[TCN] Friday, July 1, 2016

 

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Friday, July 1, 2016 – ISSN 1529-1057

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**Happy Canada Day**

 

AVIATION

 

1) FAA's Data Comm Texting System Going in More Airports

Link to Disciples of Flight article

https://disciplesofflight.com/faa-nextgen-atc-pilot-texting/

 

2) LG to Develop Deep Learning Robot Guides for Incheon Airport

Link to ZDNet article

http://www.zdnet.com/article/lg-to-develop-deep-learning-robot-guides-for-incheon-airport/

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

3) Bikeshare GPS Insights Highlight Stark Differences Across Types of Trips

Link to Mobility Lab article

http://mobilitylab.org/2016/06/21/capital-bikeshare-gps-data-trips/

 

4) Crosswalk Sign in Stevens Point, Wisconsin Encourages Silly Behavior

Link to WSAW-TV story

http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Stevens-Point-crosswalk-gets-silly--385233621.html

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Whoever Owns the Maps Owns the Future of Self-Driving Cars

Link to Popular Mechanics article

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a21609/here-maps-future-of-self-driving-cars/

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

6) Massachusetts DOT Sets Sights on Fall AET Implementation

Link to Westfield News article

http://wwlp.com/2016/07/01/massdot-sets-sights-on-fall-aet-implementation/

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

7) Columbus 'Smart Cities' Grant to Yield Many Business Opportunities

Link to Columbus Dispatch article

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/07/01/1-smart-cities-grant-to-yield-many-business-opportunities.html

 

OTHER

 

8) Sidewalk Lab's Kiosks Will Monitor Traffic, Combat Terrorism

Link to Recode article

http://www.recode.net/2016/7/1/12072122/alphabet-sidewalk-labs-city-wifi-sidewalk-kiosks

 

9) New Reports from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute

 -  Improving Texas Incident Management Programs  

 -  Review of Literature and Practices for Incident Management

 -  Disruptive Technologies and Transportation

 

PARKING

 

10) How Technology Determines if a Truck Parking Lot is Full

Link to Fleet Owner article

http://fleetowner.com/driver-management-resource-center/how-do-you-know-if-parking-lot-full

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

11) Arlington County, Virginia Releases Transit Rap Video

Link to ARL Now article

https://www.arlnow.com/2016/06/30/arlington-county-releases-transit-rap-video/

 

RAILROADS

 

12) Coroner Finds Train GPS May Have Saved Man's Life

Link to Cranbourne Leader article

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/coroner-finds-train-gps-may-have-saved-mans-life-in-berwick-accident/news-story/8cf69adb890c045bd1c5afa3c3ee7127

Link to coroner's finding

 

TRANSIT

 

13) Optimizing Transit Data for Visual Communications

Link to Omnivex blog

https://www.omnivex.com/company/blog/optimizing-transit-data-for-visual-communications

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

14) Big Data Offers South Carolina DOT Big Insight Into Big Traffic

Link to Post and Courier article

http://www.postandcourier.com/20160630/160639959/big-data-offers-big-insight-into-big-traffic

 

VEHICLES

 

15) BMW Teams with Intel, Mobileye for Autonomous Driving

Link to automotiveIT International article

http://www.automotiveit.com/bmw-teams-up-with-intel-mobileye-for-autonomous-driving/news/id-0050450

Link to news release

 

16) Owner's Manual, Out of the Glove Box and Onto the App

Link to New York Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/automobiles/wheels/owners-manual-out-of-the-glove-box-and-onto-the-app.html

 

 

News Releases

1) Georgia DOT Marks 20 Years of Navigator 511 and the Transportation Management Center

2) Truckstop.com Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Online Freight Aggregation

3) Parsons to Design Traffic Management System for Florida's I-95

4) Rhode Island DOT Replaces Automated 511 Service with Live Operators as Usage Declines

5) Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont Launch Regional Traveler Information System

 

 

Friday Bonus

In April my wife and I were in Burlington, Vermont and came upon 'the world's tallest file cabinet.' You may ask what this has to do with transportation. The 38 drawer tall structure was built by Bren Alvarez in the proposed path of the 'Southern Connector,' which would have connected I-89 to downtown Burlington. The file drawers are said to represent all the paperwork accumulated planning the project. I would not recommend visiting this during a thunderstorm.

https://urbanpostmortem.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/the-worlds-largest-tower-of-filing-cabinets/

 

 

Upcoming Events

Automated Vehicles Symposium 2016 – July 18-22 – San Francisco

http://www.automatedvehiclessymposium.org/

 

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