Thursday, September 17, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, September 17, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Administrator Pushes Back on Watchdog’s ATC Modernization Report

Flying

2) AI For Air Traffic Control Won’t Be Like Concerning Advanced Models, Duffy Says 

Nextgov/FCW

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Is It Time To Phase Out The Tolling Transponder?

Traffic Technology International

FREIGHT

4) Ports And Data Under Chinese Influence: The Hidden Cost Of Efficiency

Digitalshield

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) How AI Is Revolutionizing Education, Traffic Management, Healthcare, Modern Coding

SitePoint

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - September 17, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

RAILROADS

7) Amtrak, CN Agreement Could Improve Grade-Crossing Train Detection

Trains

ROADWAYS

8) American Legion Volunteers Maintain Over 2,500 White Fatality Markings Along Montana Highways

KTVH-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) How Fairfax County, Virginia’s ‘Traffic Garden’ Helps Kids Learn Rules Of The Road

WTOP Radio

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) Tesla Cybercab’s Touchscreen Is Already Proving To Be A Problem For First Responders

Jalopnik

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) NOCoE Newsletter - September 17, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

VEHICLES

12) US House Passes Bill To Require AM Radio In New Cars

Radio World

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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - Short Hills, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Says Billions More Needed To Modernize Air Traffic Control

Reuters

CAMERAS

2) Rhode Island ACLU Says Flock ‘Transparency Portals’ Don’t Provide Sufficient Information

Uprise RI

3) Are Connecticut’s Highway Work Zone Cameras And Wrong-Way Driver Detection Systems Working?

WFSB-TV (video)

4) Hackers Got Inside A Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How System Really Works.

Wired

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) NTSB Recommends Full-Electronic Tolling On Ohio Turnpike After Toll Plaza Crash

NTSB

MARITIME

6) Inmarsat Maritime: Training Key To Strengthening Safety Culture

Safety4Sea

OTHER

7) IBM Exec Talks About Company’s Transportation Vision

ITS International

8) ‘Loudcasting’: Why Do People Play Music Loudly In Public?

NewsNation

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) West Virginia DOT To Improve Construction Project Dashboard

WSAZ-TV

ROADWAYS

10) Atlanta Uses AI To Find Potholes Before They Form

Axios Atlanta

11) Tokyo To Repaint Streets Over Rule That Makes It Impossible For Cars To Pass Bicycles

SoraNews24

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) TSA Uses AI Agent To Respond To 100,000 Traveler Conversations Per Month

Nextgov/FCW

TRANSIT

13) Some San Francisco Muni Riders Not Pleased With ‘Fare Required’ Messages On Buses 

San Francisco Chronicle

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) TOPAS Develops Detector Standards Based On Real-World Performance

Highways News

15) Lexington, Kentucky Traffic Engineers Test New Technology To Improve Traffic Flow

WKYT-TV

News Releases

1) Inrix: The Critical Role Of Transportation Data For Autonomous Vehicle Safety

2) Road Marking Company, WJ Group, Integrates HAAS Alert Safety Cloud Into AVERA

3) Highways News Launches Industry Events Diary To Help Sector Plan Ahead

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, September 15, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Airspace Redesigns And Technology Ease European Air Traffic Congestion

Aviation Week

2) Massport Seeking ‘Distinctly Boston’ Voice For Logan Airport Announcements

WBZ-TV

MARITIME

3) Kakao Maps To Show Real-Time South Korea Ferry Locations By The Second

Herald Business

SPACE

4) Air Traffic Control Coming To The Moon

The Week

TRANSIT

5) New App Replaces Oshkosh’s GO Transit App, Adding Real-Time Tracking, Detour Alerts

WLUK-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

6) China’s First Traffic-Management Robot Squad Receives Upgrades

China Daily

News Releases

1) New Tech Keeping Texas HERO Drivers Safe

2) WSP: Turning Wrong-Way Driving Into A System Response

3) Auburn University: LiDAR Research Shifts Perspective From Drivers To Pedestrian Safety

4) GM Unveils New User Interface For Pickup Trucks

 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Grade crossings for railroads are not unusual, but at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, traffic must stop for planes landing and taking off.

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Monday, September 14, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, September 14, 2026 - New York, New York

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**National Truck Driver Appreciation Week**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Kids Arrested After Waymo Reports A Gun In Self-Driving Car

USA Today

AVIATION

2) FAA Delivers $1.1 Billion To Upgrade Airports, Including Equipping Runway Vehicles With Transmitters

FAA

3) FAA Puts Predictive Power Behind Flight Schedules

Aero-News Network

4) New Airport Operations Control Center On Radar Of Poland’s New Multimodal Hub

Airport World

CARTOGRAPHY

5) New BMW Maps Will Make You Feel You’re In A Video Game

BMWBlog

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) AI Turns Digital Thread Into Living Intelligence Across Mobility

ETAuto

MARITIME

7) US Supreme Court To Decide Whether To Hear Maine Lobsterman’s Challenge To GPS Boat Tracker Requirement

AP

PARKING

8) Plans For New Car Parking Signs, Change Of Name For Some Thanet Car Parks To Help Visitors Navigate Isle

Isle of Thanet News

ROADWAYS

9) UK Drivers Accidentally Break Speed Limit As Overgrown Foliage Obscures Road Signs

RAC

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Florida Department Of Highway Safety Hacked By International Criminal Group

WFLX-TV

11) How 9/11 Changed The Way America Surveils Its Citizens

Stateline

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) Lyft Has Entered The Robotaxi Chat

TechCrunch

TRANSIT

13) Delhi Transport Corporation To Deploy AI System For Real-Time Tracking of 6,000+ Buses, Predict Delays, Improve Services

Economic Times

News Releases

1) FCC Waiver Supports USDOT Program To Test Drone Use Of Mobile Networks

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