Monday, September 1, 2025

Monday, September 1, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter


🧑🏼‍🏭  Monday, September 1, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey ⛏️


**Happy Labor Day**


AVIATION


1) Embry‑Riddle Researchers Develop AI System To Decode Aviation Speak

Embry-Riddle University


2) Why It’s Important To Demonstrate Aviation Safety Accomplishments

National Business Aviation Association


CAMERAS


3) Colorado DOT Expanding Use Of Cameras To Issue Automated Speeding Tickets

Colorado Public Radio


4) New Orleans Traffic Camera Revenue Expected To Nosedive After New Laws Take Effect

WVUE-TV


GPS / NAVIGATION


5) Russia Denies GPS Jamming Accusations After EU Chief's Plane Targeted

Newsweek


6) EU To Boost Satellite Defenses Against GPS Jamming, Defense Commissioner Says

Reuters


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS


7) Communicating With Two Vehicles Immediately Ahead Boosts Traffic Capacity Sixfold In Connected Autonomous Vehicle Platoons

Communications Engineering


OTHER


8) Are Vanity License Plates Protected Speech? One Woman Is Appealing Hers To Supreme Court

USA Today


9) Finland Will Remove Swastikas From Its Air Force Flags 

Euronews


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT


10) Nevada DOT Directs Public To Temporary State Website Following Cyberattack

KOLO-TV


11) Colorado DOT Launches Outreach Campaign, Aims To Encourage Drivers To Slow Down

KOAA-TV


RAILROADS


12) Merced Officials Say They Felt ‘Blindsided’ By California High-Speed Rail Authority Report

The Merced Focus


13) Digital Rail Trials Launched On East Midlands, Northern Trains

UK Department for Transport


ROADWAYS


14) The Street-Corner Sensors That Track Flooding In Real Time

New York Times (gift article)


SAFETY / SECURITY


15) South Carolina’s Hands-Free Driving Law Goes Into Effect

WCNC-TV


TAXIS / RIDESHARING


16) New Game Shows Challenges Of Making Money As A Rideshare Driver

Business Insider


TRANSIT


17) Société de Transport de l'Outaouais To Use AI To Keep Buses On The Road

CBC News


18) How Two Transit Agencies Are Using Tech To Put Riders First

Metro


19) ATRA Pulse - August 2025

Advanced Transit Association


TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT


20) Hawaii Officials Discuss Lessons Learned From Tsunami Scare

Honolulu Civil Beat


VEHICLES


21) Researchers At Coventry University Say One Person Can Monitor up To Five Self-Driving Vehicles At Once

Coventry University



News Releases

1) Southwest Research Institute Developing Traffic Data Platform To Support Dallas-Fort Worth Area

2) European Commission Welcomes Code Of Conduct For Reliable Online Reviews For Tourism Accommodation

3) WorldDAB Releases Updated Guidelines To Enhance In-Car Digital Radio User Experience


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Friday, August 29, 2025

Friday, August 29, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter


  Friday, August 29, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey



AVIATION


1) Radio Issues Force Newark Flights To Halt, Adding To String Of Airport Problems

ABC News


2) FAA Runs Tests While Winter Haven Preps For Remote Tower

AIN


CAMERAS


3) Flock Challenges Evanston, Illinois’ Termination Of Contract For License Plate Readers

Evanston RoundTable


ELECTRONIC TOLLING


4) Denmark Installs Satellite-Based Tolling System For HGVs

CiTTi


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS


5) ITS America President Urges World Congress Delegates To ‘Take The Risk’

Highways News


6) ITS World Congress Sets Sights To South Korea

ITS International


OTHER


7) Trump Freezes Most Training For Non-ICE Federal Law Enforcement

Government Executive


8) Former ‘What The Truck!?!’ Host Sues FreightWaves Parent

Transport Topics


9) Taco Bell Says ‘No Más’ To AI Drive-Thru Experiment

Gizmodo


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT


10) RCMP Investigating After City Of Penticton, British Columbia Employee Receives Violent Online Threat Following Public Transportation Planning Discussion

PenticonNow


11) Local Officials Have A Powerful Tool To Warn Residents Of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.

ProPublica


12) Mississippi DOT Unveils Hurricane Katrina Documentary

AASHTO Journal


13) Alabama DOT Details Safety Role Of ‘Signal Crews’

AASHTO Journal


TRANSIT


14) Montreal’s Transit Agency Says Too Expensive To Display ‘Go! Habs Go’ Before Winter

Canadian Press


TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT


15) Highways UK Set To Launch Event App

Highways News


VEHICLES


16) Ford Recalls 355,000+ Trucks Over Instrument Panel Error: NHTSA

The Hill


17) Collaboration, Education, Information Campaigns Could Aid EV Adoption

Government Technology



**Correction**

This story in yesterday’s edition had the wrong source. It should have shown Metro as the source.

How The MBTA Uses Podcasting To Build Trust

Metro


News Releases

1) A New Way For 911 To Help Stranded Drivers

2) FAA Launches Process To Select Prime Integrator For Brand New Air Traffic Control System

3) Porsche Adopts In-Car Gaming With AirConsole

4) Estonia's ITS Innovations Are Ready To Scale In US

5) Oklahoma DOT, Turnpike Authority Launch Statewide Campaign To Encourage Seat Belt Use



Friday Bonus  

Want to make your kids or grandkids laugh or possibly groan? Tom E. Moffatt is here to help with some transport jokes.


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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.  

© 2025 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter


  Thursday, August 28, 2025 - Short Hills, New Jersey



AVIATION


1) Aviation Meteorologists: Urgent Actions Needed To Address Staffing Concerns

GAO


CAMERAS


2) Automated Traffic Enforcement Is More Popular Than You Think

Bloomberg CityLab


ELECTRONIC TOLLING


3) Jordan To Launch ‘Salik Jordan’ Road Toll System In 2025

Gulf News


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS


4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 28, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University


MOBILITY


5) How Inclusive Tech And Autonomous Shuttles Are Redefining Mobility

Highway Voices podcast


OTHER


6) New York City ‘Ghost Cars’ More Likely To Drive Dangerously, Owe Fines, Report Finds

Gothamist


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT


7) How The MBTA Uses Podcasting To Build Trust

Mass Transit


SAFETY / SECURITY


8) The Psychology Of Safety: How Road Design Drives Behavior

Texas DOT


TAXIS / RIDESHARING


9) Waymo Says Its San Francisco Fleet Has Tripled In Size Since Last Public Disclosure

San Francisco Examiner


10) Uber Now Allows You To Pay With Cash

Business Insider



News Releases

1) Patriot Rail Unveils New Brand Identity


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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.  

© 2025 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016