Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - Cranford, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) System at Southwest Florida Airport Provides Warning to Chances of Lightning Near and Far

CAMERAS

2) NTSB: More Speed Cameras Needed to Cut Road Deaths
National Transportation Safety Board news release

3) Czech International Airports to Expand Use of Face and Car Number Plates-Reading Systems

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Texas DOT Suspends Pay-by-Mail Invoicing as Billing Errors Continue

FREIGHT

5) Bill Gates, Y Combinator Channel Millions to Trucking App

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) Over 40 Zambian Oil Tankers Stranded in Tanzania for Not Having GPS

OTHER

7) Karina Ricks, Director of Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, Talks Smart Communities

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Swedish Transport Agency Mistakenly Releases National Driver Database, Other Information

9) Google Launches SOS Alerts in Search and Maps to Help Out in a Crisis

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Pittsburgh Mayor Meets with Uber, Relationship Shows Signs of Improvement

11) Grab App Now Spots Unsafe Drivers

TELEMATICS

12) Verizon, GM Connected Car Deal Is About Global Connectivity

TRANSIT

13) Drivers Fear New MTA Bus Technology Will Screw Up New York City Traffic

14) Teen Arrested for Reporting Bug in Budapest Transit’s E-Ticket System

15) MBTA, Keolis Aim to Improve Outdated Ticket-Checking System

16) Harrisonburg, Virginia Launches New Mobile Bus Transit App

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Nigerian Official Says Radio Station Dedicated to Traffic Information to Launch Soon

18) Delhi Police Traffic Hotline Unavailable During Rush Hour Rain

19) Salt Lake Company Brings Tracking Technology to Solve Movement Problems

VEHICLES

20) Concerned About Connected Car Privacy? Bluetooth Sensors Used to Track Traffic

21) India’s Union Minister Says Driverless Cars Won’t Be Allowed as It Will Lead to Job Loss


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