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🎓  Friday, October 6, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey 📻

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BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

1) Transit App Aggregates Bikeshare Locations from Multiple Services in Seattle, DC

TechCrunch

2) Carnegie Mellon Developing Smartphone System to Help Blind People Cross the Street

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

CMU news release

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Hearing to Address Privacy Concerns About Rhode Island Toll Collection

WJAR-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Future of Transport Is About More than Driverless Cars

TNW

5) National Institution for Transforming India Sets Up Committee to Develop and Implement ITS Nationwide

Autocar Professional

6) African Countries Embrace New Technology to Approach Promising Mobility Revolution

IT News Africa

7) Seattle Awarded $4 Million FHWA Grant for New Multimodal Integrated Corridor Mobility Project

Transportation Today

8) How Nokia Is Delivering Connected, Smart Cities Through Infrastructure

The Telegraph

OTHER

9) Ronnie Hakim: MTA Managing Director, ITS New Jersey Hall of Fame Member, Looks at Transport Tech from Both Sides of Hudson

Transportation Radio

10) How the World Is Changing for Travelers with Autism

CNN Wire

RAILROADS

11) Metra to 'Break Silence' on Suicides

Trains

ROADWAYS

12) Behind Wisconsin DOT's Digital Traffic Signs

WMTV-TV

13) Missouri's Highway Signs Have Jokes: A Look Behind the Sometimes Sassy Safety Messages

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

14) I Love NY: 'Almost Time' to Change Signs, New York Governor Says

Gannett New York

15) New Minnesota DOT Project Looks at Protecting Electronic Signs from Wind Damage

Crossroads

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

16) Uber App Can Silently Record iPhone Screen, Researcher Finds

ZDNet

TRANSIT

17) Pay for Moscow Public Transport with a Tap of Your Ring

Lonely Planet

18) UK Government Plans to Invest £80 Million in Smart Ticketing

Computer Business Review

Department for Transport news release

VEHICLES

19) Volunteers Sought for Iowa Self-Driving Car Research Project

The Gazette

20) Five Things Radio Broadcasters Should Know About the Auto Industry

Jacobs Media blog

News Releases

1) Tetra Tech Awarded $356 Million FAA Navigation Technical Assistance Contract

2) Virginia Railway Express Selects Rockwell Collins for Hosted Positive Train Control Solution

Friday Bonus

Carry lots of change for this vending machine.

Upcoming Events

ITS Florida/ITE District 10 Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet - November 1-3 - Orlando, Florida

It's College Radio Day! Celebrating WSOU at Seton Hall University, where I got my start

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