[TCN] Friday, September 9, 2016

 

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Friday, September 9, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

 

1) Air China Will Fly You to London, and Warn You About Dark-Skinned People There

Link to New York Times article

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/world/asia/air-china-magazine-london-racism.html

 

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

 

2) Columbus, Ohio Phasing Out 'Share the Road' Signs

Link to Columbus Underground article

http://www.columbusunderground.com/share-the-road-columbus-bw1

 

CAMERAS

 

3) Chicago Mayor to Let 1.5 Million Traffic Camera Tickets Be Contested

Link to Chicago Tribune article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-chicago-red-light-ticket-ordinance-met-0910-20160909-story.html

 

4) DC's Least Popular Speed Cameras on I-295 Vandalized

Link to WTOP Radio story

http://wtop.com/sprawl-crawl/2016/09/dcs-least-popular-speed-cameras-295-vandalized/

 

CARTOGRAPHY

 

5) Google Maps to Add Lyft, Gett as Transit Options in Maps

Link to San Francisco Chronicle article

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2016/09/08/google-adds-lyft-as-a-transit-option-in-maps/

 

OTHER

 

6) California DOT Death Notice Spurs a 'Reply Allpocalypse' for 16,000 Workers

Link to Sacramento Bee article

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article100849317.html

 

7) ATRA Pulse – September 2016

Link to Advanced Transit Association newsletter

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs117/1102621083285/archive/1125802565694.html  

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

8) Educating Voters About Fulton County, Georgia Transportation Taxes a Challenge

Link to Atlanta Journal-Constitution article

http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/educating-voters-about-fulton-county-transportatio/nsTWr/

 

RAILROADS

 

9) Amtrak Asks if Woman Stuck in Elevator is Still There Seven Months Later

Link to Huffington Post article

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/amtrak-elevator-stuck-7-months_us_57d1db34e4b06a74c9f3d4af

 

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

 

10) Highway Incident Safety: The Hits Keep Coming!

Link to Fire Engineering article

http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2016/09/highway-incident-safety.html

 

11) The Responder – September 2016

Link to TIM Network newsletter

http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e084dc36cb5a82b398b7b5dc6&id=98ce6d55a5

 

TRANSIT

 

12) Sacramento Regional Transit Launches 'How to' Website for Arena Light-Rail Riders

Link to Sacramento Bee article

http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article100748722.html

 

13) Former Utah Transit Authority Planner Denied Records He Says Show He Was Fired for Safety Warnings

Link to Salt Lake Tribune article

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4330646-155/former-uta-planner-denied-records-he

 

 

News Releases

1) Andrew Busch Promoted to SEPTA Chief Press Officer

2) Tests Suggest Telecom Networks Could Back Up GPS Time Signals

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Program Manager – Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking – Brussels, Belgium

http://shift2rail.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/S2R.2016.04-Programme-Manager-FGIV.pdf

 

 

Friday Bonus

With nearly 100 roundabouts, Carmel, Indiana could be considered the roundabout capital of America. One has been selected as the International Roundabout of the Year. (Did you even realize such an award existed?)

http://goo.gl/VGwOLG

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Call for Entries – Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge – MI Innovation Alliance

http://www.mitalliance.org/

 

 

Upcoming Events

American Road & Transportation Builders Association's National Convention – October 4-6 – Tucson, Arizona

http://www.artba.org/news/training-events/national-convention/

 

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