Friday, February 16, 2024
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Friday, February 16, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) Air Canada’s Chatbot Gave A Man Wrong Information. Now, The Airline Has To Pay For The Mistake
2) Delta’s Not So Secret Pilot Trading Cards
CAMERAS
3) Automated Speed Cameras Get A Fresh Look As Traffic Deaths Mount
CARTOGRAPHY
4) Michigan Nonprofit Creates Interactive Transportation Map To Help People With Disabilities
HEALTH
5) Fatigue, Aggravation And Anger: The State Of Aircraft Noise
MARITIME
6) BC Ferries Footage Winds Up On Billions Of Windows Computers
MOBILITY
7) The Future Of Mobility: Navigating The Road Ahead
RAILROADS
8) Freight Railroads Want To Let Companies Track Shipments To Compete With Truckiing
9) City Of Alabaster, Alabama Takes Proactive Approach To Manage Blocked Railroad Crossings
ROADWAYS
10) Ohio DOT Installing New Technology On Highways To Warn Drivers Of Upcoming Congestion
11) UK’s National Highways Uses Robotic Dog To Survey Roads In Hard To Reach Locations
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) New EV Hybrid Stickers For First Responder Safety Are Ready For Wisconsin License Plates
TRANSIT
13) Why OMNY Readers At The Back Of New York MTA Buses Are Effectively Useless Right Now
14) Photographer’s New Book Illustrates The Comings And Goings Of New York City Subway Riders
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
15) AI Technology Credited With Faster Incident Detection, Fewer Crashes On Peruvian Highway
VEHICLES
16) GM Nearly Doubling Area Where Automated System Is Usable
News Releases
1) Winners Announced For 14th Annual ITS Australia Awards
2) New Zealand’s Metlink Unveils Interactive Public Transport Projects Map
Friday Bonus
It’s Presidents Day weekend so let’s look at some presidential (while in office) transportation firsts.
The first steamboat ride by a president was by James Monroe.
The first president to travel by train was Andrew Jackson.
William McKinley was the first Commander in Chief to ride in a car.
Theodore Roosevelt may have been the first president to ride a bicycle.
The first US chief executive to travel by plane was Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to travel by jet, helicopter and the first to hold a pilot’s license.
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