Thursday, July 11, 2019
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, July 11, 2019 - Richmond, British Columbia
AVIATION
1) Southwest Updates Safety Information Cards To Avoid Boeing 737 Max Confusion
2) Short Staffing At Air Traffic Control Blamed For Planes Getting Too Close At Montreal Airport
3) Monitoring Of Dubai Airports Operations Gets More High-Tech
4) European Carriers Renew Call To Speed Up Airspace Modernization
5) US Lawmakers Express Frustration With Drone Remote ID Delay
CAMERAS
6) Next Generation Speed Cameras Spring Into Action in Finland
7) Legality Of License Plate Reading Cameras On Cape Cod Bridges Before Supreme Judicial Court
CARTOGRAPHY
8) SEPTA Gets Bold With New Transit Map
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
9) Florida Won’t Renew SunPass Contract With Troubled Contractor, Transportation Secretary Says
10) South African Highway Agency, ETC Company Want To Monetize Road-User Data
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
11) Bots Tweeting About Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs Project Raise Disinformation Red Flags
12) Fiji Roads Authority Working On Intelligent Transportation Systems
13) Wilmington, Delaware Takes A Major Step In Smart City Infrastructure
14) Smart Transportation Dispatch - July 11, 2019
MARITIME
15) UK’s First Maritime Innovation Hub Opens
16) Navigating The Maritime Industry With IoT And AI
PRIVACY
17) ACLU Sues Massachusetts DOT For Details On Its Driver's License Database And Face Surveillance Uses
18) Trump Officials Defend Use Of Facial Recognition Amid Backlash
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
19) Group Aims To Keep Cape Cod Canal Bridges In Spotlight
ROADWAYS
20) Lakeland, Florida’s New ‘Intelligent Rail Bypass System” Relieves Congestion
SAFETY / SECURITY
21) North Carolina Police Departments Using Tech, Social Media To Catch Bad Drivers
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
22) Massachusetts Governor’s Bill Aims To Collect More Data From Ride-Hailing Companies
23) Lyft Self-Driving Cars From Aptiv Offer Tactile Maps, Diagrams For Blind Riders
TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
24) TxDOT ‘Prepared’ For More Traffic As Louisiana Residents, Texas Travelers Flee Barry
TRANSIT
25) New South Wales Looks To Biometric Payments And Netflix-Like Public Transport Subscriptions
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
26) Boise, Idaho TV Station First In Market To Have A Dedicated Traffic Reporter
VEHICLES
27) Ohio Driverless Vehicle Test-Track, Touted As Industry’s Biggest, Now Open
28) USDOT Wants To Preserve Spectrum For Connected Vehicle Apps
29) One State’s Plans To Expand Connected Vehicle Technology
30) BMW Partners With China Unicom On 5G Driverless Cars
News Releases
2) Alstom Consortium, Nomad Digital Awarded Wi-Fi Contract For Danish State Railways
3) Bentley Motors Celebrates Centennial With Autonomous Concept Car
Upcoming Events
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