Thursday, February 19, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

45  Thursday, February 19, 2026 - South Orange, New Jersey  

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**Tyler Reddick - Winner of Daytona 500**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Washington State Launches First Statewide Pedestrian Network Map

Traffic Technology Today

AVIATION

2) Electronic Flight Strips Introduced At Reagan Washington National

AVweb

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Google Maps May Now Force You To Sign In Before Showing Photos, Reviews

Android Authority

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - February 19, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

PARKING

5) Parking-Aware Navigation System Could Prevent Frustration, Emissions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) Documentary Film Explores Iowa Interstate Railroad’s History

Progressive Railroading

RAILROADS

7) Union Pacific CEO Explains Delay In Revised Merger Filing

Trains

8) Documentary On Clarksville, Tennessee’s Railroad Legacy To Premier This Weekend

Clarksville Now

SPACE

9) NASA’s Perseverance Now Autonomously Pinpoints Its Location On Mars

NASA

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) New York State Hits The Brakes On Robotaxi Expansion Plan

TechCrunch

TELEMATICS

11) Apple CarPlay Adding Support For ChatGPT, Other AI Chatbots

Mashable

TRANSIT

12) SEPTA To Scrap Mobile Key Tix Option For Single Fares In March

PhillyVoice

13) New App Allows Fare Payment On Henderson (Kentucky) Area Rapid Transit

WIKY Radio

14) WSP's Inez Evans-Benson On Customer Satisfaction And The Customer Experience

METROspectives (video)  

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Launches Advanced Traffic Control Center

Traffic Technology Today

News Releases

1) Ransomware Attacks On Automotive And Smart Mobility More Than Doubled in 2025, According To New Research By Upstream Security

2) Imax Theaters To Show 2026 FIA Formula One World Champions Races Live

3) Eviden, Almaviva Join Forces To Secure Deployments Of Cooperative ITS In Italy

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Wednesday, February 18, 2026

 Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Ramadan Kareem**

AVIATION

1) These Three Failures Contributed To Deadly DC Midair Collision, NTSB Says

USA Today

2) Air Force One Gets New Red, White, Blue, Gold Color Scheme

USA Today

3) High-Tech Feature At JFK Airport’s New Terminal Could Speed Travel Through Passport Control

Time Out New York

4) Cyberattack Setbacks Lead To Process Refinements, Renewed Precautions at Seattle-Tacoma International

Airport Improvement

CAMERAS

5) Regulation Coming To Automatic License Plate Readers In Michigan

WKFR Radio

6) Seattle’s New Mayor Faces Early Test Over Police Surveillance Cameras

Governing

7) Eyes In The Sky: New Technology Has Changed Policing In Omaha

KUON Radio

MARITIME

8) NOAA Installs PORTS Weather Monitoring System In Boston Harbor

Environmental Coastal & Offshore

OTHER

9) Tesla Will Stop Using The Term ‘Autopilot’ To Avoid 30-Days Suspension In California

San Francisco Chronicle

10) International Car Sale Scam Used Fake Images, Website: Police

WPVI-TV

11) Why Sticking To Standards Is Not An Option With TOPAS, Swarco, Yunex Traffic, Telent

Highways Voices podcast

PRIVACY

12) Cities Ditch License Plate Readers Over Privacy Worries

NPR’s All Things Considered

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) New Documentary Teaches About Decades Old Blair County, Pennsylvania Railroad Disaster

WTAJ-TV

14) Latinos In Transit Launches 'Legacy Tour' Marking 10 Years Of Impact

Metro

15) Jefferson County, Colorado Reimagines Public Health Storytelling

Governing

ROADWAYS

16) Real-Time Transportation Data Helps States Drive Analysis

Government Technology

17) DriveOhio Data Keeps Eyes On Road Assets

ITS International

SPACE

18) SpaceX Unveils Space Traffic Management System

SpaceNews

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

19) Waymo: Overseas Assistants Don’t Remotely Drive US Robotaxis

Cybernews

20) Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ Adds Five More Crashes In Austin In Month — 4x Worse Than Humans

Electrek

TRANSIT

21) Transport For London Ad Banned For Reinforcing Racial Stereotypes

Independent

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

22) Smart Traffic Plan To Ease Congestion In Gaya, India; 668 Cameras To Be Installed

Times of India

VEHICLES

23) Toyota Rolling Out Apple Car Key Support In Wallet App

9to5Mac

24) UK DfT Tells Suppliers Of Connected Vehicle Services They’re Committed To Supporting Delivery Of Connected Services In Open, Sharable Way

Highways News

News Releases

1) Sporting Event Transportation Planning Reduces Game-Day Congestion, Delays

2) Ericsson, Leonardo, Italian Navy Trial 5G Standalone On-Sea Capabilities

3) Synapse ITS Introduces SYO, A New Ecosystem Built For Intelligent Signal Monitor Operations

4) ETRI Demonstrates South Korea’s First Predictive Pedestrian Safety AI Service

5) Airbus, Singapore Successfully Complete HTeaming Flight Trials

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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.  

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