Connected Corridors Digest #56

February 28, 2017

Connected Corridors Digest #56

Februrary 27, 2017

In this issue: Intelligent Transportation, TRB, Safety, Transportation Management, Transit, Funding & Opportunities 

Intelligent Transportation: 

New Efforts Aimed at Connected Car Standards(link is external) 

Driverless Cars: Can They Really Eliminate Traffic?(link is external)

BMW, Mobileye and Here to Crowd Source Data for Autonomous Vehicles(link is external) 

Embark Enters Race to Develop Autonomous Trucks(link is external)

'Smart' Street Lights to Track Traffic, Parking, Air Quality(link is external) 

Transportation, Public Safety Focus of Smart City Development in Nevada(link is external)

23rd Intelligent Transport Systems Post Congress Report Now Available(link is external) 

Open Auto Drive Forum Brings Autonomous Driving Players Together(link is external)

York, UK to Trial New Traffic Technology(link is external) 

TRB: 

Innovations in Federal Statistics: Combining Data Sources While Protecting Privacy (link is external)

Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation(link is external)

Opportunistic Traffic Sensing Using Existing Video Sources, Phase 2(link is external)

Safety: 

BikePGH to Survey Bicyclists, Pedestrians About Interactions With Autonomous Vehicles(link is external)

New Bill Would Let Bicyclists Roll Through Stop Signs(link is external) 

Transportation Management:

Los Angeles Tops INRIX Global Congestion Ranking(link is external) 

3.2 Trillion Miles Driven on U.S. Roads in 2016(link is external)

National Cooperative Highway Research Program Publishes New Communications Guide for State DOTs(link is external)

Need Traffic Data? Commuters Are More Connected Than You Think (link is external)

Transit: 

SFMTA Needs to Fix More Than Just NextBus(link is external)

Commuter Railroads Make Progress Installing Life-Saving Tech(link is external)

Funding & Opportunities:

AASHTO Sets National Policy Goal of Sustainable, Long Term Transportation Funding(link is external) 

California Voters Could Make It Easier to Raise Taxes to Build Transit and Low-Income Housing Under New Legislation(link is external)