Friday, May 23, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, May 23, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Mental Health Awareness Month**

AVIATION

1) This Redundant Aviation Safety Net Helps Keep Planes Safe When Controllers Lose Contact

AP

2) Boston Logan Airport Looking At Using AI For Trash Sorting, Remote TSA Screening

Government Technology

CAMERAS

3) Russian Hackers Attacked NATO Cameras At Ukrainian Border To Disrupt Aid

Odessa Journal

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) New Czech Road Toll System Launches Sunday

Trans.Info

OTHER

5) Optimal Deep Learning-Based Vehicle Detection And Classification Using Chaotic Equilibrium Optimization Algorithm In Remote Sensing Imagery

Scientific Reports

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) Pennsylvania Turnpike Launches TV

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

RAILROADS

7) AAR Wants FRA To Allow Less Frequent Visual Track Inspections Where Automated Systems Are Used

Trains

TRANSIT

8) Long-Delayed System To Keep Green Line Trolley From Crashing Could Be Delayed Even Longer Because Of Patent Suit

Universal Hub

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) A Look Inside The Northeast Florida Regional Transportation Management Center

WOKV Radio

News Releases

1) Minnesota Law Enforcement Testing Data Analytics Tool That Could Help Save Lives

2) CARTA Partners With Citymapper To Integrate Services Such As Trip Planning, Fare Payments 

3) Umovity Wins WorldMediaFestivals Award For ‘Guardians Of Mobility’ Campaign

4) Port Of Seattle Commissioners Want Transparency, Communication Standards On Airport Detentions

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, May 22, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**National Maritime Day**

CAMERAS

1) Traffic Cameras Discontinued In Hannibal, Missouri

WGEM-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

2) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - May 22, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

3) Transportation Grants: Applicants Cited Benefits of Combined Application, but USDOT Should Improve Transparency

USDOT

4) In Fairbanks, Alaska, Emergency Comms Goes To The Cloud

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

5) Utah DOT’s ‘Scrappy’ Social Media Team Wins National Award

Utah News Dispatch

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

6) Tesla’s Robotaxi Plan Attracts Federal Safety Scrutiny

Axios

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Google Project To Reduce Traffic Emissions With AI Expands To Over 100 Intersections In Boston

Google’s The Keyword

News Releases

1) Georgia Ports Rolls Out Mobile App For Truckers

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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.  

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Air Traffic Management Needs Time To Adapt To New Users: Skyguide

Aviation Week

2) Are Radiosonde Launches Important To Aviation?

Flying

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Why Does Florida’s Skyway Bridge Still Have Toll Booths?

Spectrum News

FREIGHT

4) FMCSA Will Use Two-Step Evaluation For Enforcement Of English-Speaking CDL Requirement

Commercial Carrier Journal

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) BeiDou Vs GPS: A New Tech-War Brews Between China, US To Control Global Satellite Navigation System

EurAsian Times

6) The Spoofing Threat And The Future Of GPS At Sea

Logistics Insider

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) ITS European Congress Reports

Traffic Technology Today

Highways News

8) How The Western Balkans Are Embracing ITS

Zag Daily

MARITIME

9) Satellites Take Frontline Role In Maritime Security

SpaceNews

OTHER

10) San Francisco State University May Put The Brakes On First-Of-Its-Kind Traffic Reporter Class

KPIX-TV

PARKING

11) Parking Tech Can Help Cities Generate Revenue Amid Economic Uncertainty

Route Fifty

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) AI Traffic Enforcement Minimizes Crashes Without Shifting Risk, Study Finds

Tech Xplore

TRANSIT

13) DC Metro Gets Approval To Expand Automation To Green, Yellow Lines

WTOP Radio

14) OMNY Complaints Mount As MTA Still Working Out Bugs In New System

The City

VEHICLES

15) Volvo Will Be The First To Install Google’s Gemini In Its Cars

The Verge

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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.  

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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) University Of Washington Researchers Using Handlebar Sensors Find Correlation Between Close Passes And Past Collisions

Seattle Bike Blog

CAMERAS

2) Vehicle Lidar Systems Reported To Damage Smartphone Cameras

Carscoops

FREIGHT

3) Driverless Big Rigs Between Houston, Dallas Will Now Have Someone In The Driver’s Seat

KHOU-TV

OTHER

4) AI Adoption In Transportation Needs A Boost, Says TRL

ITS International

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

5) Transit Agencies, Others Launch ‘Together We Go’ Marketing Campaign

Mass Transit

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) German Highways Safer Thanks To Construction Site Warnings

Highways News

7) Data For Road Safety, Euro NCAP Sign MoU To Enhance Vehicle Safety Via Integration Of Real-Time Road Hazard Data

Highways News

TELEMATICS

8) How Vehicle Tech Is Reshaping Motor Risk

Insurance Business

TRANSIT

9) Snowball App Integrates TfL Data To Improve Transport Accessibility

CiTTi

10) Infrastructure Technology Podcast Explores The App Evolution

Mass Transit

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Kuala Lumpur Integrating AI Into Traffic Management

The Star

VEHICLES

12) How European National Road Operators Leverage Smart Vehicle Data For Road Safety

Zag Daily

News Releases

1) Hyundai India Introduces ‘Digital Passport For Vehicles’

2) DC Metro Launches MetroPulse Mobile App To Provide Real-Time Info, Customer Service Chat

3) Meetline Launches New Dating App For Public Transport Users

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Every airport has its quirks but the airfield at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands may be the only one with these limitations.

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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