Friday, July 21, 2017

Friday, July 21, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, July 21, 2017 - Clark, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) LG’s New Airport Robots Will Guide You to Your Gate and Clean Up Your Trash

2) Russia Plans 2025 Free Route Airspace Strategy

CAMERAS

3) New Camera System Shows Real-Time Traffic Across Arkansas

CARTOGRAPHY

4) These Tesla Vets Are Taking on Tech Giants with Robo-Car Maps Made by the Crowd

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) When Traffic Apps Turn Shortcuts into Travel Nightmares

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) New Traffic Control Technology Being Tested in San Antonio, Could Expand Citywide

MARITIME

7) Massachusetts Startup Tests Self-Driving Boats

OTHER

8) Popular Design Won’t Be on Iowa’s New License Plates. Here’s Why

9) Arizona’s Silver-Screen Highways Reel in Filmmakers

PARKING

10) Stowe, Vermont Resort Looks to Improve Parking Management During Ski Season

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION

11) Minnesota Ad Campaign Blames Transit for Traffic Congestion
Further information from Center of the American Experiment

12) New App Helps Parents Teach Kids About Driving
Shepherd Center news release

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) British Women Encouraged to Report Sexual Abuse on Trains
BBC Radio 5 live report

14) Five States Sign Up for National Public Safety Network
First Responder Network Authority news release

TELEMATICS

15) Technology in Newer Cars Confounds Car Wash Operators

TRANSIT

16) Summer of Hell Goes Digital After New Jersey Transit Ticket App Fiasco

17) Pioneers Struggle to Use Dutch Public Transport Payment App
Original story in AD (in Dutch)

18) Iowa’s MET Transit Launches Bus-Tracking Site

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Galway, Ireland’s Traffic Control System Gears Up for Driverless Cars

20) Police in Udaipur, India to Monitor Traffic Conditions via Google Maps

VEHICLES

21) Pennsylvania Not Following California on Lane Changes for Self-Driving Vehicles

22) Getting to Know Jack, the Autonomous Audi That’s Lobbying Congress for Action

23) Deer Caught in the Headlights? Your Car May Soon See Them

24) Nissan Aims to Ease Stress of Heavy Traffic with ProPilot
Nissan news release

25) Lyft Now Building Its Own Self-Driving Technology, Which Is a Big Deal

26) Connected and Automated Vehicles


News Releases


Friday Bonus


Upcoming Events

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