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Friday, September 16, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

 

1) DARPA Announces 'Aerial Dragnet Program' to Track Small UAVs

Link to Defense World article

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17093/DARPA_Announces__Aerial_Dragnet_Program__To_Track_Small_UAVs

Link to news release

 

2) India Aviation Authority Says No to Clicking Pictures Near Aircraft

Link to Business Today article

http://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/aviation/air-safety-dgca-bars-clicking-pictures-near-aircraft/story/237384.html

 

3) Advanced Navigation Tools Helping Airports Predict Weather More Accurately

Link to Airport Industry Review article

https://goo.gl/INt8Ch

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

4) Fitness Apps Could Help Cities Plan Better Bike Lanes

Link to The Verge article

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/15/12931044/fitness-tracking-app-strava-cdc-urban-planning

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

5) Colorado DOT Thinks Outside the Box to Keep Pedestrians Safe with Fred Estrian

Link to Denver Post article

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/15/cdot-fred-estrian-pedestrian-safety/

Link to news release

 

TRANSIT

 

6) Sound Transit to Add More Wi-Fi on Sounder Trains

Link to Kent Reporter article

http://www.kentreporter.com/news/393630591.html

Link to news release

 

7) Sound Transit 3 Campaign Plunks Down $800,000 for Media Advertising

Link to seattlepi article

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Sound-Transit-3-campaign-makes-800-000-media-buy-9226236.php

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

8) Next Up On the Jukebox: Real-Time Transit Info

Link to CityLab article

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/09/next-up-on-the-jukebox-real-time-transit-info/500339/

 

VEHICLES

 

9) Tesla Says Mobileye Tried to Block Its Auto Vision Capability

Link to Bloomberg article

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-says-mobileye-tried-block-041445849.html

 

10) Hello Self-Driving Cars, Goodbye 4.1 Million Jobs?

Link to MarketWatch article

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hello-self-driving-cars-goodbye-41-million-jobs-2016-09-15

 

 

News Releases

1) Ford, University of Michigan Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Researchers In-House at New Robotics Lab on U-M Campus

2) Pennsylvania DOT to Save Over $28 Million with New Mobile Construction App

3) Ohio University, FAA Pen $7.5 Million Deal for Avionics Research

4) North Carolina DOT Piedmont Trains and ViaSat Introduce New Onboard Tiered Wi-Fi Services

5) SES Launches Global Maritime+ Solution to Deliver High-Speed Connectivity to Vessels Traversing Oceans

 

 

Friday Bonus

Next time you have a long airport layover, just remember it could be worse!

http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/skyscanner-47-year-flight-connection/

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Entries Sought – SmartTransit Innovation Awards 2016

http://www.smartrailworld.com/the-smarttransit-innovation-awards-2016-is-now-accepting-entries

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Next Generation Traveler Information—Agency Social Media – September 28

https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s160928_Next_Generation_Traveler_Information_Agency_Social_Media.asp

 

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