Connected Corridors Digest #43

Connected Corridors Digest #42

December 31, 2015

In this issue: Funding, TRB, Intellegent Transportation, Connected Vehicles, Opportunities

Funding:

• Congress approves $305B highway bill
• ITS America statement on the House and Senate passing the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act five-year reauthorization

TRB:

• Request for proposals on principles and guidance for presenting drivers with dynamic iInformation on active traffic management

Intelligent Transportation: 

• HERE and the Netherlands evaluating 4G/LTE-based C-ITS road messaging system
• White paper by ITS JPO on ITS in Academics
• Modelling public transport in the era of intelligent transportation systems
• US DOT reflects on 2015 research efforts

Connected Vehicles:

• New "Connected Vehicles" website launched by US DOT
• USDOT offers online course on connected vehicle technology basics
• California takes baby steps towards driverless cars
• Humans are slamming into driverless cars and exposing a key flaw

Opportunities:

• Transportation research board 95th annual meeting January 10-14, 2016 - Washington, D.C. 
• ITS America 2016 June 12-15, 2016 - San Jose, CA