash-data/

Link to news release

 

ROADWAYS

 

12) Belfast Motorists Say Confusing Signs Are Driving Them Round the Bend

Link to article in the Belfast Telegraph:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/belfast-motorists-say-confusing-traffic-signs-are-driving-them-round-the-bend-31464298.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

13) States Test Technology to Combat Wrong-Way Drivers

Link to story on KXAN-TV:

http://kxan.com/2015/08/19/states-test-technology-to-combat-wrong-way-drivers/

 

TRANSIT

 

14) Florida's HART Updates Website for Bus Customers

Link to article in The Tampa Tribune:

http://www.tbo.com/news/transportation/hart-updates-website-for-bus-customers-20150819/

 

15) Apple Reveals Data Sources for Transit Directions in Maps on iOS 9

Link to article on 9to5Mac:

http://9to5mac.com/2015/08/19/apple-maps-transit-data-sources/

 

VEHICLES

 

16) New Zealand Transport Minister: Cars That Can Drive Themselves Could Be Key to Cutting Commuter Congestion

Link to article in the New Zealand Herald:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=11500183

 

17) The Apple Car's Windscreen Could Be a Giant Touchscreen

Link to article on Business Insider:

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-car-windshield-could-be-a-touchscreen-2015-8

 

 

News Releases

1) Iteris Expands Municipal Customer Base for Road Weather Services

2) Find Out What It's Like to be Amtrak Writer-in-Residence

3) Clever Devices Acquires Texas-Based Software Maker RSM Services Corp.

4) Pilot Program in Edmonton Aims to Improve Traffic Flow, Safety

5) Grant to Help Develop Technology to Monitor Railway Network

6) Silver Alerts Coming to Electronic Highway Signs in Washington State

 

 

Upcoming Events

IRF Regional Conference 'Road Safety Initiatives: Status and the Way Forward' – October 5-6 – New Delhi

http://www.irfnet.ch/eventdetail.php?catid=1&id=713

 

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