[TCN] Thursday, June 16, 2016

 

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Thursday, June 16, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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CAMERAS

 

1) Why Back-Up Cameras Haven't Stopped Drivers from Backing Into Stuff

Link to Washington Post article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2016/06/16/why-back-up-cameras-havent-stopped-drivers-from-backing-into-stuff/

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) China to Massively Increase Accuracy of Its GPS Rival, with Benefits for Smartphone Users… and the Military

Link to South China Morning Post article

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1976571/china-massively-increase-accuracy-its-gps-rival

 

3) Volkswagen's Nav Systems Now Secretly Plan Detours When Traffic Snarls Your Daily Route

Link to Gizmodo article

http://gizmodo.com/volkswagens-nav-systems-now-secretly-plan-detours-when-1782027858

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) USDOT's Greg Winfree Issues Challenge to ITS America to Prepare for Connected Vehicles

Link to Traffic Technology Today article

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=79998

 

5) ITS America 2016 Closes with Plea to Next US President Not to Abandon Transportation Research

Link to Traffic Technology Today article

http://www.traffictechnologytoday.com/news.php?NewsID=79999

 

6) ITS America 2016 Allows for Entrepreneurs and Innovation to Collide

Link to USDOT's Fast Lane blog

https://www.transportation.gov/fastlane/its-america-2016-allows-entrepreneurs-and-innovation-collide

 

OTHER

 

7) How These Seattleites Are Getting the City's Attention for Traffic Problems

Link to KIRO Radio story

http://mynorthwest.com/318441/how-these-seattleites-are-getting-citys-attention-on-traffic-problems/  

 

8) Amazon Echo: Governments' Newest Public-Facing Opportunity?

Link to Government Technology article

http://www.govtech.com/applications/Digital-Assistants-Governments-Newest-Public-Facing-Opportunity.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

9) Lane Transit District Security Staff 'Particularly Vigilant' for Anyone Photographing

Link to Register-Guard article

http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34478824-75/lane-transit-district-to-media-dont-film-without-our-permission.html.csp

 

10) FEMA Keeps It Simple with Disaster App

Link to GCN article

https://gcn.com/articles/2016/06/15/fema-app.aspx

 

TRANSIT

 

11) DC Metro Adds Four People to Handle Social Media Interactions with Public

Link to WTOP Radio story

http://wtop.com/tracking-metro-24-7/2016/06/metro-makes-new-hires-handle-daily-communications/

 

12) Get Ready for Quieter New York City Subway Stations (Yes, It's Possible)

Link to Wired article

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/get-ready-quieter-nyc-subway-stations-yes-possible/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

13) Noida Dumps Surveillance Project in Favor of Traffic Management System

Link to Hindustan Times article

http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-dumps-hi-tech-surveillance-project-in-favour-traffic-management-system/story-akLN65kwufziRf5M2vguFM.html

 

14) Austin Uses Data Sharing, Connected Sensors to Ease Traffic Congestion

Link to StateScoop article

http://statescoop.com/austin-uses-data-sharing-connected-sensors-to-ease-traffic-congestion

 

15) Without Cars, Radio Would Be Dead

Link to BBC Autos story

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160613-without-cars-radio-would-be-dead

Link to Jacobs Media Strategy blog

 

VEHICLES

 

16) Yamaha, SRI International Develop Self-Driving Motorcycle

Link to CNBC Squawk Box story

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/06/16/yamaha-develops-self-driving-motorcycle.html

 

17) New GM Tech Aims to Prevent Children, Pets from Dying in Hot Cars

Link to Fortune article

http://fortune.com/2016/06/15/gmc-hot-car-deaths/

 

18) Computer Vision for Driver Assistances: More Industry Perspectives

Link to Vision Systems Design column

http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2016/06/computer-vision-for-driver-assistance-more-industry-perspectives.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Local Motors Debuts 'Olli', the First Self-Driving Vehicle to Tap the Power of IBM Watson

2) The Weather Company, Gogo Business Aviation to Provide Turbulence Alerts

 

 

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