Tuesday, January 27, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Holocaust Remembrance Day**

AVIATION

1) Bangor Officials Dispute FAA Report On Plane Crash At Bangor International Airport

WMTW-TV

2) FAA NOTAM Bans Drone Flights Near Moving Federal Assets, Prompting Civil Liberties, Operator Concerns

DroneLife

3) What The Future Of Air Traffic Management Looks Like With Singapore’s AIR Lab

e27

FREIGHT

4) CH Robinson Deploys AI Agents To Tackle Missed Pickups

Fruitnet

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter - January 2026

IEEE

MOBILITY

6) How AI Is Already Powering Shared Mobility

FutureTransport-News (contributed content)

OTHER

7) Metroblox Unveils USDC-Backed Stablecoin For Transport Payments

Electronic Payments International

8) Leading With Trust And Purpose: Michael Sanderson, PE, PTOE

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

9) How Smart Mobility And Infrastructure Are Influencing Future Of Transportation

Virginia Tech’s ‘Curious Conversations’ podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) USDOT Launches Nationwide ‘Freedom Truck’ At North Carolina Charter School

Carolina Journal

SPACE

11) Blue Origin Plans To Introduce Multi-Orbit Maritime Communications Network

Riviera

TRANSIT

12) Spokane Transit To Disable Navigation System On Double-Decker Buses After Crash

Spokesman-Review

VEHICLES

13) NHTSA: Hyundai Recalls Over 83,000 Vehicles Due To Software Issue Affecting Instrument Panel Display

Tegna

News Releases

1) Traton Group, PlusAI Expand Global Partnership To Accelerate Autonomous Truck On-Highway Commercialization

2) VHB Acquires Drive Engineering

3) GM Apps Now Connected With Electrify America Network

4) TransCore Named New Toll Service Provider For RiverLink Tolling System

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Sometimes secrets hide in plain sight. One example can be found at Union Station in Los Angeles.

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