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Thursday, May 12, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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Automated Vehicle Policy and Regulation: A State Perspective Workshop
May 18, 2016 University of Maryland, College Park

 

The focus of this workshop is to identify key principles the states will need to wrestle with in order to craft effective policy to enable the safe operation of advanced automated vehicles (sometimes called autonomous, self-driving, or driverless vehicles) for common operation across all states. This is critical to insure safe operations, efficient travel, and environmental benefits at the introduction of automated vehicles as well as to speed the deployment of future advances.

Workshop Weblink

 

 

AVIATION

 

1) Mysterious Blob on Radar Off New Jersey Coast Was Military Training

Link to NJ Advance Media article

http://www.nj.com/weather/index.ssf/2016/05/mysterious_blob_appears_on_radar_off_the_jersey_shore.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) GPS Registers Most Accurate Signal Yet

Link to US Air Force article

http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/757533/gps-registers-most-accurate-signal-yet.aspx

Link to news release

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

3) Report, Presentations and Recording from ITS Observatory Webinar

Link to further information

http://its-observatory.eu/observatory-unique-tool-deployment-introduction/

 

OTHER

 

4) New Zealand 'Behind Other APAC Nations' in Embracing New Tech for Getting Around

Link to Voxy article

http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/251354  

 

PARKING

 

5) Should Parking Be Part of ITS?

Link to Parking Today article

http://www.parkingtoday.com/3D/parkingtoday-may2016/files/26.html

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

6) Utah Transit Authority Closes Committee Meetings to the Public

Link to KUTV-TV story

http://kutv.com/news/local/uta-closes-committee-meetings-to-the-public-keeps-board-meetings-open

Link to news release

 

7) Activists Reframing Public Debate By Refusing to Call Road Deaths 'Accidents'

Link to Christian Science Monitor column

http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Verbal-Energy/2016/0512/A-new-crash-program-on-safety

 

TELEMATICS

 

8) Interview with Cees De Wijs of Dynniq

Link to Thinking Highways audio interview

http://thinkinghighways.com/interview-with-cees-de-wijs-of-dynniq/

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

9) After Amtrak Philadelphia Crash Chaos, New Limits Coming on Police 'Scoop and Run'

Link to Philadelphia Inquirer article

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20160512_After_Amtrak_crash_chaos__new_limits_coming_on_police__scoop_and_go_.html

 

10) Irish Interagency Incident Coordination Group Using Signs to Guide Drivers to Alternate Routes

Link to Irish Times article

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/new-signs-erected-near-m50-as-part-of-crash-response-plans-1.2645438

 

11) Can Waze Speed Up Emergency Response Times? Perhaps, as Data-Sharing Becomes a Two-Way Street

Link to Washington Post article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/tripping/wp/2016/05/11/can-waze-speed-up-emergency-response-times-perhaps-as-data-sharing-becomes-two-way-street/

Link to additional information on Genesis Pulse

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Halifax Transit Installs New, More Accurate Bus Time System

Link to CBC News story

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-transit-bus-time-1.3576621

Link to news release

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Texas DOT Seeks Public Input on How Best to Provide Travel Information in Austin Area

Link to Downtown Austin-UT Patch article

http://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/texas-department-transportation-seeks-public-input-help-drivers-navigate-roadways

Link to news release

 

14) Better Communication Needed for New Zealand Roadwork Project

Link to commentary in Manawatu Standard

http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/79920394/roadworks-hell-at-major-intersection-fuelled-by-poor-communication

 

VEHICLES

 

15) Iowa Ahead of the Nation in Futuristic, Driverless Vehicle Technology

Link to WHO-TV story

http://whotv.com/2016/05/11/iowa-ahead-of-the-nation-in-futuristic-driverless-vehicle-technology/

 

16) Ford Patents Drone That Acts as Autonomous Car Lookout

Link to Detroit News article

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2016/05/10/ford-patents-drone-system/84199510/

 

 

News Releases

1) World Highways Launches New Online Section for Readers to Trial Software Tools

2) Chicago Transit Authority Offers New Alerts About Elevator Status

3) Introducing TomTom Traffic Checker on the TomTom MyDrive App

4) Minnesota's Metro Bus to Educate Public About New Routes via 'Bus Stop Tour'

5) American Trucking Associations' Share the Road Highway Safety Tour Focuses on Motorcycle Safety Month

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Communication and Stakeholders Relationships Officer – Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking – Brussels

http://shift2rail.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/S2R.2016.03-Communication-Officer.pdf

 

 

Solicitations

 -  Call for Candidates - Young Researchers Awards – International Union of Railways

http://uic-innovation-awards.org/Young-Researchers-Awards

 -  Call for Candidates – UIC Innovation Awards – International Union of Railways

http://www.uic-innovation-awards.org/Call-for-candidates

 

 

Upcoming Events

Cheaper, Safer, Faster: How Disruptive Technologies Are Changing How We Build and Operate Transportation Infrastructure – May 16 – Washington, DC

Link to further information from Eno Center for Transportation

https://www.enotrans.org/events/disruptive-technology-transportation-infrastructure-convergence-technology-transportation-changing-build-operate-assets/

 

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