Tuesday, June 9, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, June 9, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 👷‍♂️

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**National Forklift Safety Day**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Connected Equipment Is Protecting Louisiana's Drivers

The Ray

2) Waymo Buys Apple’s Abandoned Self-Driving Car Proving Ground For $220 Million

Electrek

CAMERAS

3) A Flock License Plate Reader Linked A San Diego Man To A Violent Crime. He Was Five Miles Away.

Downtown News

4) The Motorcycle Traffic Violations AI Struggles To See, And How To Fix It

Traffic Technology Today (contributed content)

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Broadcasters Launch Company To Advance Broadcast Positioning System

GPS World

RAILROADS

6) Union Pacific’s Donald Trump Locomotive Makes Debut 

Trains

SAFETY / SECURITY

7) Nevada Unveils New Highway Safety Plan To Reduce Traffic Deaths, Serious Injuries

KVVU-TV

8) Travelers Report Missing Flights Under Europe’s New Entry System

USA Today

TRANSIT

9) FTA Announces New Dashboard To Measure Metrics On America’s Transit Systems

Federal Transit Administration

10) Another Clipper Glitch Let Some BART Riders Travel Free On Monday — Weeks After Last Outage

San Francisco Chronicle

11) In A Multilingual World Cup Welcome, Toronto Transit Posters Offer Kurdish Diaspora A Sense Of Belonging

Kurdistan24

12) Atomic City Transit, Axon Vibe Launch New Multimodal Trip Planning Apps

Mass Transit

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

13) Bozeman, Montana Using New AI Technology To Improve Traffic Safety

KBZK-TV

14) Can Enhancing Color On Dynamic Message Signs Improve Clarity And Safety?

Crossroads

News Releases

1) America’s Maritime Economy Powered By Critical Data From NOAA’s Uncrewed Systems

2) TTC Introduces New Safety Initiatives Ahead Of FIFA World Cup

3) PrePass Safety Alliance, HAAS Alert Join Forces To Bring Work Zone And Emergency Vehicle Warnings To Truck Drivers Nationwide

4) MARTA, Reflexions Launch Next-Generation Mobile App And Digital Rider Tools

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Traffic cameras can serve many purposes from detecting incidents to enforcement. A Canadian man has found a new way to benefit from the cameras.

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Monday, June 8, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 ​​ Monday, June 8, 2026 - New York, New York 

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**University of Texas at Austin Longhorns - NCAA Softball Champions**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) EU Ministers Back Cross-Border Initiative For Autonomous Vehicle Testbeds

European Commission

AVIATION

2) Documentary Revisits Stalled Plan For Third Major Chicago-Area Airport

The Times

CAMERAS

3) Tesla Launches Web-Based Dashcam Viewer That Can Decrypt Dashcam Videos

autoevolution

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Albuquerque Releases New Bike Map Showing All Bicycle Routes Across City

KRQE-TV

HEALTH

5) Sensors Measure Air Quality Inside And Outside Homes Near Massachusetts Turnpike In Allston-Brighton 

MassLive

MARITIME

6) Whales Are Showing Up In San Francisco Bay. New Ship Alerts Could Help Protect Them.

NPR News

7) What Beirut’s Port Scanners Miss About Militant Supply Chains

War on the Rocks

OTHER

8) AI Startup Fighting Traffic Fines Faces Shutdown By Israel’s Bar Association

CTech

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) ‘I Identify As  A Trolleybus’ Campaign Upsets Prague’s LGBT Community     

TVP World

10) Rutherford County, Tennessee Launches ‘Crosswalk Talk’ Initiative To Improve Pedestrian Safety

WZTV-TV

11) Mazda Leans In On Safety In Its Car Advertising. Here’s Why.

USA Today

RAILROADS

12) The Invisible Infrastructure Of Passenger Flow

Metro

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) FCC Warns Communications Infrastructure Attacks Are Rising

Inside Towers

14) Beijing Enlists 10,000 Delivery Riders As Public Safety Volunteers

China Daily

TRANSIT

15) In San Francisco, Students Become Transit Advocates To Fix ‘The City’s School Bus’

KQED

16) Salinas, California Changes Name Of Transit Center To Increase Marketability

Monterey County Now

17) San Joaquin RTD, LANTA Launch Contactless Payment Methods

Mass Transit

18) Over A Thousand People Attend BART’s Prom Night

Mercury News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

19) Minnesota DOT Looks to Revamp 511 Tool

Minnesota Star Tribune

20) Pennsylvania DOT Launches Specialized 511 Site for World Cup, Baseball All Star Game, America250

Pennsylvania DOT

VEHICLES

21) Louisiana To Replace Vehicle Inspection Stickers With QR Code Stickers

KLFY-TV

WEATHER

22) National Hurricane Center Uses New Techniques To Help People Understand Risks Involved With Storms

WBRZ-TV

News Releases

1) New Dashboard Shows Status Of Maritime Projects Across Europe

2) SMART Launches New Mobile App

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Friday, June 6, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, June 6, 2026 - Brooklyn, New York 🏌🏽‍♂️

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**Stanford Cardinals - NCAA D1 Women’s Golf Champions**

GPS / NAVIGATION

1) Russia Has Been Jamming GPS From Space Since 2019

Inside GNSS

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

2) ITS America Meetings To Showcast Transportation Innovation In Detroit

Talking Michigan Transportation podcast

OTHER

3) China’s Highest Bridge Brings Tourists And Internet Access To Remote Communities

AP

4) Celebrating 10 Years Of ITE Talks Transportation With Steve Kuciemba, ITE Executive Director/CEO And Host Bernie Wagenblast

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

TRANSIT

5) PETA Sues DC Transit Authority Over Blocked Donation Ads

Courthouse News Service

6) New York MTA Seeks AI Subway ‘Track Intrusion’ Tech

Route Fifty

7) How BART Became Trendy

San Francisco Chronicle

8) New York MTA’s ‘Toy Story’ Subway Audio Ads Draw Criticism From Riders

NY1

9) A Consortium Approach To Transit Data Interoperability

RMI (report)

News Releases

1) National Motor Freight Traffic Association Launches Free, Anonymous Cybersecurity Threat Report Portal

Friday Bonus  

If you didn’t fly Aer Lingus recently you may have missed these changes at the airline.

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

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Thursday, June 4, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Auburn Tigers - NCAA Men’s Golf Champions**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) ‘Talking’ Traffic Cones Activated On Spanish Roads

Majorca Daily Bulletin

AVIATION

2) Proposed FAA Rules Ground Journalists

Editor & Publisher

CAMERAS

3) North Carolina Moves To Lock In Highway License Plate Reader Program Permanently

WECT-TV

4) Dayton City Workers Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags 

Fortune

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Standalone Magnetometry Is The New GPS

IEEE Spectrum

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - June 4, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

MOBILITY

7) Why Global Collaboration Matters More Than Ever For The Future of Mobility

ITS International

OTHERl

8) Federal Judge Says Ohio BMV Must Follow Vanity Plate Rules

Columbus Dispatch

ROADWAYS

9) Warning Triangles, Gender-Neutral Road Signs: Belgium To Change Its Traffic Rules

Brussels Times

10) ‘Limited Services’ Sign On Maine Roadway Draws Criticism From Business Owners

WFVX-TV

11) Uzbekistan Boosts Tourism Infrastructure With 700 New Highway Signs Following World Bank Talks

Kursiv Uzbekistan

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

12) Verizon Shows Off Baton Rouge Severe Weather Readiness ‘Nerve Center’

WBRZ-TV

TRANSIT

13) BART’s Fare Gates Were Built To Stop Evasion. Now They’ll Sell Ads

San Francisco Chronicle

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation ‘Googles’ To Ease Its Traffic

Ahmedabad Mirror

VEHICLES

15) Tesla Launches New Web-Based Dashcam Viewer

Not a Tesla App

News Releases

1) NJ Transit Launches Customer Courtesy Campaign ‘Ricardo Says’

2) Engaged Planning Strategies For Transit-Oriented Communities

3) IndyGo Announces New E-Fare Collection System

 

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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 

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