Thursday, March 26, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, March 26, 2026 - New York, New York

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AVIATION

1) Inside The Tower: Kentucky Aviation Expert Explains ATC Communication

WLEX-TV

2) FAA Took Action To Improve Monitoring And Increase Staffing Levels At Contract Towers, But Staffing Shortages Remain

USDOT Inspector General

3) Amazon Building ‘Air Traffic Control For Drones’ As It Eyes Expansion

Axios Kansas City

CARTOGRAPHY

4) San Francisco’s New High-Injury Map Shows Where Streets Are Getting Safer — And More Dangerous

San Francisco Standard

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - March 26, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

6) San Francisco Bay Maritime Traffic Control Center Goes Dark Overnight Amid Government Shutdown

Bay City News

OTHER

7) How Oklahoma DOT Got 30 Years Of Inspection Records Ready For AI

IT Brew

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Puerto Rico DOT Cancels Driver’s License Appointments After Cyberattack

The Record

SPACE

9) FCC Plan For Reliable Spectrum Access For Cutting-Edge Space Missions

Federal Communications Commission

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Pittsburgh Unveils NFL Draft Road Closures, Transit Strategy

TribLive

TRANSIT

11) NJ Transit To Hold Sessions On How They Can Improve Service

WNBC-TV

12) BART Hosts Sensory Orientation To Help Blind, Low-Vision Riders Navigate Train System

Bay City News

News Releases

1) PrePass Launches First National Benchmark Report On Weigh Station Bypass

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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, March 25, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED TRANSPORTATION

1) Industry And Regulators In India Push For Mandatory Connectivity, Data Sharing In Vehicles

Acko Drive

AVIATION

2) NTSB Flags Missing Transponder, Tower Staffing In LaGuardia Crash

Gothamist

3) San Jose Minetta Airport Debuts AI Humanoid Robot To Help Travelers

KTVU-TV

4) Data In Action: Why Airports Can’t Afford To Get This Wrong

International Airport Review

CAMERAS

5) The San Francisco Standard Creates Tool Which Maps Flock Cameras

San Francisco Standard

6) The Trouble With Using Technology To Enforce Traffic Laws

WBUR Radio (commentary)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) Moldova Launches Smart Transport Reform In Line With EU Standards

Moldpres

RAILROADS

8) New Tech Tracks Blocked Railroad Crossings In Elkhart County, Indiana

WOWO Radio

ROADWAYS

9) Colorado DOT Helps Make Douglas, Jefferson Counties Safer With Crash-Prevention Tech

KCNC-TV

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Arlington, Texas Planning Traffic Management Center For World Cup

KXAS-TV

11) Texas DOT Uses HERO Boxes To Keep Emergency Operations Centers Running Remotely

Texas DOT (video)

TRANSIT

12) New Jersey Governor Directs NJ Transit To Deliver Improvements For Riders Including Communications

Jersey Vindicator

13) New MTA App, Launching Today, Maps Your Commute Down To The Train Car

Curbed

News Releases

1) Q-Free Unveils Next-Generation OBU1010 Transponder

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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CAMERAS

1) Oakland, California’s Speed Cameras Are Active, But City Can’t Enforce Tickets

East Bay Times

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) IBTTA Highlights Role Of Tolling, Mobile Payments In National Digital Infrastructure Strategy

IBTTA Insights

OTHER

3) Florida Law Challenged In Federal Court After Drivers Face Criminal Charges For ‘Obscuring’ License Plates With Frames

WJXT-TV

4) Building The Future Transportation Workforce

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

PARKING

5) A New Website Explains All The Parking Rules On Every Block In San Francisco 

Secret San Francisco

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) North Carolina DOT Cancels I-77 Tour Over ‘Credible Security Concerns’; Activists Said They Just Wanted To Participate

WFAE Radio

ROADWAYS

7) San Antonio Launches Survey To Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard

Texas Public Radio

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Alaska DOT Awarded $1.1 Million Grant For Avalanche Mitigation Technology

KTUU-TV

9) ICE At JFK: Unmasked Agents Jostle With Press In Attempt To Hide Their Faces

amNewYork

VEHICLES

10) Google’s Android Automotive Moving From Dashboard To The ‘Brain’ Of The Car

The Verge

News Releases

1) Airlines, Airports Gain Early Warning Of Baggage Disruptions With New Predictive Baggage Analytics Solution From SITA

2) Flow Labs Launches Flow API, Opening Up Real-Time Signal And Mobility Data For Transportation Agencies

3) Toronto Transit Commission Partners With Toronto Metropolitan University Researchers To Drive Transit Innovation

4) Startups Using Agent-Based AI, Sensors for Smart Cities Recognized at eMobility Startup Forum 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Ever wonder where the first “Adopt-a-Highway” was? Wonder no more.

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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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