[TCN] Friday, September 25, 2015

 

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Friday, September 25, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Job Openings at Grice Consulting Group

 

Grice Consulting Group, the leading minority engineering consulting firm in the field of Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning and ITS, is looking to fill several mid level and senior positions. 

 

 -  Mid Level and Senior ITS Engineer – Atlanta, GA

 

 - Mid Level and Senior Traffic Engineer – Atlanta, GA; Washington, DC and Columbia, SC

 

 -Mid Level and Senior Transportation Planner – Atlanta, GA 

 

Please send your resumes to info@thegricegroup.com

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Indianapolis, Arkansas Airports in Nerd Fight Over Wi-Fi Speeds
Link to article in The Indianapolis Star:

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/09/24/indy-arkansas-airports-nerd-fight-wi-fi-speeds/72753212/

Link to news release

 

2) Can You Really Use Apple Watch Boarding Passes to Travel?

Link to article on Runway Girl Network:

http://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2015/09/24/can-you-really-use-apple-watch-boarding-passes-to-travel/

 

3) Inside KLM's Social Media Hub

Link to article on Tnooz:

http://www.tnooz.com/article/klm-social-media-operation/

 

4) Airport and the Internet of Everything

Link to blog from Samsung:

https://insights.samsung.com/2015/09/24/airports-and-the-internet-of-everything/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) State Representative: All-Electronic Tolling Program a Year Away at Boston's Sumner Tunnel

Link to article in the East Boston Times-Free Press:

http://www.eastietimes.com/2015/09/25/all-electronic-tolling-program-a-year-away/

 

6) Indian Government to Enroll More Banks for Electronic Toll Collection

Link to article in Business Standard:

http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/govt-to-enrol-more-banks-for-toll-collection-115092500786_1.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) Five Reasons Truck Navigation is Growing

Link to article in Commercial Carrier Journal:

http://www.ccjdigital.com/opening-the-floodgates-5-reasons-truck-navigation-is-growing

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

8) CityMobil2 Newsletter – September 2015

Link to newsletter:

http://www.citymobil2.eu/en/upload/Dissemination_materials/citymobil2%20newsletter%205_v03.pdf

 

MARITIME

 

9) Telenor CEO Says Maritime Market as Important as Broadcasting to Company

Link to article in Via Satellite:

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2015/09/24/maritime-market-as-important-as-broadcasting-to-telenor/

 

OTHER

 

10) TSA Agent Sues Over Right Winger's 'Expose'

Link to article on Courthouse News Service:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/09/24/tsa-agent-miffed-over-right-wingers-expose.htm  

 

11) Five Ways Big Data, Analytics Are Transforming the Trucking Industry

Link to article in eWeek:

http://www.eweek.com/database/slideshows/five-ways-big-data-analytics-are-transforming-the-trucking-industry.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

12) Colorado DOT Uses Photo Booth to Promote Seat-Belt Safety

Link to story on KUSA-TV:

http://www.9news.com/story/news/education/2015/09/24/seat-belt-safety-photo-booth/72692472/

Link to news release

 

13) Port of Olympia Commissioner Questions Purpose of 'Road Show' Port Meetings

Link to article in The Olympian:

http://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article36521589.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) Ford Opens Sync 3 Platform to Developers Via API

Link to article on ProgrammableWeb:

http://www.programmableweb.com/news/ford-opens-sync-3-platform-to-developers-api/brief/2015/09/24

 

TRANSIT

 

15) SEPTA Command Room Ready for Pope's Visit

Link to article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20150925_New_digital_readers_in_place_for_SEPTA_travel__more_on_way.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Study: Sharing Real-Time Information Could Save Transport Sector Billions Each Year

2) iSIGN Media and Rich Multimedia Technologies Collaborate on Smart Antenna Integration for Airport Tele-Digital Storefront Network

3) I_HeERO Project Kicked Off Today in Berlin

4) Zurich Insurance Supports First Tests of Automated Transport Systems with Self-Driving Buses Across Europe

5) Metra to Test Wi-Fi on 10 Cars Systemwide

6) Inovatica Creates TransitArt to Integrate Public Transport Timetable Data for Websites and Apps

7) Los Angeles Metro Board Approves Program to Explore Safety Enhancements at Grade Crossings

8) India Gets Its First GPS-Based Train Tracking on Google Maps

 

 

Friday Bonus

It looks like Spider-Man has spun a traffic-stopping web.

http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article6447130.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/PAY-A-spiders-web-catches-the-light-on-a-traffic-camera-pointing-at-the-M74-near-Hamilton-South-Lanarkshire.jpg

 

 

Upcoming Events

BigDataEurope Workshop on Smart, Green and Integrated Transport – October 7 – Bordeaux, France

http://www.big-data-europe.eu/event/sc4-bordeaux-2015/

 

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