Friday, September 4, 2020

[Bernie Wagenblast]

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, September 4, 2020 - Cranford, New Jersey

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CARTOGRAPHY

1) Apple Maps Expands Public Transit Information, 3D View In Portugal, Netherlands

MacRumors

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) FASTag Could Be Made Mandatory For Vehicles Purchased Before December 2017

MediaNama

RAILROADS

3) Transport Canada Publishes Locomotive Voice, Video Recorder Regs

Progressive Railroading

ROADWAYS

4) Memphis Removes Artist’s Road Sign

Daily Memphian

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) FAA And Partner Agencies Have Begun Work On The Aviation Cyber Initiative And Are Implementing Priorities

USDOT Inspector General

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

6) What’s Going On With Russian Ride-Hailing?

Intelligent Transport

TRANSIT

7) Houston Metro Launches App To Boost Neighborhood Shuttle

Houston Chronicle

8) COVID ‘Illuminated’ Transport Failings, Says Cubic

ITS International

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) More Timely Reporting Of Idaho Crashes Helps Meet Public And Media Expectations

Idaho Transportation Department’s Transporter

VEHICLES

10) Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving Capability' Falls Short of Its Name

Consumer Reports

News Releases

1) Cubic, Los Angeles Metro Enable TAP Card On iPhone, Apple Watch

2) Spirit Airlines Launches US’s First Check-In Experience Powered By Biometric Photo-Matching

3) North Dakota DOT Wins AAMVA Award For Nelson Rural Road Campaign 

4) Port Of Los Angeles Introduces New Data Tool, ‘The Signal’

5) Don’t Mess With Texas Calls On Iconic Texas Voices To Stop PPE Litter

6) ITS (UK) Awards Go Online

7) Deloitte, Geotab Announce First-Of-Its-Kind Alliance To Offer Scalable Telematics Solution To Large Enterprise Customers

Friday Bonus

If you have to be on your feet all day in the hot sun while trying to stay away from speeding vehicles it helps to keep moving.

Solicitation

 -  Request for Proposals - TTRIP Services for Transportation Operations - Virginia DOT

Upcoming Events

Webcast: Moving Freight with Intelligent Vehicle Systems - September 14

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