[TCN] Tuesday, July 25, 2023

  Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Tuesday, July 25, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) Tribal Plates Allow Drivers To Evade Oklahoma Tolls

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) With A New App, Smart Devices Can Have GPS Underwater

University of Washington

MOBILITY

3) Enhancing Urban Accessibility: Cabify's Technological Approach

Intelligent Transport

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) The 'Darting Children' That Helped Japan Win Its War On Traffic Accidents

Atlas Obscura

TRANSIT

5) Unauthorized BART Film Sells Out San Francisco Theater

SFGATE

VEHICLES

6) Is Automated And Shared Vehicle Tech A Benefit To Humanity: An Interview With Inrix CEO

Mind Matters

News Releases

1) Iridium Launches Iridium Certus For Aviation Service, Revolutionizing Aircraft Connectivity

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

There are many varieties of work vehicles and each has its own challenges. There's one that's instantly recognizable and unlike any other on the road. It takes some training to learn how to drive it.

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[TCN] Monday, July 24, 2023

  Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Monday, July 24, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) China Races Ahead With Smart-Bike Exports

Xinhua

2) VanMoof E-Bike Bankruptcy: The Risks Of Cloud-Connected Transport

Hackaday

AVIATION

3) India Inaugurates Aviation Security Control Centre For 66 Airports

Press Trust of India

4) FlightRadar24 Giving Out Free ADS-B Receivers To Improve Tracking

Simple Flying

5) Colorado DOT Aeronautics Releases New Video On Durango-La Plata County Airport

State Aviation Journal

CAMERAS

6) 'Maliciously Obstructed' License Plates Surge On MTA Bridges And Tunnels

Streetsblog NYC

7) Cape Town's New Smart Speed Signs Forcing Better Driving Behavior

News24

8) New Airport Cameras Installed At Easton, Skykomish Airports In Washington State

State Aviation Journal

CARTOGRAPHY

9) People Using Google Maps To Cut Down Tailpipe Pollution

The Verge

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

10) Longer Queue On First Working Day For Hung Hom Tunnel's New HKeToll System

The Standard

OTHER

11) App Helps Guide US Military Base Operations Around Inclement Weather

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Hazardous Material On Pennsylvania Trains: How We Got The Information

LancasterOnline

13) Journalists Sought Railroad Hazmat Records From 12 Central Pennsylvania Counties; Only Three Provided Detailed Lists

LancasterOnline

14) How A Roadway Nerd's Safety Message On His Pickup Went Viral, With The Help of North Carolina DOT

News & Observer

RAILROADS

15) FRA Wants Class I Railroads To Report Monthly Train Length And Tonnage Data

Trains

16) Toxic Trains: Real-Time Hazmat Info Hard To Get, Even For Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's First Responders

LancasterOnline

ROADWAYS

17) UK Office Of Rail And Road Welcomes Smart Motorway Technology Improvements

Highways News

SAFETY / SECURITY

18) GM, Inrix Work With City Of Redmond, Washington To Analyze Road Safety Data From Onboard Systems

GeekWire

19) Thermal Imaging Next Step In Pedestrian-Involved Collision Prevention?

Repairer Driven News

20) Researchers Find 'Backdoor' In Encrypted Police, Military Radios

Vice

21) Eurostar Partners With iProov To Rollout SmartCheck Contactless Check-In System

Mass Transit

22) Leveraging Social Media Data For Emergency Preparedness And Response

NCHRP Synthesis

TRANSIT

23) India's MTC Looks At On-Board, An Intelligent Transport System For Visually-Impaired Passengers

ET Auto

24) The Intersection Of Technology And Bike Racks In Public Transit

EnergyPortal.eu

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

25) Lagos, Technology And Traffic Management

PM News

26) Goa Traffic Cell Action Plan To Use Tech To Make Roads Safer

Times of India

VEHICLES

27) Self-Driving Truck Company Completes Successful Road Test In China

CleanTechnica

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[TCN] Friday, July 21, 2023

  Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Friday, July 21, 2023 - Irvington, New Jersey

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EQUITY

1) Massachusetts DOT's New Voice For Accessibility

WBUR Radio's The Common

GPS / NAVIGATION

2) GPS Satellites May Be Able To Detect Earthquakes Before They Happen

Space.com

OTHER

3) MassDOT Offering Free Digital Media Due to Tunnel Closure

AASHTO Journal

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

4) NJ Transit Produced Lease For A Pricey New HQ — But Isn't Revealing The Total Cost

The Record

5) Republicans Join Democrats To Defeat Bill Forcing Buttigieg To Disclose Government Jet Use

Fox News

6) Michigan State Police Backs Away From 'Barbie,' Apologizes For Social Media Post

Detroit News

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Chinese Autonomous Vehicle Tech Raises Concerns, Buttigieg Says

Reuters

8) Addressing The Danger Of 'Frontovers': Why Vehicles Need Front Cameras For Safety

KOMO

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Disability Advocates Push For Robotaxi Expansion In San Francisco

Axios

TRANSIT

10) ATRA Pulse - July 2023

Advanced Transit Association

VEHICLES

11) Study: People Are Getting Fed Up With All The Useless Tech In Their Cars

The Verge

12) Autonomous Vehicle Companies Aim To Build 'World's Safest Driver' Amid Rise In Traffic Deaths

KGO-TV

13) How BMW Uses AI To Make Vehicle Assembly More Efficient

CNBC's Last Call

Friday Bonus

Traffic devices and culture are usually not topics that overlap. In Santa Monica, California they came together and the "audience" was none too pleased with the "performance."

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[TCN] Thursday, July 20, 2023

  

Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

 ⚽🇦🇺 Thursday, July 20, 2023 - Ewing, New Jersey 🇳🇿⚽

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**Women's World Cup**

AVIATION

1) The FAA Wants To Explain Why Your Flight Was Delayed

Axios

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Hong Kong's Electronic Toll System To Be Extended To Cross-Harbour Tunnel On Sunday

South China Morning Post

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - July 20, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University

RAILROADS

4) He Tried To Raise The Alarm About Railroad Safety. Then He Got Fired

The Real News Network

ROADWAYS

5) Delaware DOT Testing 'Emotive Radars Signs'

News Journal

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Is It Safest To Not Talk While Driving?

Commercial Carrier Journal

TRANSIT

7) New York City Subway Using AI To Track Fare Evasion

NBC News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Conspiracy Theories Slide Into Traffic Planning Discussions In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Spokane Public Radio

9) Gulf Shores, Alabama Traffic System Keeps Motorists Moving During Busy Summer 

WKRG-TV

News Releases

1) British Airways Trials Digital Wayfinding Tool For London Heathrow

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[TCN] Wednesday, July 19, 2023

  Transportation Communications Newsletter

**25th Anniversary Year**

Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Paine Field Rebrands To Seattle Paine Field

KIRO Radio

CAMERAS

2) Push For Working Cameras On San Francisco Bay Area Freeways After Three Shootings In Five Days

KGO-TV

3) Seattle Moves Forward With Plan To Install Anti-street Racing Cameras

KOMO

4) San Diego Police Department Looks To Reinstall Cameras, License Plate Readers On Streetlights

KFMB-TV

5) Montgomery County, Maryland Forces Removal Of A Little Library That Resembles A Speed Camera

WTOP Radio

HEALTH

6) San Francisco Airport Leans On New Navigation System To Address Noise Complaints

Palo Alto Weekly

MARITIME

7) Uncrewed, Autonomous 'Boat' Applies AI, Solar Power To Explore The Ocean

ZDNET

OTHER

8) Pentagon Needs To Do More To Harness The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Lawmakers Say

Nextgov/FCW

PLANNING

9) What If? … How Modelers Envision The Worst To Enable The Best Response

Thinking Transportation podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Former NHTSA Head Blasts Cruise's 'Humans Are Terrible Drivers' Ad

TechCrunch

11) Draganfly Creates Digital Advertising And Public Safety Messaging Drone

DroneDJ

ROADWAYS

12) 'Preliminary Work' Done To Add 'Derry' To Road Signs Alongside 'Londonderry' In Northern Ireland

Derry Daily

News Releases

1) Mobileye Launches The First Camera-Only Intelligent Speed Assist To Meet New EU Standards

2) Q-Free Expands Nationwide Traffic Monitoring In UK

3) Wilson Sons Implements New Operating System Developed By Argonáutica In São Paulo Tugboat Operation Centre

4) NATS To Deploy New Back-Up Control Tower At Heathrow

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