[TCN] Thursday, March 5, 2020

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, March 5, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Colorado DOT To Add 13 Mountain-Top Cameras To Aid Pilots

KUSA-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

2) AI Helps Create Street Maps From Satellite Imagery

GPS World

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - March 5, 2020

Carnegie Mellon University

MOBILITY

4) Group Criticizing Los Angeles Mobility Data System Includes Uber, Others

Government Technology

5) Autonomous Bus Service Inaugurated In Danish Suburb

Intelligent Transport

6) The Intricacies Of MaaS: The Alliance Looking To Shape The Future Of Mobility

Intelligent Transport

OTHER

7) Man Who Was Fined $500 For Criticizing Traffic Light Timing Gets His Idea Adopted By ITE

Boing Boing

8) Special Stickers To Save Tourists From Harassment By Goa Traffic Cops

Daijiworld.com

9) USDOT Guidance Portal Offers Searchable Index Of All Guidance Documents

Land Line

10) BMW's New Flat Logo Is Everything That's Wrong With Modern Logo Design

The Verge commentary

11) Best Practices For Effective School Bus Radio Communication

School Bus Fleet

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Humorous Highway Signs Aim To Steer Drivers Safely Down The Old Town Road

NPR Illinois

RAILROADS

13) Commuter Rail Coalition Sounds Warning Regarding Possible Supply Chain Disruption Surrounding PTC Components; Cost Of Ongoing Upgrades

Commuter Rail Coalition

14) New Monitoring System Provides Infrastructure Information To Railroads

IoT Evolution

15) US Railroad Workers Are Affected By Industry's New Technology

Online Career Tips

ROADWAYS

16) Push Persists In New York For Statewide Approval Of 'Child With Autism' Signs

WGRZ-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Georgia May Scrap 'Get Out Of Out Of Jail Free Card' For Distracted Driving

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

18) Future Tech And Today's Gear To Stop Viruses And Keep Cars Clean

CNET Roadshow

TRANSIT

19) Tap Key To Leave Center City Regional Rail Stations, SEPTA Asks Passengers

WCAU-TV

VEHICLES

20) AAA Survey Finds Most Americans Don't Trust Self-Driving Cars

Boston Herald

21) Uber Details VerCD, The AI Tech Powering Its Self-Driving Cars

VentureBeat

22) For Self-Driving Cars, Winter Is Coming

ZDNet

23) Waymo's Next-Generation Self-Driving System Can 'See' A Stop Sign 500 Meters Away

The Verge

24) Alphabet Reveals The Ugly Deficiencies Of Self-Driving Cars

ZDNet

News Releases

1) Assistive Technologies To Help Singapore Bus Commuters With Special Needs

2) Jotron And NAV CANADA Will Deploy World's Largest Nationwide Recording System

3) Introducing The 5th-Generation Waymo Driver

4) Papercast E-Paper Displays Used In Santorini And Syros Smart City Initiatives

Upcoming Events

Oregon Active Transportation Summit - March 17-19 - Portland, Oregon

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[TCN] Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) White House Wants 'Greater Cooperation' From Airlines For Coronavirus Fight

NPR News

2) Dubai Airports Opens High-Tech Operations Control Center

Khaleej Times

3) SFO International Stops Terminal-Wide Flight Announcements In International Terminal

KGO-TV

4) Port Authority Of New York & New Jersey Trials App To Aid Visually-Impaired Airport Passengers

Airport Technology

CAMERAS

5) Cameras Are Watching: Drivers Who Speed Through Pennsylvania Road Work Will Be Ticketed

Patriot-News

6) This Small Company Is Turning Utah Into A Surveillance Panopticon

Vice

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) West Virginia Bill Requiring Credit/Debit Card Option At Turnpike Toll Plazas Could Head To Conference Committee

MetroNews

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) Alexa Can Now Send Driving Directions To Your Phone On Your Way Out The Door

VentureBeat

MARITIME

9) Abu Dhabi Continues Smart Port Transformation With Autonomous Tugboats

Port Technology International

MOBILITY

10) Brussels Transit Agency, STIB, Wants 2,000 Testers For New Mobility App

Brussels Times

PRIVACY

11) Cathay Pacific Hit With £500,000 Fine For Customer Data Breach

ZDNet

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Communication In A Crisis: Fighting Fear With Facts

TravelMole

13) Idaho Transportation Department Office Of Highway Safety Sponsoring State High School Basketball Tourneys As Part Of Rural Outreach

ITD's The Transporter

ROADWAYS

14) Prince Edward Island Truckers Stress Disconnect With Province On Roundabouts

peicanada.com

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Filipino Lawmakers Push For Training Program For Road Safety

CNN Philippines

16) Are Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure More Often?

Government Technology

17) Tunnel Fire Safety: With Only Minutes To Respond, Fire Education Really Counts

Tech Xplore

TRANSIT

18) Educational Outreach And Task Forces Among Steps North American Transit Agencies Are Taking To Fight Spread Of Coronavirus

Mass Transit

19) Mauritius Updates Public Transport System With Information Technology

Intelligent Transport

20) NINA, The Platform Fighting Harassment On Public Transport

Contxto

VEHICLES

21) Geely Plans To Launch Hundreds Of Satellites To Guide Autonomous Cars

Reuters

22) AASHTO: 5.9 GHz Sharing Is Misguided

Multichannel News

23) China Releases Big Plan For Autonomous Vehicles

China Law Insight blog

News Releases

1) CITE Now Accepting Registrations For Program Planning For TSMO Instructor-Led (Blended) Online Course

2) West Virginia DMV Launches New REAL ID Webpage

3) PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Announce Start Of Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement

4) Indra Deploys Two More Air Traffic Control Centers In Saudi Arabia

Upcoming Events

FMCSA Truck Safety Summit - March 19 - Washington, DC

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  

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[TCN] Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Outlines Limits On Web-Based Flight-Sharing

AINonline

2) Roundtable: How Should Air Traffic Control Attract New Talent?

Airport Technology

CAMERAS

3) Cincinnati School Board Members Want Speed Cameras In School Zones

WVXU Radio

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) ERTICO Is Looking East -- Here's Why

ITS International

5) ERTICO Newsletter - March 3, 2020

ERTICO-ITS Europe

MARITIME

6) Carnival Cruise Lines Reports Cyberattack

Motley Fool

7) Are Lighthouses Still Necessary In The Age Of Satellite Navigation?

The Guardian

MOBILITY

8) I'm Deaf, And Have Found That Transportation Services Have A Long Way To Go To Be More Accessible. Here's How I Navigate Traveling.

Business Insider commentary

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Campaign At University Of Nevada, Reno Paints Sidewalks Red To Get Students Off Cellphones When Crossing Street

KRNV/KXRI-TV

10) Public Involvement Communication Tools For A 21st Century Audience

Innovator

11) UAS Videos Enhance Virtual Public Involvement Techniques

Innovator

ROADWAYS

12) Bill Would Add Suicide Prevention Info To Maryland Highway Signs

WHSV-TV

13) Bill For Variable Speed Limits On Interstate Would Cost $1,.6 Million, South Dakota DOT Says

Community News Service

14) Unmanned Aerial Systems Take Flight In Highway Transportation

Innovator

TRANSIT

15) Houston Metro Adding Digital Signs, Green Light Priority To Two Bus Routes

Houston Chronicle

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) New Multiagency Video-Sharing System Could Mean Less Time In Traffic For Austin Drivers

KVUE-TV

News Releases

1) IBTTA Foundation Announces 2020 Scholarship Program And Tolling Immersion Program For Undergraduates Seeking Careers In Transportation

2) New Book: Last Subway - The Long Wait For The Next Train In New York City

3) New York MTA Announces OMNY Coming To All Manhattan Local Buses,  More Subway Stations in Four Boroughs This Month

4) Oxbotica And Cisco To Solve Autonomous Vehicle Data Challenge With Pioneering OpenRoaming Platform

5) Industrial Internet Consortium Announces New LTE For Metro Testbed

6) New Signs Help Drivers Find Central City Parking In Christchurch

Upcoming Events

Passenger Terminal Expo - June 9-11 - Paris

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com. Follow me on Twitter @TransportComm.  

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[TCN] Monday, March 2, 2020

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, March 2, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey

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CAMERAS

1) Connecticut DOT Workers Push For Automated Safety Devices in Work Zones

Connecticut News Junkie

2) Long-Range Cameras Being Installed Along Pakistan Motorway To Control Overspeeding

UrduPoint

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Reed Exhibitions Acquires Two ITS America Events; North American-Based World Congress And Annual Meetings

Exhibition World

OTHER

4) Utah Legislature Passes Bill To Tighten License Plate Rules

AP

PRIVACY

5) FCC Proposes Over $200 Million In Fines Against Top Mobile Carriers For Location Data Violations

The Hill

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) New York City Enlists Billy Idol To Discourage Drivers From Idling. Will It Work?

Grist

7) Troopers From Southern States Film PSA At Atlanta Braves Ballpark

Aiken Standard

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) FCC Proposes To Share Communications Outage Information With Other Federal And State Agencies

FCC

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) DriverChatter App Lets Uber And Lyft Drivers Connect

Small Business Trends

10) Gridwise Aggregates Ridesharing Data To Give Cities Mobility Insights

VentureBeat

TRANSIT

11) Transit Forward Philadelphia, A New Advocacy Coalition, Is Ready To Hear Your Concerns

Philadelphia Inquirer

12) Google, Toyota Invest In WhereIsMyTransport To Map Transport In Emerging Cities

TechCrunch

13) Handing Real-Time Information To Bus Staff

Intelligent Transport

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Malaysian Transport Ministry To Use Mobile Apps In Traffic Management

Borneo Post

VEHICLES

15) EVs To Emit Forest Sounds, Choir Music To Warn Pedestrians

Future Five

Solicitation

 -  Call for Contributions - ITS Central Eastern Congress

Upcoming Events

Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference - March 31-April 2 - College Station, Texas

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