Friday, December 8, 2017

Friday, December 8, 2017

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 8, 2017 - Scotch Plains, New Jersey


AVIATION

1) FAA Estalishes Pilot Records Database

BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS

2) Vexing Question: How to Educate Pedestrians Amid Rash of Fatalities in Bakersfield, California

3) Data of Some oBike Users Leaked Online

CAMERAS

4) Oregon Board Violated Free Speech Right of Red-Light Camera Critic Says State Attorney General

5) Australian Cameras Catch Drivers Using Their Phones

FREIGHT

6) EROAD to Equip 50 Commercial Trucks for I-95 Test of Mileage-Based User Fee

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) Maine Transportation Conference to Cover Topics Such as ITS, Self-Driving Vehicles

MARITIME

8) Federal Maritime Commission Report Calls for Seaport Information Portal

9) Asian Ship Operators Take Interest in Smart Ports

OTHER

10) Police Divided Over How to Respond to Traffic Stop Data

11) Japan and China Agree to Implement Hotline Aimed at Averting Clashes Over East China Sea

12) Traffic Data Is Abundant, Techies Find Ways to Make It Both Valuable and Fun

13) Former Ad Exec Sees Transportation Infrastructure as New Whitespace

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) System to Warn Wrong-Way Drivers to Be Part of New Las Vegas-Area Interchange

15) New Hampshire First State to Opt Out of FirstNet

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

16) Where’s There’s Smoke, There Are the Traffic Reporters of Los Angeles

TRANSIT

17) Ontario’s Metrolinx Enhances Privacy Policy for Presto Fare Card

18) New Jersey Transit’s New Tool Aims to Eliminate Confusion During Severe Winter Weather
NJ Transit news release

19) New York MTA Has Trouble Filling New Customer Service Ambassador Positions

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

20) Massachusetts DOT Unveils Online Travel Planning Tool

VEHICLES

21) Ford to Test New Self-Driving Vehicle Technology in 2018

22) Elon Musk Says Tesla Working on Custom AI Chips


News Releases

Friday Bonus


Upcoming Events

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