Friday, November 21, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, November 21, 2025 - New Brunswick, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Seeks Solutions For New Air Traffic Automation System

FAA

2) FCC Votes To Advance Wireless Spectrum Auction, Avoid Aviation Standoff

Reuters

3) EASA, IATA To Align Emissions Data Processes Under New Cooperation Agreement

Aviation Pros

CAMERAS

4) New AI Language-Vision Models Transform Traffic Video Analysis To Improve Road Safety

Tech Xplore

FREIGHT

5) Is The Future of Trucking Self-Driving Big Rigs?

NPR’s All Things Considered

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Innovation In Action: Behavior-Changing Tech, Smarter Networks, Global Transport Trends

Highways Voices podcast

MARITIME

7) Panel Looks At Uses Of 5G At Ports

Port Technology

OTHER

8) US Coast Guard Denies Report It Won’t Classify Swastikas, Nooses As Hate Symbols

The Hill

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Trump Administration Wants To End Weekly Transit Data Reporting

Planetizen

ROADWAYS

10) How Highway Corridors Encourage Multistate Collaboration

AASHTO Journal

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) How State DOTs Use Data, Analytics To Improve Safety

AASHTO Journal

12) Acusensus Wins Melbourne Award For Phone Use, Seat Belt AI Detection System

Traffic Technology Today

TELEMATICS

13) Subaru Adopts Android Automotive Starting In 2026 Outback

9to5Google

14) Google’s Gemini Is Now On Android Auto

The Verge

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

15) Western New York Transportation Officials, Police Vow To Better Coordinate This Winter

WGRZ-TV

16) Managing Transportation for Large-Scale Events

AASHTO Journal

TRANSIT

17) London Transport Museum To Feature Ads For The Underground From 1920s and ‘30s

BBC News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Alicante, Spain Activates Real-Time Traffic Information On Website And ‘Alicante Se Mueve’ App

Diario de Alicante

News Releases

1) Ontario International Airport Wins Two Top PR Awards For Community Engagement, Innovative Communications

2) Mastercard Accelerates Future Of Mobility With Open-Loop Transit Payments In Azerbaijan

3) University Of California San Diego Expanding Roadway Safety Education Efforts With Focus On Native American Youth, Pedestrian Safety, Spanish-Speaking Communities

4) Verra Mobility Launches AutoKinex To Provide Drivers With Seamless, Secure In-Vehicle Payments; Partners With Stellantis For Nationwide Automated Tolling Service

5) Optibus Launches GTFS Services And In-Platform GTFS Enhancements To Improve Passenger Trust, Meet Compliance

Friday Bonus  

Now, just imagine if this were a multimodal container that fell overboard.

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Thursday, November 20, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Transgender Day of Remembrance**

AVIATION

1) How Digitization Is Changing Commercial Flight

Window Seat podcast

CAMERAS

2) Madison, Alabama Wants To Use AI-Powered Traffic Cameras To Send Alerts When Trains Block Crossings

WAAY-TV

EQUITY

3) San Diego Transit Agency Removes Diversity Language Following Trump Administration Order

Inewsource

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Smarter, Safer, Connected. Big Ideas Driving Day Two Of ITS Australia Summit

Highways News

5) China Set To Advance Intelligent, Integrated, Multi-Dimensional Transport Network By 2030

People’s Daily

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - November 20, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

7) IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter - November 2025

IEEE

MARITIME

8) US Court Rules In Favor Of Government’s Electronic Tracking Requirement For Lobster Boats

WABI-TV

OTHER

9) From O’Hare To Overseas, Students Say Wearing Northwestern University Merch At Airports Is More Than Just A Flex

Daily Northwestern

10) San Francisco Has A New Font. It Was Inspired By An Old Muni Streetcar

San Francisco Chronicle

PRIVACY

11) Border Patrol Monitoring US Drivers, Detaining Those With ‘Suspicious’ Travel Patterns

AP

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Fresno County, California Rolls Out New Traffic Safety Billboards Ahead Of Holidays

KFSN-TV

13) Washington State DOT: The Funniest Thing On Social Media, Poll Finds

KING-TV

ROADWAYS

14) University Of Michigan-Designed Traffic Light System Reduces Oakland County Congestion, Plans Expansion

Michigan Daily

TELEMATICS

15) Progressive's Real-Time Crash Detection Could Accelerate Shop Intake Cycles

Autobody News

TRANSIT

16) Charlotte Transit Leaders Outline Modernization Plans Following Sales Tax Approval

WCNC-TV

17) Study Calls For New York City’s Proposed IBX Light Rail To Be Fully Automated

amNew York

18) Bath & Body Works Diffusing ‘Christmassy’ Scent In New York City Subway Station

WABC-TV

VEHICLES

19) Autonomous Shuttle Service Launches In Boca Raton, Florida

Traffic Technology Today

20) Gold Coast Cooperative Corridor Launched In Australia To Advance Connected, Automated Vehicles

Infrastructure

News Releases

1) Miami International Launches Largest Single Deployment Of Automated Passport Screening In US

2) NATS, Indra Group Sign MOU To Develop Digital Airport Tower Systems Joint Venture

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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