Wednesday, June 12, 2024

   

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - South Plainfield, New Jersey

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**Women’s Veterans Day**

AVIATION

1) USDOT Refuses Request By Major US Airlines To Push Back Date They Have To Start Displaying ‘Junk Fees’ Upfront

PYOK

2) Honeywell Developing, Testing New Software To Prevent Runway Incursions

Dallas Morning News

3) Tech Designed To Prevent Runway Collisions Tested In Washington State

Seattle Times

4) United Rolling Out Targeted In-Flight Ads

The Hill/Nexstar

5) Public Safety UAS: A Conversation With The FAA

DroneLife

6) Transforming Airport Operations: Leveraging AI For Facilities Management

AviationPros contributed content

7) Communications For Drones

Air Traffic Management contributed content

CAMERAS

8) Congestion Pricing: What Happens Now To The MTA’s $500 Million Tolling Cameras?

amNewYork

CARTOGRAPHY

9) Apple Maps Getting New Features In iOS 18

Phone Arena

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

10) Congestion Has Never Been Worse; The Need For Congestion Pricing, Never Greater.

Regional Plan Association commentary

GPS / NAVIGATION

11) US Space Force’s Resilient GPS Program Draws Skepticism From Lawmakers

C4ISRNET

12) Tesla Bolsters Navigation With New Trip Planner, Map Updates Plus A New Entertainment Feature

Teslarati

OTHER

13) Traffic Stop Project Improves Public Trust in Police

Stockton University

14) Popular Wildfire App Highlights The Radio Encryption Dilemma

Government Technology

15) Why Traffic Engineers Learn Almost Nothing About Traffic Safety In School

Streetsblog USA commentary

PRIVACY

16) Data Broker Verisk Shuts Down Product Related To Driver Behavior Patterns

The Record

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

17) US House Bill Would Require Open Amtrak Meetings, Notification On Executive Bonuses

Trains

18) Hawaii Retooled A State Council To Give The Public More Say In Transportation. Then Leaders Let It Stall

Honolulu Civil Beat

19) Maine Travel Officials Seek To Raise Awareness About Risks Of Impaired Driving

WCSH-TV video

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

20) Cruise To Hit Houston Streets Again After Nationwide Pause — This Time With Human Drivers

Houston Landing

21) Waymo Issues Software, Mapping Recall After Robotaxi Crashes Into Telephone Pole

The Verge

TRANSIT

22) NJ Transit, Amtrak To Establish Joint Incident Response Committee, Improve Communication Protocols

Star-Ledger

VEHICLES

23) Survey: Most Drivers Want Their Cars To Alert Them When They Hit Deadly Speeds

Streetsblog USA

24) Separating Driverless Fact From Fiction

Highways Voices podcast

News Releases

1) New Short-Form Documentary Highlights How Biden’s Infrastructure Projects Nationwide Are Being Built With American-Made Steel, By American Workers

2) Causeway one.network Chosen To Provide Florida’s Hillsborough County With Work Zone And Road Disruption Software Suite

3) Iteris ClearMobility Platform Will Integrate Sumitomo Electric’s Pedestrian Sensor To Create Industry’s Most Advanced Pedestrian Detection Solution

4)  Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Launches ‘FIA Helmet Wearing Program’

5) FCC, National Telecommunications And Information Administration, US Navy Work To Expand 3.5 GHz Spectrum Sharing Framework

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