Connected Corridors Digest #52

Connected Corridors Digest #52

October 30, 2016

In this issue: Funding, Intelligent Transportation, TRB, Transportation Management,Transit

Funding: 

California Receives $293.1 Million Federal Bonus For Meeting Transportation Project Deadlines

Contra Costa County Transportation Sales Tax Measure X Pleases Some

Desperate for Transportation Funds, Monterey County And Others Turn to Ballot Box

FTA Grant Will Allow Chicago Transit App to Work with Bike Share System 

Transportation Ballot Measures Data Now Available 

Intelligent Transportation:

How the Colorado DOT Plans To Connect Cars and Roads to Make Driving Safer

Tesla Announces Fully Self- Driving Cars

Sacramento Could Be Among First to Test Fleet of Self-Driving Vehicles

DOT Releases New Federal Automated Vehicles Policy 

ITS America Applauds President Obama and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Announcement of an Automated Vehicles Policy Framework and Intent to Move Forward With Vehicle to Vehicle Communications

TRB: 

TRB Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report 

TRB Launches Review of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Test and Analysis Plan of Electronically Controlled Pneumatic Breaks

Transportation Management:

Grand Plans to Unclog Highway 101 in Silicon Valley 

Study Names I-280 Traffic Third Worst in Bay Area 

Could a Smart PHone App Help Prevent Drivers From Running Red Lights? 

Transit: 

California Commission Slots Millions For Trolleys, Rail Improvements 

Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight for October 2016