Transportation Communications Newsletter: December 2024

If you live in northern climes you might be thinking of having a white Christmas. Did you know the National Weather Service has official criteria for what constitutes a white Christmas? There has to be at least one inch of snow on the ground at 7 am local time on Christmas Day. With snow twice this week, there’s a good chance the New York City area will experience its first white Christmas since 2009.

A Christmas Eve Tradition

For the fourth year, I’m sharing a little production I created with a reading of “The Night Before Christmas.” I hope you enjoy it.

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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.

Monday, December 23, 2024

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, December 23, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Mystery Drones Could Be Identified Faster Using New Detection Tool, But FAA Lacks Resources

Fox News

2) Airport Authority Hong Kong Introduces New Safety Measures For Automated People Mover Operations

Travel and Tour World

CAMERAS

3) AI Traffic Cameras Could Be Watching You On The Road

NBC News

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Denmark Switching To Kilometer-Based Toll System January 1

ITS International

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Heading To Russia, What Will It Do To Your GPS?

Interesting Engineering

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) V2X Interoperability Test Plan — Wyoming Archer Test Track

USDOT

MARITIME

7) Indian Company Set To Launch Maritime Surveillance Satellite

Times of India

MOBILITY

8) Collaboration And Reinvention: How Vilnius, Lithuania Became A Mobility Innovation Hub

Emerging Europe

OTHER

9) Saudi Arabia Sets New Benchmark In Transport With Bold Digital Revolution

Travel and Tour World

PRIVACY

10) As ‘Smart Cities’ Tools Grow Nationwide, So Do Privacy And Ethical Concerns

Michigan Advance

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) Curaçao Police Record 11,000 Traffic Accidents Annually, Launch ‘Kita Tur’ Campaign To Enhance Road Safety

Curaçao Chronicle

12) Taiwan Boosts Traffic Safety Budget By NT$36 Million

TVBS

RAILROADS

13) Bureaucracy Keeps Rail Safety Tech Sidelined

Delaware Valley Journal

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

14) Uber Investors Are Calling For More Transparency Into Driver Pay

Bloomberg

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

15) Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Unveils Mobile App For Lagosians To Report Traffic Incidents

The Guardian

TRANSIT

16) Behind The Scenes Of ‘Stop Requested’, A 14-Day Journey By Public Transit Around Oregon

Oregon Public Broadcasting

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Bengaluru Traffic Police Launch New Website For Enhanced User Experience

News Karnataka

18) Traffic Surveillance Decentralization Begins In January In Vietnam

VietNamnet

News Releases

1) Nashville International Airport Launches High-Speed Wi-Fi Upgrade To Enhance Terminal Connectivity

2) National Air Transportation Association Enhances Aviation Business Online Experience With Website Evolution

3) New Poll Shows Over Half Of Virginia Drivers Are Driving Distracted

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Friday, December 20, 2024

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, December 20, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) For Airports, Background Music No Longer Is An Afterthought

CAMERAS

2) New Cyprus Website Lets You Search For Pending Traffic Camera Fines

KNews

3) What Does A Seatbelt-Detection Camera Capture?

Drive

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) New Services And Capabilities For Galileo

GPS World

HEALTH

5) AASHTO Comments On Proposed FHWA Noise Rule Revisions

AASHTO Journal

OTHER

6) Transportation Research Update - December 20, 2024

Minnesota DOT

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Maine DOT Offers New Online Safety Resource

AASHTO Journal

8) Why Personalized Outreach Still Matters In A Digital-First World

PC Tech

ROADWAYS

9) Hong Kong Transport Department Launches Smart Motorway Pilot Scheme At Ting Kau Bridge

Dimsum Daily

SPACE

10) FCC Chairwoman Proposes New Spectrum Allocation For Space Launches

FCC

TRANSIT

11) Internet Outage At Pittsburgh Regional Transit Causes Delays

WESA Radio

VEHICLES

12) NHTSA Proposes Voluntary Guidelines For Self-Driving Vehicles

13) Tesla Recalling Almost 700,000 Vehicles Due To Tire Pressure Monitoring System Issue

14) US Senators Rip Into Automakers For Selling Customer Data, Blocking Right To Repair

The Verge

15) How Your Car Might Be Making Roads Safer

New York Times

News Releases

1) Overture Maps Foundation Releases General Availability Of Transportation Dataset

2) Alaska DOT&PF Awarded $12.4 Million SMART Grant For Use Of Drones In Rural And Remote Alaska

Friday Bonus

It’s not too unusual to see people create amazing images using GPS. However, a Toronto man has created animations with his runs.

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