Wednesday, January 21, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 

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**National Passenger Safety Week**

CAMERAS

1) DfT Issues Scope And Purpose Update Into National Highways Speed Camera Issue

Highways News

FREIGHT

2) FMCSA Renews CMV Marking Rules As Industry Grapples With Violations, Fraud

FreightWaves

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) GPS Jamming, Cybersecurity Loom Large At Davos

The National

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Intelligent Transportation Systems Advances With 6G, 5G, AI-Driven Networks

Quantum Zeitgeist

5) From Early Sat Nav To Connected Vehicles: 40 Years Of ITS Innovation With Andy Graham MBE

Highways News

6) Birmingham ITS World Congress Hosts Launch 'Curiosity Box’ To Inspire Future Transport Talent

Highways News

 

MARITIME

7) India Says Iran Has Not Permitted Contact With Crew Of Seized Tanker

Maritime Executive

OTHER

8) Inside The NTSB Lab: How The Organization Investigates Transportation Incidents

WRC-TV

9) ‘Native American’ Option Now Available For Arizona State IDs

KSAZ-TV

RAILROADS

10) Rail Industry Coming To Terms With AI

Trains

11) Railway Suppliers: Integrating AI To Help Enhance Safety, Decision Making

Progressive Railroading

ROADWAYS

12) Dallas Given Until End Of Month To Plan Removal Of Rainbow Crosswalks

Dallas Observer

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) Birmingham, Alabama Enhances Railroad Crossing Safety With New Message Boards

WVTM-TV

14) TSA Intends To Revise Biometric Data Collection

FedScoop

TRANSIT

15) City Hall Photo Exhibition Puts San Francisco Transit History On View

The Voice of San Francisco

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) Punjab Police, NHAI Strengthen Coordination To Enhance Highway Safety And Traffic Management

Punjab Newsline

17) Greek Traffic Light Network Still Not Linked To Real-Time Flows

Kathimerini

News Releases

1) Ohio’s Richland County Transit Launches EZFare Digital Payment Option

2) ERTICO-ITS Europe, International Transport Forum Strengthen Collaboration

3) Iowa DOT Introduces New Statewide Scheduling System For DMV Services

4) BART, Uber In-App Integration Launches

5) Hyundai Mobis Embeds 5G Wireless Telematics Technology For Autonomous And SDV Vehicles

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Indiana Hoosiers - College Football Champion**

RAILROADS

1) Signalling Vulnerabilities Could Be Key To Understanding Spain High-Speed Train Crash

The Conversation

ROADWAYS

2) Vital Road Markings Are Rapidly Disappearing From Britain’s Roads

RAC

TRANSIT

3) Denver RTD Moves Transit Police Public Safety Dispatchers Back Into Original Security Command Center

Mass Transit

4) What Los Angeles Transportation Agencies Can Learn From The Successful Metro Ambassador Program

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

WEATHER

5) How Technology Keeps Transportation Moving Through Thick Fog

CBC News (video)

News Releases

1) Inrix Expands Real-Time Parking And Loading Occupancy Coverage To 13 New Cities Through Strategic Integration With Automotus

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

I’ve heard of coffee table books, but this may be the first coffee table traffic map.

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Monday, January 19, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, January 19, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Martin Luther King Jr. Day**

AVIATION

1) Interview: ‘Netflix Of Magazines And Newspapers’ Magzter Sets Sights On Airports With ‘Smart Reading Zones’

Moodie Davitt Report

CAMERAS

2) As Connecticut Speed Cameras Bring In Millions And More Towns Sign Up, Concerns Linger

CT Mirror

CARTOGRAPHY

3) New York City Is Making Top Secret Map Of Everything Under The Street

Gothamist

FREIGHT

4) Air Cargo Sector Becoming A Digital-First Frontier

Stat Trade Times

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies At 95

Zebra

MOBILITY

6) Taiwan’s Controversial Traffic ‘Report Masters’ Are Private Citizens Reporting Traffic Violations

Taiwan News

OTHER

7) Maine Pauses Issuing Undercover License Plates Following Federal Request

WLBZ-TV

8) How California Quietly Adds Hundreds In Hidden Fees To Drive Up Traffic Tickets

CBS News California

9) Travel Companies Could Charge To Speak With A Human

USA Today

PARKING

10) How Rapid Accident Alerts Are Transforming Legal Response Strategies

2UrbanGirls

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) ‘X’ Account For Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport Hacked

WISN-TV

12) Zimbabwe Announces Provincial Hotlines For Reporting Damaged Roads

3-mob

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) From 31 January, Government Digital ID Becomes Mandatory At Brazilian Airports

VisaHQ

14) Detroit Startup Testing Prototypes Using Headrest Sensors To Warn Of Distraction, Distress

Shifting Gears

SPACE

15) The Future Of Space Governance: How Space Diplomacy Secures Critical Orbital Infrastructure

World Economic Forum

TRANSIT

16) Cairo Public Transport Authority Implements Electronic Fare Collection System

Egypt Independent

17) How AI Is Redefining Transit Operations And Signal Priority

Metro

18) How The TTC Inspired A Toronto Author’s Latest Kid’s Book

TorontoToday

VEHICLES

19) Volkswagen To Use Data From Customer Cars To Optimize ADAS

Business Motoring

20) The Battle For Autonomous Buses: From The Maze Of Technology To The Revolution Of Urban Public Transportation

36kr

WEATHER

21) High-Tech Systems Safeguard Lives, Traffic During Snowstorms In China

CGTN

News Releases

1) Are Robotaxis The Next Testbed For Software-Defined Mobility?

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.  

© 2026 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016