[TCN] Monday, February 15, 2016

 

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Monday, February 15, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Reno A&E Introduces New MMU2-1600GE and MMU2-1600G Monitors

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AVIATION

 

1) British Airways Says It Will Make Announcements to Help Passengers with Peanut Allergies

Link to Forbes article

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2016/02/14/british-airways-says-it-will-make-announcements-to-help-passengers-with-peanut-allergies/

 

2) Introducing Nao the Robot at Tokyo Haneda Airport

Link to Airport World article

http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/5448-introducing-nao-the-robot-at-tokyo-haneda-airport.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Officials Keep Trying, and Failing, to Outlaw Distracted Walking

Link to CityLab blog

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2016/02/should-the-law-step-in-to-outlaw-pedestrian-cellphone-use/462669/

 

CAMERAS

 

4) UAE Road Experts Divided on Effectiveness of Overtaking Cameras on Lorries

Link to The National article

http://www.thenational.ae/uae/uae-road-experts-divided-on-logistics-of-overtaking-cameras-on-lorries

 

5) 2,100 CCTV Cameras to Watch South African Ports

Link to African News Agency article

http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/2-100-cctv-cameras-to-watch-sa-ports-1984707

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

6) This Collection of Bad Transit Maps Will Get You Very Lost Very Quickly

Link to Gizmodo blog

http://gizmodo.com/this-collection-of-bad-transit-maps-will-get-you-very-l-1759163280

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

7) Waze: The App That Changed Driving

Link to Men's Journal article

http://www.mensjournal.com/gear/cars/waze-the-app-that-changed-driving-20160208

 

OTHER

 

8) The Commute of the Future? Ford is Working On It

Link to New York Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/business/the-commute-of-the-future-ford-is-working-on-it.html

 

PARKING

 

9) Regional Truck Parking Information System Gets Major Boost with Federal Grant

Link to Transportation Matters for Iowa blog

http://www.transportationmatters.iowadot.gov/2016/02/one-trip-down-interstate-80-in-iowa-and-youll-quickly-notice-how-much-large-truck-traffic-traverses-our-state-with-the-an.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) New Jersey Transit Shields Probe's Findings

Link to Record article

http://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-transit-shields-probe-s-findings-agency-won-t-say-if-sandy-program-had-fraud-waste-1.1511264

 

RAILROADS

 

11) FRA Task Force Looks at Curbing Grade-Crossing Accidents

Link to Progressive Railroading article

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/safety/article/FRAs-Feinberg-creates-task-force-aimed-at-curbing-grade-crossing-accidents--47313

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

12) Canada to Require Bus and Truck Drivers to Log Hours Electronically

Link to Canadian Press article

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canada-to-require-bus-and-truck-drivers-to-log-hours-electronically-1.2777948

 

13) DC DOT Holds Hackathon in Hopes of Improving Traffic Safety

Link to WTOP Radio story

http://wtop.com/dc/2016/02/ddot-holds-hackathon-hopes-improve-traffic-safety/

 

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

 

14) Virginia Startup Trying to Make Ridesharing Reservations a Reality

Link to Virginian-Pilot article

http://pilotonline.com/news/local/transportation/transportation-notebook-richmond-startup-trying-to-make-ridesharing-reservations-a/article_9d51c115-9878-590a-9ba6-3db2b2d140b6.html

Link to UZURV

 

TRANSIT

 

15) Twitter Use Reconsidered by London Tube After Tweet Feed Change

Link to Bloomberg article

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-12/twitter-use-curtailed-by-london-tube-after-tweet-feed-change

 

16) New Transit Tracker in San Luis Obispo, California Allows Riders to Track Buses

Link to Tribune article

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article60037361.html

 

17) Transit Data in Motion

Link to Gas 2 blog

http://gas2.org/2016/02/15/transit-data-at-work/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

18) Savannah-Area Traffic Management Under Review

Link to Savannah Morning News article

http://savannahnow.com/news/2016-02-14/savannah-area-traffic-management-under-review#

 

19) Text Traffic Update Service Launched in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Link to Express Tribune article

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1047529/facilitating-commuters-send-a-text-to-get-traffic-updates-on-the-go/

 

VEHICLES

 

20) San Sebastián, Spain to Demonstrate Automated Passenger Vehicles

Link to ERTICO Network article

http://erticonetwork.com/san-sebastian-to-demonstrate-automated-passenger-vehicles/

 

 

News Releases

1) Rand McNally Introduces Dashboard Tablet with Entertainment, Navigation and Safety Features

2) VisionChina Media to Sell Subway Mobile TV Advertising Business

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposals – Ferry Sponsorship Program – North Carolina DOT

https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Design%20Build%20Program/Ferry%20Sponsorship/Ferry%20Sponsorship%20Industry%20Draft%20RFP.pdf

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Automated Vehicles and Policy – March 1

https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s160301_Automated_Vehicles_and_Policy.asp

 

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