Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) Lawmakers Rip FAA For Not Disclosing Documents On Boeing Max
2) Houston’s George Bush Airport Launches Facial Recognition Technology At Some Boarding Gates
BICYCLES / PEDESTRIANS
3) Helsinki Launches Data Experiment On Use Of E-Scooters, Bikesharing
CAMERAS
4) Using Video To Bring Intelligence To Campus Roadways, Parking Areas
CARTOGRAPHY
5) Initiative In Richmond, Virginia Aims To Collectively Map Conditions Of All 1,900 Miles Of City’s Streets
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
6) ERTICO Newsletter - June 17, 2020
OTHER
7) 5G Transport Research Projects Get EU Backing
PRIVACY
8) Law Enforcement Using Aircraft To Collect Cellphone, Other Data On Protestors, ‘Chilling 1st Amendment Rights’: Dem Lawmakers
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
9) Long Island Homeowners Say Giant Power Poles For LIRR Third Track Project Were Installed Without Notice
10) Waiting Four Hours To Speak Isn’t OK. Public Meetings In New Jersey Need To Be Overhauled, Expert Says.
TELEMATICS
11) Hybrid Radio Picks Up Momentum
TRANSIT
12) Long Island Rail Road Launches Real-Time Data To Help Riders Avoid Crowds
13) Talking Can Spread Coronavirus, So New NJ Transit Commuting Rules Say To Keep Quiet
14) Moscow Metro Goes Digital To Refund Journeys Lost To COVID-19
15) Interview With Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director/CEO, Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
16) How Omnimodal Drives Transportation Innovation
VEHICLES
17) Hawaii Awarded $6.8 Million For V2X Project
18) Feds' Effort to Get Self-Driving-Car Testers To Standardize Data Off To Slow Start
19) Jacksonville, Florida Sees Spot For AVs In Monorail Overhaul
20) New System Helps Self-Driving Cars Detect Empty Space
News Releases
1) Optibus Releases New Tool To Improve Transit Equality
2) USDOT Awards $43.3 Million In Advanced Transportation And Congestion Management Technologies Grants
3) USDOT Awards $5.5 Million To Michigan’s Intelligent Woodward Corridor Project In Downtown Detroit
4) USDOT Awards More Than $6.8 Million To Hawaii’s Cellular V2X Technology Project
Upcoming Events
IBTTA Virtual Maintenance, Engineering & Roadway Operations Workshop - July 12-14
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