Monday, December 15, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, December 15, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Happy Hanukkah**

AVIATION

1) FAA To Review Boeing Cockpit Alerting System For Max 10

Reuters

2) How United Airlines Will Soon Compete With American Airlines’ Premium Flagship Suites

Simple Flying

CAMERAS

3) Toronto Axes Traffic Camera Pilot To Fight Gridlock After Ontario Government’s Speed Camera Ban

CBC News

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Mapping Railroad Hazards In The US

Center for Data Innovation

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Russia’s Yandex Updates Maps To Reduce Navigation Errors Amid GPS Disruptions

Moscow Times

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Enter Smart Signals: It’s Been 60 Years Since Nashville Upgraded Its Traffic Lights

WZTV-TV

7) Project Applying Internet Of Things In Smart Transportation Approved In Vietnam

Việt Nam News

MARITIME

8) The Hidden Captains Keeping San Francisco Bay Safe For 175 Years

SFGate

OTHER

9) Data, AI, And The Future Of Transportation With Jean-Paul Brissett, CEO, Quality Counts

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

10) Clean California Project Provides Brighter, LED Lighting Portals In San Francisco Bay Area

The Bay Link

PRIVACY

11) TSA Forwarding Names, Photos, Flight Details To ICE

Mother Jones

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Officials Blast Poor Communication Over Future Of North Texas Transportation Director

Fort Worth Report

13) Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps Unveils Magazine To Boost Road Safety Awareness

Punch

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) Qatar Launches Smart Vehicle Number Plates To Boost Road Safety

Qatar Moments

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

15) Australian Open Chauffeur: How Smart Transport Planning Enhances The Grand Slam Experience

Programming Insider

TRANSIT

16) Visitors May Be Able To Use Overseas Cards To Tap Into Public Transport, Per South Korean Government Plan

Korea JoongAng Daily

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) AI Traffic Management Robot Deployed In Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Xinhua

18) Messing Up Oregon DOT’s TripCheck Website To Keep Drivers Out Of, Well, Messes

Baker City Herald (column)

VEHICLES

19) Ford Turns To Stepped-Up Tech, Cooperation With Police To Thwart F-150 Pickup Thieves

AP

20) Regulating The Safety Of Autonomous Vehicles

The Regulatory Review

News Releases

1) High-Tech Control Center Ready For Victoria’s West Gate Tunnel

2) Traffic Intelligence For Mega-Events: Keep Cities Moving During FIFA World Cup, Olympics, Major Constructions, And More

3) Terminals At Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport To Be Renamed To Ease Confusion

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© 2025 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Friday, December 12, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, December 12, 2025 - New York, New York

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AVIATION

1) Articles From Passenger Terminal World

 -  Airports Moving to Generative AI Assistants

 - Real-Time Operations Platforms Redefining Airport Management

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) EU Gives Italy Two Months To Fix Sicily’s Toll System

Trans.info

3) European Commission Issues Guidelines For Fair Remuneration Of Electronic Tolling Service Providers

European Commission

FUNDING 

4) Eastern Transportation Coalition Issues Phase 5 Report On Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Grant

Eastern Transportation Coalition

ROADWAYS

5) Classic British Road Signs Saved By Heritage Listing

The Telegraph

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) PACTS Issues Report On How UK Monitors, Enforces Seat Belt Use, Using Mobile Phone While Driving

Parliamentary Advisory Council For Transport Safety

VEHICLES

7) Sony Afeela 1 Will Be First Car To Offer Digital License Plate

TechRadar

News Releases

1) Sacramento Superior Court Launches Tool To Contest Traffic Tickets Online

2) USDOT Adds Salesforce AI Agents To Modernize National Transportation And Safety Systems

3) Palm Springs Airport Introduces Redesigned Audio Environment To Reduce Overhead Announcements

4) New Mini-Guide From LCRIG Shows How AI Can Support Local Authorities Responding To Severe Weather

Friday Bonus  

One source of transportation humor that rarely disappoints is roadway signs. Here’s a recent collection.

Upcoming Events

 -  The Eastern Transportation Coalition and CDM Smith Present: Rebuilding the Link Between Road Use and Payment for Sustainable Transportation Funding Solutions - December 17, 2025

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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

Thursday, December 11, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, December 11, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Boeing, United Test New Data Communication System

Flying

2) European Commission Refers Greece To EU Court Of Justice For Poor Air Traffic Management

Kathimerini

3) NASA To Study Autonomous Operations At Airports

Flying

4) Dynamic Gate Signs Among The Renovations At Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport’s Terminal 1

KARE-TV

CAMERAS

5) ACLU Report: Automated License Plate Readers Not Uniformly Regulated In Iowa

KCRG-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

6) New Mapping Tool Scores Places In England, Wales For Connectivity

UK Department for Transport

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Is A GPS Smartphone App The Future Of Tolling?

KIRO Radio

FREIGHT

8) Trucking Industry Reacts To English-Language Enforcement Crackdown

Transport Topics

9) Digital Tools Shaping The Future Of Retail Deliveries

EV Powered

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

10) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - December 11, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

11) Revamped Cape Cod Ferry Reservation System To Include improved Website

Martha’s Vineyard Times

12) Integrating Land And Waterside Port Surveillance

Security Journal Americas (contributed content)

OTHER

13) Establishing Trust In Smart Cities With Transit Payments, Open Data

Open Banking Expo

PRIVACY

14) Tourists From 40+ Nations Could Be Required To Disclose Five Years Of Social Media Histories Under Trump Plan

NBC News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

15) West Oahu Community Rallies For Hawaii Traffic Safety Awareness

KHON-TV

RESEARCH

16) Smart Traffic Sign Recognition Via Visual Tech

Bioengineer

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Cameras, AI, Harsh Fines. Officials Grapple With School Bus Safety.

USA Today

SPACE

18) Your Next Flight Might Be Directed From Space

Gizmodo

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Indian High Court Orders Vijayawada Traffic Police To Replace ‘Archaic’ Loudspeakers At Busy Intersections

Times of India

20) NOCoE Newsletter - December 11, 2025

National Operations Center of Excellence

VEHICLES

21) NHTSA Releases Multi-Year Research Project On Modernizing Safety Standards For Automated Vehicles

NHTSA

22) Rivian Will Add Lidar In 2026, Says Tesla’s Cameras Aren’t Enough

The Drive

News Releases

1) Massachusetts DOT Announces New Municipal Speed Feedback Signage Program

2) NextNav To Operate World’s First 5G-Powered PNT Network

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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