Transportation Communications Newsletter
Monday, February 2, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey
**Happy Groundhog Day**
AVIATION
1) FAA To Require 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders On New Aircraft
CAMERAS
2) Trump Restricts Traffic Camera Funding In Cities
3) Amid Immigration Crackdown, Mountain View, California Discovers Unauthorized Access To License-Plate Data
4) Irish National Police, An Garda Síochána, Launches Consultation On Draft Code For Public CCTV Use
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
5) All-Electronic Tolling Coming To Richmond, Virginia Expressways, Ramps
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
6) Ireland Warned By EU For Failing To Fully Transpose ITS Directive Into National Law
MOBILITY
7) Blink-Controlled Wheelchairs Bring New Mobility To ALS Patients
OTHER
8) Misleading Text In The Physical World Can Hijack AI-Enabled Robots, Study Shows
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
9) News Media Coalition Letter Challenges FAA’s Expansive NOTAM On Drones
SPACE
10) SpaceX Has Stopped Russia’s ‘Unauthorized’ Use Of Starlink Against Ukraine, Musk Says
TRANSIT
11) ATRA Pulse - January 2026
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
12) Take A Look Inside Caltrans’ District 3 RTMC
Fresno Bee (video)
News Releases
1) Why Drivers Ignore Emergency Vehicles And How Smart Corridors Can Help
2) Alaska Airlines Unveils State-Of-The-Art Global Training Center
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