Monday, October 12, 2026

Monday, October 12, 2026

 


Transportation Communications Newsletter


 🪶 Monday, October 12, 2026 - Short Hills, New Jersey 🇮🇹🇨🇦


**Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Columbus Day/Canadian Thanksgiving Day**


AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION


1) AV Truck Fleets In US Win Five-Year Exemption On Warning Beacons 

FreightWaves


AVIATION


2) The Brilliant Way United Airlines Used Starlink To Outsmart Delta And Steal Market Share

Inc.


CARTOGRAPHY


3) Google Maps Showing Accident Alerts Everywhere, So What's Going On?

autoevolution

 

EQUITY


4) Providing Passenger Information To People Who Are Blind Or Have Low Vision: A Guide

National Academies


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS


5) A Digital Twin For Malta’s Roads

Times of Malta


6) AI Learns To Read Traffic Signs Through Rain, Fog, Glare Without Retraining

Bioengineer.com 


OTHER


7) American, KLM, RAM Ink New Starlink Deals; Amtrak Begins Trial

Runway Girl Network


PARKING


8) Hanoi Wants Parking Lots To Transmit Data To The City, And Customers To Not Pay With Cash

VietNamNet


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT


9) Who Knew About Amtrak’s Bridgeport Plans, And When Did They Know?

Chicago Tribune


10) Washington State Ferries Messaging Didn’t Put Passengers First

KIRO Radio (commentary)


11) The US Public Is Losing Its Say On Environmental Policy

Yale Environment 360


12) APTA Presents AdWheel Winners

Mass Transit


RAILROADS


13) FRA Investigating Chicago-Area Incidents Involving Dispatching Software

Trains


ROADWAYS


14) London Council ‘Uses Misleading Traffic Signs To Gather Fines’

The Times


SAFETY / SECURITY


15) Eight-Fold Increase In Road Safety Data Messages In Europe, Says Data For Road Safety

ITS International


TRANSIT


16) New Public Art Project Partners With Pittsburgh Regional Transit To Make ‘PittsBirds’

WPXI-TV


17) Ho Chi Minh City Accelerates Green, Digital Transition In Public Transit

Viet Nam News


TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT


18) Inside Connecticut’s Highway Command Center Where Crashes And Issues Become Alerts In Minutes

CT Insider


19) Beyond The Video Wall: Rethinking The Traffic Management Center

Roads & Bridges



News Releases

1) US Coast Guard Orders Four Long-Range Unmanned Aircraft

2) Denver Airport Launches Blog To Help Travelers Plan Ahead

3) Humorous ‘Driving Is For Dodgers Fans’ Campaign Snags Award For Caltrain


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