Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, August 7, 2026

Friday, August 7, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

**National Lighthouse Day**

AVIATION

1) NTSB Report: Military GPS Jamming Was Active At Time Of Medical Plane Crash In New Mexico

KOAT-TV

2) FAA To Unveil New Air Traffic Control Tower At Asheville Regional Airport

WLOS-TV

CAMERAS

3) Speeding Surges After Ontario Cities Remove Traffic Cameras

Planetizen

4) Syracuse Stops Ticketing Drivers In Funeral Processions Caught By School Zone Cameras

Post-Standard

5) Flock Wanted Uber, Lyft Drivers To Become Roaming Surveillance Vehicles

Gadget Review

FREIGHT

6) FMCSA Moves To Codify English Proficiency Requirements For Truckers On US Roads

FMCSA

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) Visakhapatnam Signs Pact With City Of Moscow For Smart City Initiatives

Construction World

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Filipino Lawmakers Push To Teach Students About South China Sea

South China Morning Post

9) Union Sues TSA Saying Agency Keeping Public, Congress ‘In The Dark’ On Privatization Plan

WFED Radio

ROADWAYS

10) New Rail Crossing Alert System Coming To Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin In September

Wisconsin Rapids Tribune

Friday Bonus

Everyone loves a compliment! Usually when it comes to speed signs the stick is used rather than the carrot. In Texas drivers might blush if they’re driving the speed limit.

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, August 6, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

AVIATION

1) ‘Regional Equipment Outage’ Causes Ground Stop At Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

WCCO-TV

2) Pensacola International Airport Launches Redesigned Website

WALA-TV

3) Are Non-Towered Airports Safe? The Data Says Yes.

General Aviation News

CAMERAS

4) Atlanta Added 5,000 Plate Readers, And FBI Data Shows Crime-Solving Barely Budged

The Cool Down

5) Slovakian Opposition Questions Security Of New Traffic Cameras Over Alleged Russian Links

Slovak Spectator

6) Delay In Payments Puts Thiruvananthapuram’s AI Traffic Camera Network Under Strain

Times of India

CARTOGRAPHY

7) Google’s New Ask Map Features May Be More Exciting Than The Upcoming Pixel Drop

ZDNet

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) AI Can Help Emergency Management Teams With Limited Funds

Government Technology

9) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 6, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

10) Cyberattack Impacts Operations At North Carolina Ports In Charlotte, Wilmington, Morehead City

WCNC-TV

11) San Francisco Bay Ferry Launches Public Ridership Database

The Bay Link

OTHER

12) Texas DMV Replacing Its Title, Registration System

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Utah DOT Takes Safety Message To New Teen Drivers As Schools Open

KSTU-TV

ROADWAYS

14) Oakland, Pennsylvania’s PRT Bus Lanes Are About To Change Color

Tribune-Review

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Clark County, Nevada Unveils School Traffic Safety Plan After 432 Students Hit By Cars Last Year

KVVU-TV

TRANSIT

16) TCN Editor Talks Transit, Other Topics With New York City Mayor

New York City Mayor’s Office's Talk with the People (video)

17) How DART’s GoPass Is Redefining Regional Mobility

Metro

18) Ad Revenue Is Boon For New York MTA, But Some Subway Riders Lament ‘Ad Creep’

On The Way

19) How Data, Strategy, And Community Engagement Are Reshaping Transit

METROspectives podcast

20) MBTA Service Delivery Policy Annual Report

MBTA

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) NOCoE Newsletter - August 6, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

VEHICLES

22) Some BMW Owners Are Seeing Spider-Man Ads Every Time They Start Their Car

Film Stories

News Releases

1) University Of Texas At Arlington Research Turns Vehicle Data Into Traffic Solutions

2) Missouri DOT Highlights FIFA World Cup Success

3) RailPulse Sets Binding Standard For Data In Demurrange, Storage Charge Dispute Resolution

4) IANA Launches ‘An Intelligent Container Journey,’ Industry-Built Framework For Practical AI In Intermodal Operations

5) Viasat: Three-Quarters Of Drivers Willing To Pay For Satellite-Connected Car Services

6) Five Michigan State University Researchers Using Data, Gen AI, Policy Analysis To Shape Mobility Advancement

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 - New York, New York

AVIATION

1) FAA Investigating Why Plane Was Allowed To Take Off As Trump’s Helicopter Approached

CAMERAS

2) Are Rural Law Enforcement Agencies Using Flock Cameras?

Daily Yonder

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Legal Framework To Promote Smart Border Gates In Vietnam

Vietnam.vn

OTHER

4) How Texas DOT Has Embraced AI

Route Fifty

5) Could Psychology Solve Transport Problems Engineering Can’t?

Highway Voices podcast

PARKING

6) New York City Says They’re Not ‘Shame Stickers,’ As It Slaps Them On Alternate-Side Violators’ Cars

Gothamist

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

7) Officials Tout Online Tool To Plan Around Animal-Collision Hotspots In Montana

KTVH-TV

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 - New York, New York

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Self-Driving Cars Have An Aging Problem

Semiconductor Engineering

AVIATION

2) FAA Mulls Critical Infrastructure Designations, Sparking Civilian Rights Debate

Spectrum News

3) How Probabilistic Weather Forecasting Is Changing Aviation Risk Management

The Weather Company

CAMERAS

4) Kenya’s National Transport And Safety Authority Blamed For Poor Signage

The Standard

FREIGHT

5) Study Shows Digital Curbside Management Reduces Driver Stress

Traffic Technology Today

GPS / NAVIGATION

6) US Approves World’s First Private Constellation To Strengthen Navigation

Interesting Engineering

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

7) San Francisco’s July 4 Chaos: Bad Planning, Dead Waymos, 1,000 People Waiting For A Bus

San Francisco Standard

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) Developing An AI Framework For Long-Term Bridge Damage Monitoring

Seoul Tech

OTHER

9) How One Delaware DOT Engineer Is Using AI

At the Intersection podcast

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Oklahoma DOT Unveils Vehicle-Mounted Boards To Grab Drivers’ Attention In Work Zones

KOCO-TV

SPACE

11) EchoStar’s Hughes Filed For Bankruptcy As Its Satellite Internet Subscribers Fled To Starlink

Quartz

TRANSIT

12) Connecticut's Bus System Is Divided Among 17 Transit Agencies. The State Is Trying To Connect Them

13) CTtransit Overhauls Website, Adds ‘Where’s My Bus?’ Feature

Connecticut Post

VEHICLES

14) Honduras Introduces RFID-Based License Plates

ITS International

15) A Review Of In-Vehicle Touchscreen Safety And Usability

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

WEATHER

16) New Guide Helps Transport Sector Prepare For Severe Space Weather

UK Met Office

News Releases

1) Inrix, MetroLab Announce Finalists In Initiative For Universities To Tackle Transportation And Urban Mobility Challenges Using Real-World Data

2) University Of Arizona Employee Group Explores Using Data, Education To Reduce Bike Theft

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

As many know, in the early 1800s the grid system of Manhattan streets was laid out. This required some land surveying to determine where streets and avenues would intersect. The area covered included what is now Central Park. While the grid system was never imposed upon the land now covered by the park, one of the survey bolts can still be found there.

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