[TCN] Wednesday, October 7, 2015

 

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Africa Calls for More Investment in Air Traffic Control

Link to story on the Voice of America:

http://www.voanews.com/content/africa-calls-for-more-investment-in-air-traffic-control/2995468.html

 

2) 15 Nigerian Airports Get Satellite Navigation

Link to article in the Daily Trust:

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/news/15-airports-get-satellite-navigation/113877.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Digital Strategies Help Bridge the Bike Infrastructure Gap

Link to blog in Forbes:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2015/10/06/bike-infrastructure/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

4) Why High-Definition Maps Are Essential to the Next Generation of High-Tech Cars

Link to article in Car and Driver:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/why-high-definition-maps-are-essential-to-the-next-generation-of-high-tech-cars/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

5) Motorcyclists Complain Good to Go Passes Fail on I-405

Link to story on KING-TV:

http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2015/10/05/405motorcyclists/73425978/

 

6) Ohio River Bridges Electronic Tolling Procedures in Process of Finalization

Link to story on cn|2:

http://mycn2.com/politics/louisville-bridges-electronic-tolling-procedures-in-process-of-finalization

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

7) Audio Updates from ITS World Congress by Smart Highways

 -  British Man is New Cubic Transportation Systems President

 -  Government Urged Not to Ignore Smaller Businesses

 -  The Importance of Evaluating ITS

 

8) ITS World Congress Update

Link to update from Traffic Technology Today:

http://links.ukipme.mkt6840.com/servlet/MailView?ms=MjM2OTA5ODgS1&r=MTI3MTQyNTEwNzUwS0&j=NjYwNzc1ODE2S0&mt=1&rt=0

 

MARITIME

 

9) US 'Sea Scout' Program Uses Tech to Combat Illegal Fishing

Link to article in Government Technology:

http://www.govtech.com/federal/Federal-Sea-Scout-Program-Uses-Tech-to-Combat-Illegal-Fishing.html

Link to news release

 

OTHER

 

10) Smart E-Transport Service Launched in New Delhi

Link to article in The Economic Times:

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/smart-e-transport-service-launched/articleshow/49247525.cms  

 

11) Five Tech Tools Governments Can Use to Alleviate Traffic Troubles

Link to article in FutureStructure:

http://www.govtech.com/fs/5-Tech-Tools-Governments-Can-Use-to-Alleviate-Traffic-Troubles.html

 

12) USDOT Releases New Mobility Reports

Link to further information from the USDOT ITS Joint Program Office:

http://goo.gl/rjZFf8

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

13) Newspaper Says Kansas City Officials Provided Misleading Information on Free Parking at Airport

Link to editorial in The Kansas City Star:

http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article37879539.html

 

TELEMATICS

 

14) Google Defends Android Auto's Data Collection After Critical Motor Trend Report

Link to article on The Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9465901/google-android-porsche-auto-apple-carplay-motor-trend

Link to article in Motor Trend

 

15) Bulgaria to Require Mobile Operators to Allow Free Emergency Calls from Vehicles Involved in Crashes

Link to Focus Information Agency article:

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/10/07/385501/mobile-operators-in-bulgaria-to-secure-free-emergency-calls-from-vehicles-involved-in-road-accidents-to-112-system.html

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Volvo Says It Will Take the Blame if One of Its Self-Driving Cars Crashes

Link to article on The Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/7/9470551/volvo-self-driving-car-liability

Link to news release

 

17) Car Hacker Sought by Canadian Military

Link to CBC News story:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/car-hacking-dnd-1.3260557

 

18) Getting Voice Recognition Technology to Work in an Automotive Environment

Link to blog on The Virtual Driver:

http://www.thevirtualdriver.com/technology/2015/9/25/whats-next-in-voice-recognition-technology.html

 

 

News Releases

1) BMW Motorrad, Honda and Yamaha Establish Connected Motorcycle Consortium

2) Daktronics Announces $3.2 Million Order for New York City Transit

3) Société de transport de Montréal Roll Out New Signage at Metro Stations

4) Orbcomm to Acquire WAM Technologies; Adds Monitoring of Refrigerated Sea Containers

5) NXP Semiconductors and Siemens Announce Intelligent Traffic Management Systems Partnership

6) National Safety Council, University of Iowa, USDOT Unveil New Public Education Campaign on Vehicle Safety Technologies

7) VIA Metropolitan Transit Youth Art Contest Earns National Marketing Award

8) TransLoc OnDemand Introduced for Campus Transit

9) Eurocontrol and GCAA of the UAE Sign Agreement on Exchange of Flight Plan Data

10) Nevada DOT Video Wins National Competition

11) Mouser and Imahara Unveil New Driverless Cars Series

12) Bosch and SBB Cargo Working on Connected Freight Rail Wagon

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Information – Countering Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft – MITRE Corporation

http://www.mitre.org/research/mitre-challenge/current-challenge

 

 

Upcoming Events

NACTO/NOCoE Webinar: Traffic Incident Management-Lessons Learned in Seattle – October 21

http://www.transportationops.org/event/nactonocoe-joint-webinar

 

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