[TCN] Friday, February 2, 2018

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Friday, February 2, 2018 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Put That Bag Down: Flyers Ignoring Safety Pleas to Grab Luggage

Bloomberg

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) High-Tech Handlebars and Anti-Theft Alerts Make It Harder to Steal a Bike

Slate

CAMERAS

3) Kennesaw State University Professors Use Georgia DOT Cameras to Make Intersections Safer

WAGA-TV

KSU news release

4) Confusion, Contradictions Plague DC Speed-Camera Warning Signs

WUSA-TV

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Car Navigation Systems Plot a Course Forward Against Phone Apps

New York Times

6) Coord Feeds Real-Time Transportation Info Into Navigation Apps

Engadget

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) New South Wales Preparing for Future of 'Mobility-as-a-Service'

ZDNet

8) Trump's Infrastructure Plan Needs a 'Smart' Technology Revolution

Newsweek commentary

OTHER

9) Transportation Agencies Can Monetize IoT When Data Becomes the New Oil

VentureBeat blog

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

10) North Carolina DOT Says Future I-77 Toll Lane Meetings Will Be Open

Charlotte Observer

11) Virginia Rail Crash Highlights Media, Government's Lopsided Approach to Rail Safety

Reason Foundation blog

RAILROADS

12) US House Panel Schedules Hearing on Positive Train Control

Transport Topics

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) Biometric Pilot Will Scan Travelers in Real-Time at Texas-Mexico Border

Austin American-Statesman

14) Oregon State Police Launches *OSP

News-Review

TELEMATICS

15) New Mercedes-Benz A-Class Gets First Crack at the Company's Voice Assistant

The Verge

Mercedes-Benz news release

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

16) Florida Governor Directs FDOT to Better Prepare Florida for Hurricane Evacuations

Bradenton Herald

Governor Rick Scott news release

TRANSIT

17) MetroCard Vending Machine Outage Postponed After New York Subway Riders Complain

amNew York

18) Sacramento Regional Transit Adds 700+ Live Cameras to Trains

KCRA-TV

19) Many ITS Display Screens at Mysuru Bus Stops Missing, Not Working

Times of India

20) Maryland Transit Administration Adding GPS to Buses to Allow Tracking by Riders

Baltimore Sun

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) Rhode Island DOT Watching 24/7

WPRI-TV

22) Advancing Transportation Systems Management and Operations through Scenario Planning: Web-Based Informational Session

FHWA Office of Operations

VEHICLES

23) Driving By Ethernet

Semiconductor Engineering

News Releases

1) Nokia, Deutsche Telekom and Hamburg Port Authority Collaborate in 5G Research in Industrial Environment

2) Bettendorf Transit Providing Real-Time Updates with TransLoc Rider

3) CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati Works with Italy's ANAS to Design Smart Highway Program

4) Ridesharing Company Ola Announces Plans to Enter Australia

Friday Bonus

There are wildly different predictions on when fully-autonomous vehicles will populate the roadways, but good news! You can already get slippers that will park themselves.

Upcoming Events

South West Transit Association Annual Conference & Expo - March 5-7 - Denver

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