Transportation Communications Newsletter: 2025

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 30, 2025 - Brooklyn, New York

AVIATION

1) Toronto Pearson Airport Expands Tech Initiatives Through DMZ, CDL Pilots

Airport Technology

2) Salina Airport In Kansas Launches New Website

KSAL Radio

FREIGHT

3) AI In Trucking Is No Longer A Fad

Commercial Carrier Journal

HEALTH

4) TfL Launches Long-Term Road Victim Support Service To Improve Care For Londoners Affected By Traffic Collisions

Highways News

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) This Hyderabad-Nagpur Highway Is India’s Smart Swerve From Road Deaths

India Today

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - October 30, 2025

Safety21

OTHER

7) Camouflaging Cars, Swapping License Plates: How Agents Make Immigration Arrests

NPR

8) Mithos Project Aims To Develop AI Solutions For Multimodal Transport

ITS International

PRIVACY

9) Passengers At Manila Port Terminal Required To Wear Orange Tag With QR Code Before Boarding Vessels

Daily Tribune

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) New PBS Documentary Follows Fight To Convert Abandoned Railroads To Pathways

Outside

RESEARCH

11) Study Aims To Streamline Reporting Of School Bus Stop-Arm Violations In Minnesota

Catalyst

ROADWAYS

12) Massachusetts Drivers Baffled By New Traffic Signals — Here’s How They Work

Boston.com

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) Roadway Safety As A Public Health Crisis With Lorraine Martin, CEO – National Safety Council

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

TRANSIT

14) RTD Bans Ads Covering Windows Of Metro Denver Buses, Trains

KMGH-TV

15) Beware Of Fake HOLO Card Mobile App, Honolulu Transportation Department Warns

KGMB-TV

16) MARTA Unveils Better Breeze Tap Payment System, Says It Will Improve Ridership Data

WXIA-TV

17) Durham, North Carolina Looks To AI To Boost Transit Performance

Government Technology

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) North Carolina DOT Opens Eastern Regional Transportation Management Center In Johnston County

Johnston County Report

19) A Look At Radio Traffic Reporting From the 1960s To Today

Road Guy Rob (video)

News Releases

1) Arkansas DOT Develops Interactive Floodplain Map For Future I-57 Study

2) Wasabi, Volvo Demonstrate Future Of Autonomous Trucking

3) Econolite Sets New Industry Benchmark For Cloud Security With SOC 2, SOC 3 Attestation For Centracs Mobility

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Cartoonish Crosswalk Signs Spark Backlash After Recent Nashville Pedestrian Deaths

Nashville Banner

AVIATION

2) FCC Clears Path To Retroactively Ban DJI Drones In US

DroneDJ

CAMERAS

3) Johannesburg Community Launches Live Traffic Cameras

Fourways Review

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) How Accurate Is The New York State Thruway’s Billing For Cashless Tolls?

WSYR-TV

OTHER

5) Vail, Colorado Taps Agentic AI For Housing, Emergency Services, Transportation

StateScoop

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) Sean Duffy Turns Airports Into His Bully Pulpit As Shutdown Ensnares Travel

Washington Examiner

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Crunching Numbers To Curb Crashes: Using Federal Data To Make Our Roads Safer

Streetsblog USA

SPACE

8) FCC Proposes ‘Licensing Assembly Line’ To Accelerate Satellite Approvals

SpaceNews

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Labor, Disability Issues Complicate Future Of Driverless Cars In Boston

MassLive

10) Uber To Deploy 100,000 Nvidia-Powered Robotaxis

Transport Topics

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Punjab Government Sets Up Center To Control Traffic On Lahore Ring Road

Daily Times

News Releases

1) Lucid Intends To Deliver First Level 4 Autonomous EVs For Consumers With Nvidia

2) Mazda Rolls Out New Version Of Brand Symbol

3) Q-Free Makes Dynamic Signals Secure API Documentation Available For Integration

4) SATS Launches Program To Transform Mega Airports

Upcoming Events

- Preventing Crime in Hyperspace - November 20 - Stockholm and online

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Montclair State University, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) Johnston Regional Airport In North Carolina Hopes To Pioneer FAA’s Next-Gen Digital Air Traffic Control

WRAL-TV

2) Hong Kong Provides Dedicated Spectrum For UAS Operations

Unmanned Airspace

3) Caribbean, Southeast US Airports Host Emergency Preparedness And Management Workshop

Mirage

CAMERAS

4) More Maine Communities Using AI-Powered Traffic Cameras To Help Catch Criminals

WMTW-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) New York City Congestion Relief Zone Recognized In Two Tolling Awards

ITS International

FREIGHT

6) Apathy In Trucking Technologies

Commercial Carrier Journal (contributed content)

OTHER

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

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Customs And Border Protection Expands Facial Recognition For Non-Citizens At US Borders

Nextgov/FCW

9) How Local Governments Are Tackling Traffic Deaths With Technology

Smart Cities Dive

TELEMATICS

10) GM Isn’t Ready To Rip Off The CarPlay/Android Auto Band-Aid Quite Yet

The Verge

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Traffic Operations In Gauteng, South Africa Under Scrutiny: DA Says Revenue Collection Comes Before Safety

IOL

12) T-map Mobility To Provide ‘APEC-Only Traffic Information’ To Support Gyeongju APEC Summit

Maeil Business Newspaper

News Releases

1) Four-In-Five UK Drivers Concerned About Dazzling Headlights As Darker Evenings Arrive

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

If you someday find yourself in Reutlingen, Germany be sure to visit Spreuerhofstraße. Try to do it, however, before you eat dinner. It’s the narrowest street in the world and is only 12.2 inches (31 cm) wide at its most narrow point.

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