Monday, May 25, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, May 25, 2026 - Parlin, New Jersey

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**Memorial Day**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Waymo Temporarily Suspends All Freeway Rides

The Hill

AVIATION

2) AI Is Learning To Fly Airplane — And Aviation Is Starting To Embrace It

CNN

3) Egyptian Airports Begin Operating With ‘Paperless Office’ System

Egypt Independent

4) AOPA Continues Mental Health Initiative With New Interview, Education Material

State Aviation Journal

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Proposed Bill Would Ban Pennsylvania Turnpike Text Notifications

WHTM-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) India’s National Green Tribunal Cracks Down On ‘Smart Traffic’ Loudspeakers In Bhopal 

Indian Express

MARITIME

7) China Develops GPS-Free Submarine Navigation Capable Of Evading US Navy Ship Tracking

Army Recognition Group

OTHER

8) FAA Installing White House App On Government-Furnished Phones This Week

Government Executive

9) Inside The Tech That Verifies Driver’s Licenses

Technology.org

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Social Media Posts Help Popularize NYC Ferry

Bloomberg CityLab

ROADWAYS

11) Malaysia’s West Coast Expressway App Enhanced

CarSifu

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) You Got A Ticket For Running A Red. Here’s Why That Yellow Light Might Have Seemed Short.

CBC Radio’s Ideas

VEHICLES

13) GM Digital Side Mirrors Could Shift Their View To Cut Blind Spots

Autoblog

News Releases

1) Bobit Business Media Launches FleetForward.com

2) Indra Group Launches Linkia, First Digital Platform Capable Of Integrating All Air Traffic Management Systems Into Common Infrastructure

 

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Friday, May 22, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, May 22, 2026 - New York, New York

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**National Maritime Day**

AVIATION

1) FAA Administrator Pushes Back On ADS-B Fee Collection

AVweb

2) LaGuardia Runway Crash Highlights Importance Of Transponders On Airport Vehicles. So Why 

Aren’t They Everywhere?

WCBS-TV

3) Using Multisensory Design To Ease Passenger Trips Through Airports

Airport World (contributed content)

CAMERAS

4) How AI Cameras Are Changing Traffic Enforcement

Traffic Technology Today

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Texas’ SH 130 Smart Corridor Pilot: AI Real-Time Traffic Tech

KXAN-TV

MARITIME

6) IMO Adopts First-Ever Global Rules For Autonomous Ships

gCaptain

MOBILITY

7) Transportation Modes, Data Converge To Make Mobility Efficient

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) NTSB Temporarily Pulls Public Docket System

AVweb

9) New FAA Site Aims To Track $12.5 Billion In Air Traffic Control System Upgrades

CBS News

TELEMATICS

10) One Life Saved, One Wasted Call-Out: The ‘Pros And Cons’ Of Phone Crash Alerts

Highways News

11) How IoT Connectivity And Telematics Are Being Used To Prevent E-Bike, E-Scooter Theft

IOT Insider

12) Apple Says CarPlay Ultra Coming To These Vehicle Brands

MacRumors

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) Dallas Drone As First Responder Program Takes To The Skies

Dallas Morning News

TRANSIT

14) Transit Technology Companies Launch New, Upgraded Software To Improve Transit Management Experience

Mass Transit

News Releases

1) Conduent Announces Agreement To Sell Its Public Transit Business To Modaxo For $164 Million

Friday Bonus  

New Jersey may have more angry drivers per square mile than other states and one man has made it his mission to document them.

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, May 21, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) UK DfT Technology Official Pushes Open Standards Vision For Connected Vehicle Services

Highways News

AVIATION

2) Airlines Bet Big On Sports Sponsorships To Connect To Modern Consumers

Air Transport World

3) Inside Turkish Airlines’s Vision For Contextual, AI-Ready Retailing

Future Travel Experience

FREIGHT

4) Truckers Back To Paper Logs As FMCSA Removes 12 ELDs From List Of Approved Devices

CDLLife

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) ITS Nigeria Partners With China To Tackle Traffic Congestion

Punch

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - May 21, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

7) FCC Modernizes Disaster Information Reporting System

Federal Communications Commission

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Dayton, Ohio Uses Citizens’ Assembly For Community Engagement

Route Fifty

RAILROADS

9) Irish Rail Has €50 Million Write-Off Of Failed IT Project

RTÉ

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

10) Nashville Prepares Traffic Management Plan For 2030 Super Bowl

WSMV-TV

11) AI-Based Traffic System To Curb Violations, Accidents In Patna, India

Times of India

TRANSIT

12) Explore Sound Transit Link Stations With GoodMaps

Sound Transit blog

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Soon School Children To Man Traffic At Key Jaipur Intersections

Times of India

14) Colorado DOT Launches Language, Push Notification Features On COtrip Platforms

Colorado DOT

VEHICLES

15) Pirelli, Univrses Deal Will Incorporate 3DAI Technologies In Cyber Tyre System To Collect Road Info

ITS International

News Releases

1) Do More, Have More Fun With Next Generation Of Android In The Car

2) Orlando International Airport Opens ‘Flybrary’ For Young Readers

3) Solera Introduces AI-Powered Pedestrian Collision Warning System For Truck Fleets

4) Future Travel Experience Launches Podcast To Explore Realities Of Successful Innovation

5) Stellantis, Wayve Partner To Bring Hands-Free Door-To-Door Supervised Automated Driving At Scale

 

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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. Instagram: @cranford_radio 

© 2026 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016