[TCN] Wednesday, October 21, 2015

 

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY MANAGEMENT 

 

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AVIATION

 

1) EU Aviation Safety Body to Set Up Pilots' Medical Database by End of 2016

Link to Reuters article:

http://news.yahoo.com/eu-aviation-safety-body-set-pilots-medical-database-182721613--finance.html

Link to news release

 

2) Free Wi-Fi Now Offered to Travelers at a Dozen Airports Across Spain

Link to article on The Local:

http://www.thelocal.es/20151020/free-wi-fi-now-offered-to-travellers-at-airports-across-spain 

 

3) Nigerian Airspace Management Agency Unveils New Communication Technology for Pilots, Controllers

Link to article in the Daily Trust:

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/business/nama-unveils-new-communication-technology-for-pilots-controllers/115804.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

4) This Smart Pavement in UK is Giving Pedestrians Access to Free Wi-Fi

Link to article on Science Alert:

http://www.sciencealert.com/this-smart-pavement-is-giving-pedestrians-access-to-free-wi-fi 

 

5) High-Tech Bicycle Used to Evaluate Seattle Bike Trails

Link to blog on CityLab:

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/10/seattle-is-improving-its-bike-trails-with-a-garage-built-frankenbike/411637/

 

CAMERAS

 

6) St. Louis to Refund Red-Light Camera Tickets, But Plans to Reinstate Program

Link to article in the St. Louis Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2015/10/21/city-to-refund-red-light-camera-tickets-but-plans.html

Link to news release

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

7) MapQuest App Now Compares Multiple Methods of Transportation to Your Destination

Link to article on iClarified:

http://www.iclarified.com/52078/mapquest-app-now-compares-multiple-methods-of-transportation-to-your-destination

 

8) How Self-Driving Cars Will Be the Mapmakers of Our Future Cities

Link to article on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/news/how-self-driving-cars-will-be-the-mapmakers-of-our-future-cities/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

9) Kansas Moving Toward Open-Road Tolling

Link to article in the Salina Journal:

http://www.salina.com/news/claeys-proposes-open-road-tolling/article_8b99ed5d-7c63-50aa-9bfc-2c7a079292d9.html

 

OTHER

 

10) Survey Shows a Third of People Would Choose Smartphone Over Car

Link to article in Computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2995001/telematics/survey-shows-a-third-of-people-would-opt-for-smartphone-over-car.html

 

11) California Integrated Corridor Management Project Uses Technology to Compare Transport Modes

Link to blog on Next City:

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/mapping-cellphone-data-connected-corridor-i210

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

12) Using the Un-Dead to Save the Living: Driving Dead Series Hits Its Target

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

https://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2015/10/21/using-the-un-dead-to-save-the-living-driving-dead-series-hits-its-target/

 

13) The Big Three: Facebook, Twitter and Video are DOTs' Preferred Social Places

Link to Talking Transportation blog:

https://talkingtransportation.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/the-big-three-facebook-twitter-and-video-are-dots-preferred-social-places/

 

RAILROADS

 

14) Senator Thune: Lawmakers in Deal on Extending PTC Deadline

Link to Reuters article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/21/usa-trains-safety-idUSL1N12L01Y20151021

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

15) Truck Companies Press for Automatic Brakes in Cars and Trucks

Link to article in The Hill:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/257512-truck-companies-press-for-automatic-brakes

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

16) London's Cabbies Say 'The Knowledge' Is Better Than Uber and a GPS

Link to article on NPR's Parallels:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/10/21/450235327/londons-cabbies-say-the-knowledge-is-better-than-uber-and-a-gps

 

TELEMATICS

 

17) Telematics Will Change Trucks and Trucking

Link to article in Fleet Owner:

http://fleetowner.com/technology/telematics-will-change-trucks-and-trucking

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

18) Colorado DOT Admits Human Error After Monster Traffic Jam

Link to story on KUSA-TV:

http://www.9news.com/story/news/traffic/2015/10/20/cdot-traffic-jam/74273940/

 

TRANSIT

 

19) Oxfordshire County Council Considering Turning Off 'Next Bus' Signs to Save Money

Link to article in The Herald:

http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/13883361.display/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

20) An Open Data Platform for Improving Toronto Transportation

Link to article from the University of Toronto:

http://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/an-open-data-platform-for-improving-toronto-transportation/

 

VEHICLES

 

21) Driverless Cars Will 'Transform' Transport Planning, Says New South Wales Transport Minister

Link to article in the Financial Review:

http://www.afr.com/business/infrastructure/driverless-cars-will-transform-transport-planning-says-andrew-constance-20151021-gkekfd

 

22) Sony Looks to Get Image Sensors to New Cars

Link to article in USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/10/20/sony-looks-get-image-sensors-new-cars/74273962/

 

23) Biometric Car Seats Explained

Link to video on CNET:

http://www.cnet.com/videos/car-tech-101-biometric-seats-explained/

 

 

News Releases

1) Traffic Management System Market 2015-2020 Research Report

2) Strategy Analytics: China's Telematics Services Market Shows Rapid Growth

3) Berg Insight: Embedded Car OEM Telematics Subscribers to Reach 153 Million Worldwide by 2020

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Applications Wanted - Knight Cities Challenge

https://apply.knightcities.org/submit

 

 

Upcoming Events

Smart Rail Congress & Expo – October 28-29 – Charlotte, North Carolina

http://globaltransportforum.com/smart-rail-usa/

 

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