[TCN] Thursday, November 12, 2015

 

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Thursday, November 12, 2015 – ISSN 1529-1057

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AVIATION

 

1) Questions About Policy at St. Pete-Clearwater Airport Involving Emergency Communications

Link to story on WTVT-TV:

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/47510973-story

 

2) Robots to Help End Congestion at Saudi Airports

Link to article in the Saudi Gazette:

http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/robots-to-help-end-congestion-in-airports/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

3) How Do Public Transportation Maps Help Fight Climate Change?

Link to story on PRI's The World:

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-11-11/how-do-public-transportation-maps-help-fight-climate-change

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

4) Official: Kentucky Admitted to E-ZPass Board

Link to story on WDRB-TV:

http://www.wdrb.com/story/30502156/official-kentucky-admitted-to-e-zpass-board

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

5) Ministry: Taiwan Developing Intelligent Transportation System

Link to article on Focus Taiwan News Channel:

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/ast/201511120026.aspx

 

SPACE

 

6) NASA TV UHD Launches

Link to article in TV Technology:

http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/nasa-tv-uhd-launches/277396

 

TELEMATICS

 

7) How Best to Use Fleet Data

Link to article in Fleet Technologies:

http://www.fieldtechnologiesonline.com/doc/how-best-to-use-fleet-data-0001?roi=echo4-31878214235-74672549-b87d837babfb5f82f8f542c8aa76f65a&immediate=true&user=2778325

 

TRANSIT

 

8) Flooded MAX Trains the Result of Communication Breakdown, TriMet Says

Link to article in The Oregonian:

http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2015/11/trimet_says_flooded_max_trains.html

 

9) Internet Access Expanding on Some South Florida Buses, Trains

Link to article in the Sun Sentinel:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-wifi-public-transportation-20151111-story.html

 

10) New QR Survey Methodologies to Analyze User Perception of Service Quality in Public Transport: The Experience of Madrid

Link to article in the Journal of Public Transportation:

http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpt/vol18/iss3/5/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

11) Florida Officials Open Regional Transportation Management Center in Jacksonville

Link to article in the Jacksonville Business Journal:

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2015/11/12/how-this-state-of-the-art-traffic-center-will-help.html

 

VEHICLES

 

12) Hyundai Launching Augmented Reality Owner's Manuals for Its Cars

Link to article on The Verge:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/11/9715784/hyundai-augmented-reality-ar-owners-manual

 

 

News Releases

1) TrafficCast Acquires Traffax; to Merge with BlueTOAD Operations

2) Euro NCAP Puts Autonomous Pedestrian Detection to the Test

3) New York MTA Announces Expansion of Wi-Fi Service to Additional Subway Stations

4) Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Launches Operations Center

5) TomTom to Provide Data for Uber Driver App

6) Purdue Partners to Create International Traffic Safety Laboratory

7) Gogo Unveils Its Game Changing 2Ku In-Flight Connectivity Technology

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Road Transport Automation and Transportation Planning – November 19

https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s151119_Road_Transport_Automation.asp

 

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