Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Wednesday, August 14, 2019 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) British Airways Testing Virtual Reality For First-Class Passengers
2) Tajikistan To Bring Air Traffic Control System To International Standards
3) Technology Is Taking The Airport Experience Sky High
4) The Airport As The New Digital Marketplace - Five Steps Airports Must Take
CAMERAS
5) China To Promote Nationwide Tech-Enabled, Facial-Recognition Traffic Monitoring System
6) Woodhaven, Michigan Activates Cameras Monitoring Railroad Crossings
FREIGHT
7) Blockchain In Transport Alliance Works To Modernize Bills Of Lading
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
8) Mobility Rush 73
MARITIME
9) GPS Jamming, Spoofing Reported At Port Of Shanghai
MOBILITY
10) Spain’s Renfe Accelerates Its Digital Revolution And Enters The MaaS Market
PLANNING
11) SANDAG Opens ‘Vision Lab’ For Public-Private Collaboration On Transportation Plan
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
12) How Pennsylvania's Transportation Secretary Is Shifting The Infrastructure Conversation In Her State And Across The Country
13) Illinois DOT Ad Features Officer Struck, Killed By Scott’s Law Violator
14) Michigan City Area Schools Transportation Department Creates Music Video For Stop Arm Safety
SAFETY / SECURITY
15) UK’s Transport Select Committee Calls For Crackdown On Phone Use At The Wheel
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
16) Hertz, Avis Double Down On Ride-Hailing Strategy
TRANSIT
17) New York Tries To Bring Subway Fare Into 21st Century
18) Mumbai Bus Operator To Test India’s National Transit Card
19) Smartphones, Sensors Could Spell End To Ticket Lines At Transport Hubs
20) This Website Lets You Track Down -- And Hop On -- New MBTA Orange Line Cars
News Releases
1) Thousand Oaks Transit Introduces Ride Alerts For Dial-A-Ride
2) DCTA To Have PTC Technology On A-Train Starting August 26
3) Port Of Baltimore Receives Federal Grant To Strengthen Security
4) First Transit Names Robert James Vice President Technology And Innovation
5) HDR Selected To Guide Florida’s Statewide Connected And Automated Vehicle Efforts
6) Vehicle Emissions: New Sensor Technology To Improve Air Quality In Cities
Job Postings
- Operations Manager - TRANSCOM - Jersey City, New Jersey
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