Tuesday, November 5, 2024

[Bernie Wagenblast]

Transportation Communications Newsletter

👍 Tuesday, November 5, 2024 -  Cranford, New Jersey 👎

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**US Election Day**

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Sat-Nav Companies Make Changes After Fatal UK Crash

BBC News

OTHER

2) DKS Associates Acquires Six Mile Engineering

DJC Oregon

ROADWAYS

3) Assessing Pavement Markings For Automated Vehicle Readiness

Minnesota DOT

SAFETY / SECURITY

4) Development Of A Smartphone App To Warn Drivers Of Unintentional Lane Departure Using GPS Technology

Minnesota DOT

5) Flock Safety Puts Its Tools To Use Against Sideshows

Government Technology

TRANSIT

6) Brookhaven MARTA Station Closure Caught City Officials By Surprise

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

7) In A First, SEPTA Now Notifies Riders Of All Canceled Bus Trips

Billy Penn at WHYY

8) New Wayfinding Designs Unify Bay Area Transit Agencies

California Transit Association

9) Resolution Requires Mangaluru Bus Operators To Integrate GPS With Command Control Center

Times of India

News Releases

1) Airports Council Announces Winners Of 2024 Excellence In Airport Marketing, Communications, And Customer Experience Awards

2) Launch Of Public Road Demonstration Tests Of Autonomous Driving Technology Utilizing Heavy-Duty Trucks On Shin-Tomei Expressway

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

From time to time, I’ve had stories in the TCN about sign shops that make the highway hardware that tells you where you are and how to get where you’re going. These ancient Roman “street signs” were recently discovered in Boğazkale, Turkey. When I think of what the Roman Empire sign shop looked like, I picture something out of The Flintstones with a guy working with a hammer and chisel. 

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