Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, September 29, 2025 - Washington, District of Columbia 
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AVIATION
1) Avoiding Airplane Collisions At Airports Could Come Down To Cockpit Alerts
CNBC
2) Air Traffic Controllers Still Struggling To Communicate With Pilots: Report
Gizmodo
3) Lufthansa To Cut 4,000 Jobs As Airline Turns To AI To Boost Efficiency
CNBC
4) Passport Kiosk Outage Affects Some Major Canadian Airports For Several Hours
CBC News
5) Alaska Air CEO: Why Now Is The Time To Innovate For Smarter Air Traffic Control
Fortune (contributed content)
CARTOGRAPHY
6) How Maps And Traffic Data Deliver Actionable Insights For Smarter Cities
Geospatial World (contributed content)
MARITIME
7) China Oil Port Of Huangdao Set To Introduce Measures To Ban Shadow Fleet
Reuters
MOBILITY
8) Space42 To Create UAE’s First Sovereign Mobility Cloud
SatellitePro ME
OTHER
9) Applegreen Spent Tens Of Thousands On Lobbyists Amid Controversial Massachusetts Turnpike Travel Plaza Deal
Boston Herald
10) How Airline Lobbyists Have Succeeded In Rolling Back Regulations Under Trump
Washington Examiner
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
11) Pennsylvania Turnpike Launches ‘Miles,’ AI-Powered Chatbot To Assist Drivers, Answer Questions
WTAJ-TV
12) Australian Insurer AAMI Turns Road Safety Into A National Sport Via Ad Campaign
AdNews
13) New York Thruway Offering Customer Help As Audit Reveals Issues With Tolls, Billing
WKBW-TV
SAFETY / SECURITY
14) DC Study Identifies High-Risk Drivers And Sends Letters To Them, But Fails To Prevent Crashes From Happening
WUSA-TV
15) Ohio Traffic Safety Office Introduces New Program To Recruit, Train Driving School Instructors
WHIO-TV
16) Europe’s Frontex Develops New Digital Image Standards To Improve Travel Document Security
Passenger Terminal Today
SPACE
17) Is Space The Next Frontier For Digital Infrastructure?
Jerusalem Post
TELEMATICS
18) Ford CEO Talks CarPlay Ultra, Offers New Update On Support
9to5Mac
TRANSIT
19) School Systems Remaking The Old Yellow Bus Into A High-Tech Machine
Stateline
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
20) Manitoba Adds New Digital Signs And Cameras To Boost Highway Safety
ChrisD
21) New Digital Highway Message Boards Coming To Huntsville
Hville Blast
VEHICLES
22) How Singapore Tests Autonomous Vehicles Before They Go On Public Roads
CNA
23) Vay, The Germany Remote-Driving Firm That Hopes To Make Private Car Ownership Redundant
Guardian
News Releases
1) Sensory Maps, Videos, Other Accessibility Resources Introduced At Chicago Airports
2) Las Vegas Airport Debuts New Rideshare Pickup Area With Neon Signs, Photo Op Spot
3) Malaysia Aviation Group Announces Digital Collaboration With Adobe, Google, Skyscanner, Visa
4) City Of Santa Clarita, California Launches Santa Clarita Connect Transit App
5) United Receives FAA Certification For First Starlink-Equipped Mainline Aircraft
6) The Technology Champion Who Advocates For Truck Drivers
7) New Texas DOT Series Teaches Drivers To ‘Drive Like A Texan’
8) California’s Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District Launches Parent App For Real-Time School Bus Tracking
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