Thursday, January 29, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, January 29, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) The Future Of Toll Payment Is In-Vehicle, North Carolina Pilot Suggests

Traffic Technology International

2) No More E-ZPass? Your Car May Soon Be Able To Pay Its Own Tolls

MotorTrend

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Google Maps Embeds Gemini AI Into Walking, Cycling Nav

The Tech Buzz

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - January 29, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

5) What’s In A Color? Exploring The Hues Of Illinois’ Bridges

Illinois DOT

6) Why New EU Transport Statistics Glossary Is Important 

Eurostat’s Stats in a Wrap podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Las Vegas Police Lean On ‘Three Es’ While Addressing Traffic Deaths

KSNV-TV

8) Bahrain General Directorate Of Traffic Launches Awareness Campaign On New Traffic Cameras

Bahrain News Agency

RAILROADS

9) Model Rules On The Permanent Identification Of Railway Rolling Stock - Revision 3

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

ROADWAYS

10) Honda, Ohio DOT Complete Pilot Of First Proactive Roadway Maintenance System In US

WBNS-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Smartphone Data Helps Ohio ‘Be Smarter’ About Reducing Distracted Driving

Route Fifty

SPACE

12) GAO Flags Risks In Space Development Agency’s Missile-Tracking Satellite Program

SpaceNews

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

13) Waymo Now Approved To Take Passengers To, From San Francisco International Airport

KGO-TV

14) NHTSA Opens Probe After Waymo Self-Driving Vehicle Strikes Child Near School

Reuters

TELEMATICS

15) GM Working Hard To Resolve Telematics Module Issues

GM Authority

TRANSIT

16) New York City Transit Union Leaders Say Unreliable Radio System Puts Bus Drivers, Riders At Risk

WCBS-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Ho Chi Minh City Steps Up Digital Transformation In Traffic Management

SGGP

VEHICLES

18) Tesla Software Update Brings If-This-Then-That-Style Automations To Its Vehicles In China

autoevolution

News Releases

1) How Sony Honda Mobility Keeps People Connected On The Move With Afeela

2) Standards For Technology In Automotive Retail Unveils Retail Automotive Domain Model 

3) Software-Driven Mobility — The Car Of The Future Is Personalized

4) Step Into The Phoenix Airport Museum’s New Immersive Art Exhibition

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Failures Created Conditions For Deadly Reagan Airport Crash, NTSB Says

Wall Street Journal

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Website For Croatia’s New Electronic Toll Collection System Launched

Croatia Week

MARITIME

3) New Digital System To Combat Illegal Fishing Creating Problems In European Ports

Sweden Herald

4) Student Hackathon Winners Predict Great Lakes Ice Buildup

Government Technology

ROADWAYS

5) From Chaos To Coordination: Malta’s Roadworks Reset

Highways Voices podcast

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Ensuring Road Crossing Safety In Every Environment

ITS International (contributed content)

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

7) Why Los Angeles Mobility Apps Struggle With Real-Time Demand

Lifehack

8) Self-Driving Truck Company Waabi Raises $1 Billion To Expand Into Robotaxis

Axios

TRANSIT

9) Transit Riders, Officials Skewer Contractor Over Flawed Clipper 2.0 Rollout

KQED Radio

10) Accessing Airports: Available Public Transit Options And Efforts To Promote Their Use

GAO

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) TfL Deploys AI Traffic Control Across London In Five-Year Congestion Strategy

Traffic Technology Today

 

12) How Digital Signage Is Reshaping The Traveler Experience At Transportation Hubs

Metro (contributed content)

WEATHER

13) NOAA Turns To ‘Meteodrones’ To Close Weather Data Gap

AIN

14) National Weather Service’s AI Language Translation Project Lacks Long-Term Plan, Watchdog Says

Nextgov/FCW

News Releases

1) Boeing, Ben-Gurion University Launch Aviation Cybersecurity Research Center In Israel

2) Virginia Tech Researcher Works To Keep Trains Safe With High-Tech Fiber Optic Track Sensors

3) Frankfurt Airport Becomes First Airport Worldwide to Use Auracast For Public Announcements

4) The Future Of In-Cabin AI Is Decided At The Edge Of Connectivity

5) Lockheed Martin's Newest GPS Satellite Reaches Orbit, Strengthening Warfighter Connectivity

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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.  

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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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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.  

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