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Tuesday, November 1, 2016 – Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

 

1) TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program Ambassadors: Sharing Research Peer-to-Peer

Link to ACRP publication

http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/175212.aspx

 

CAMERAS

 

2) Transport Canada Making Back-Up Cameras Mandatory in New Cars Starting May 2018

Link to Canadian Press article

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rear-view-cameras-transport-canada-1.3829460

Link to news release

 

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

 

3) E-ZPass Massachusetts Customer Service Overloaded

Link to Republican article

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/e-zpass_massachusetts_customer.html

 

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

 

4) Intelligent Vehicles in the Outer Rim with Professor Felipe Jimenez

Link to IEEE ITS Podcast

http://itsp.cicei.com/?p=952

 

5) Avaya Exec: 'Infrastructure Holds the Key to Success of Smart City Projects'

Link to BusinessLine article

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/economy/article9288196.ece

 

6) Open Source Application Development Portal Adds More ITS Applications for Download

Link to further details

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1103439157490&ca=c42da8a7-0e1e-4e6a-acf2-2b88d4dd846d

 

MARITIME

 

7) Wage Theft Hotline Hits Home with California Port Drivers

Link to Next City article

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-wage-theft-hotline-long-beach-port-drivers

 

8) Call for Maritime Big Data Connectivity Standards

Link to Global Trade article

http://www.globaltrademag.com/global-logistics/call-maritime-big-data-connectivity-standards

 

OTHER

 

9) Electronic Sign Message Posted by Ferry Operator Called Sexist and Racist

Link to WXYZ-TV story

http://www.wxyz.com/news/sign-being-called-sexist-and-racist-found-on-harsens-island   

 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

 

10) Pittsburgh-Area Transit Agency Kicks Off Marketing Effort on New Fare Policy

Link to Trib Live article

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/11383129-74/authority-bus-mifflin

 

11) New Tools Outline Transportation Planning Impacts, Look to Boost Resident Engagement

Link to Mobility Lab article

http://mobilitylab.org/2016/10/18/techies-transportation-planning-impacts-resident-engagement/

 

12) Florida TV Station Says State Sells Driver Records Without Knowing How Information Will Be Used

Link to WTVT-TV story

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/214794822-story

 

RAILROADS

 

13) Ex-Lehigh Valley Railroad Employee Revisits Train Line on Amtrak Autumn Express

Link to Transportation Radio interview

https://goo.gl/vwde50

Link to news release

 

14) Arriva UK Trains and the Digital Train Program

Link to Business Review Europe blog

http://www.businessrevieweurope.eu/Arriva-Trains/profiles/214/Arriva-UK-Trains-and-the-digital-train-programme

 

15) Siemens' 'The Magazine' – Rail Goes Digital

Link to magazine

https://www.siemens.com/customer-magazine/en/home/mobility/innotrans.html

 

ROADWAYS

 

16) In Michigan, Highway Sign Is at Center of Unusual Trademark Dispute

Link to story on NPR's Morning Edition

http://www.npr.org/2016/11/01/499802608/in-michigan-a-highway-sign-is-at-center-of-an-unusual-trademark-dispute

 

17) Bluetooth Monitoring Devices Coming to I-10 in Florida

Link to ECB Publishing article

http://www.ecbpublishing.com/bluetooth-monitoring-devices-coming-10/

 

18) Some Texas Residents Upset with Logo Guide Signs Along Loop 360

Link to KEYE-TV story

http://keyetv.com/news/local/restaurant-ad-signs-stirring-controversy-off-loop-360

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

19) Indian Transport App Allows Citizens to Report Traffic Rule Violations

Link to Times of India article

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Transport-department-app-puts-brakes-on-traffic-violators/articleshow/55173391.cms

 

TRANSIT

 

20) Growth of Mobile Ticketing Adds Flexibility to Transit Solutions

Link to Mobility Lab article

http://mobilitylab.org/2016/10/25/mobile-ticketing-flexibility-passport/

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

21) Planning for Transportation Systems Management and Operations Within Corridors: A Desk Reference

Link to FHWA publication

http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/fhwahop16037/index.htm

 

VEHICLES

 

22) Volvo Won't Mark Its First Self-Driving Cars to Avoid Trolling by Humans

Link to TechCrunch article

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/volvo-wont-mark-its-first-self-driving-cars-to-avoid-trolling-by-humans/

 

 

News Releases

1) Airborne Wireless Network Files FAA Certification Application for Its Infinitus Airborne Broadband Digital Superhighway

2) University of Michigan May Begin Testing New Kind of On-Demand Transit System

3) DARPA Tests Unmanned Vessel with Elevated Sensor Mast

4) SpeedCast to Acquire Harris CapRock

5) Missouri DOT Receives Technology in Government Award

6) Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Now Providing Real-Time Queuing Updates with SITA Technology

7) Winners Announced for 2016 SmartTransit Innovation Awards

8) On Its 20^th Anniversary, Nav Canada Announces $170 Million Investment in Infrastructure

9) Trafficware Teams with ATS Traffic to Distribute Products in Western Canada

 

 

Solicitation

 -  Request for Partners – Sharing and Utilizing Traffic Signal Data to Support Automated Vehicle and Other Applications – North Central Texas Council of Governments

http://www.nctcog.org/trans/admin/rfp/documents/RFPTrafficSignalData_Final.pdf 

 

 

Upcoming Events

T3 Webinar: Public Perception of Safety Messages and Public Service Announcements on Dynamic Message Signs in Rural Areas – November 8

https://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s161108_Public_Perception_of_Safety_Messages_and_PSA_on_DMS_in_Rural_Areas.asp

 

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