Friday, December 12, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, December 12, 2025 - New York, New York

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AVIATION

1) Articles From Passenger Terminal World

 -  Airports Moving to Generative AI Assistants

 - Real-Time Operations Platforms Redefining Airport Management

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) EU Gives Italy Two Months To Fix Sicily’s Toll System

Trans.info

3) European Commission Issues Guidelines For Fair Remuneration Of Electronic Tolling Service Providers

European Commission

FUNDING 

4) Eastern Transportation Coalition Issues Phase 5 Report On Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Grant

Eastern Transportation Coalition

ROADWAYS

5) Classic British Road Signs Saved By Heritage Listing

The Telegraph

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) PACTS Issues Report On How UK Monitors, Enforces Seat Belt Use, Using Mobile Phone While Driving

Parliamentary Advisory Council For Transport Safety

VEHICLES

7) Sony Afeela 1 Will Be First Car To Offer Digital License Plate

TechRadar

News Releases

1) Sacramento Superior Court Launches Tool To Contest Traffic Tickets Online

2) USDOT Adds Salesforce AI Agents To Modernize National Transportation And Safety Systems

3) Palm Springs Airport Introduces Redesigned Audio Environment To Reduce Overhead Announcements

4) New Mini-Guide From LCRIG Shows How AI Can Support Local Authorities Responding To Severe Weather

Friday Bonus  

One source of transportation humor that rarely disappoints is roadway signs. Here’s a recent collection.

Upcoming Events

 -  The Eastern Transportation Coalition and CDM Smith Present: Rebuilding the Link Between Road Use and Payment for Sustainable Transportation Funding Solutions - December 17, 2025

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, December 11, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Boeing, United Test New Data Communication System

Flying

2) European Commission Refers Greece To EU Court Of Justice For Poor Air Traffic Management

Kathimerini

3) NASA To Study Autonomous Operations At Airports

Flying

4) Dynamic Gate Signs Among The Renovations At Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport’s Terminal 1

KARE-TV

CAMERAS

5) ACLU Report: Automated License Plate Readers Not Uniformly Regulated In Iowa

KCRG-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

6) New Mapping Tool Scores Places In England, Wales For Connectivity

UK Department for Transport

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Is A GPS Smartphone App The Future Of Tolling?

KIRO Radio

FREIGHT

8) Trucking Industry Reacts To English-Language Enforcement Crackdown

Transport Topics

9) Digital Tools Shaping The Future Of Retail Deliveries

EV Powered

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

10) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - December 11, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

11) Revamped Cape Cod Ferry Reservation System To Include improved Website

Martha’s Vineyard Times

12) Integrating Land And Waterside Port Surveillance

Security Journal Americas (contributed content)

OTHER

13) Establishing Trust In Smart Cities With Transit Payments, Open Data

Open Banking Expo

PRIVACY

14) Tourists From 40+ Nations Could Be Required To Disclose Five Years Of Social Media Histories Under Trump Plan

NBC News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

15) West Oahu Community Rallies For Hawaii Traffic Safety Awareness

KHON-TV

RESEARCH

16) Smart Traffic Sign Recognition Via Visual Tech

Bioengineer

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Cameras, AI, Harsh Fines. Officials Grapple With School Bus Safety.

USA Today

SPACE

18) Your Next Flight Might Be Directed From Space

Gizmodo

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Indian High Court Orders Vijayawada Traffic Police To Replace ‘Archaic’ Loudspeakers At Busy Intersections

Times of India

20) NOCoE Newsletter - December 11, 2025

National Operations Center of Excellence

VEHICLES

21) NHTSA Releases Multi-Year Research Project On Modernizing Safety Standards For Automated Vehicles

NHTSA

22) Rivian Will Add Lidar In 2026, Says Tesla’s Cameras Aren’t Enough

The Drive

News Releases

1) Massachusetts DOT Announces New Municipal Speed Feedback Signage Program

2) NextNav To Operate World’s First 5G-Powered PNT Network

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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.  

© 2025 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) European Air Traffic Control Delays Double Over Last Decade

IATA

CAMERAS

2) How Samsara’s Dash Cam Solved A Mystery Telematics Missed

FleetPoint

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) 2027 ITS World Congress Concentrates On Human Factors, Sustainability, Breakthrough Technology, Business

Highways News

4) Laval, Quebec Boosts Winter Operations With New Technology Like Smart Traffic Signs

CityNews

MARITIME

5) Passenger Ferry In Western Japan To Run Autonomously In World First

Kyodo News

OTHER

6) What Drives AI-Powered Transformation At USDOT

CIO

7) Kazakhstan Advances Transport And Transit Digitalization

Astana Times

8) UK Flags Flying In South Belfast Longer Than Agreed To Due To Irish Street Signs, Councillor Says

BBC News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Why Houston Metro’s $6 Million Free Microtransit Plan Sparked Debate Over Transparency

Houston Chronicle

10) Why Did Charlotte OK $3.4 Million Transit Marketing Contract After Second Train Stabbing?

Charlotte Observer

RAILROADS

11) BNSF Rolls Out Locomotive-Based Track Inspection System

Trains

12) Branding, Logo For Great British Railways Unveiled

BBC News

RESEARCH

13) Can Speed Cameras Make Streets Safer? Quasi-experimental Evidence From New York City 

PNAS

ROADWAYS

14) Inside The Signal Shop

New York State DOT’s The DOT POD podcast

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) From Smart Patrols To Digital Fines: How Dubai Police Is Stepping Up Road Safety Game

Gulf Business

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

16) Uber Installing Kiosks For Booking Rides With The Mobile App

Engadget

TRANSIT

17) How Android’s New ‘Transiting Mode’ Could Change Setting For Public Transit Users Automatically

Android Central

News Releases

1) Former Broadcast Journalist Caroline Vandergriff Joins North Central Texas Council Of Governments As New Spokesperson

2) Distinguished Professor Fang Chen Named 2026 ITS Australia Woman Of The Year

3) New Resource Launched To Support More Inclusive Road Safety Education For Autistic People

4) Here Technologies, Precisely Expand Partnership To Provide Location Data For Business Operations

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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.  

© 2025 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016