Tuesday, March 10, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, March 10, 2026 - South Orange, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Inside The ‘Nerve Center’ That Runs SFO

SFGate

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) North Carolina To Test Connected Tolling On Private Vehicles

Government Technology

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Intertraffic Amsterdam 2026: Deploy ITS Tech To Save Lives

ITS International

MARITIME

4) China Pushes Smart Ports, Intelligent Shipping In Next Transport Blueprint

TradeWinds

OTHER

5) Minnesota House Transportation Panel Votes Down Electronic Driver’s Licenses, State IDs

Minnesota House of Representatives

6) Two Zag Journalists On Covering Transport As Women

Zag Daily

TRANSIT

7) Gustavo Matamoros Transforms A Miami Transit Walkway Into A Sound Experience

WLRN Radio

8) MBTA Completes Commissioning Of Modernized Signaling System On Orange Line

Mass Transit

News Releases

1) SAS Partners With Google To Improve Tracking Of Missing Bags

2) Q-Free, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Partner To Advance Satellite-Based Road User Charging

3) Huawei Shares Vision For Intelligent Transport

4) NOAA Satellites–And You–Are Helping Better Identify Hazardous Blowing Snow

 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

There have been many stories of planes landing on roadways but one landing on the George Washington Bridge is a bit different.

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Monday, March 9, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, March 9, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Patchy Data Blamed For ‘Zero Percent Increase In Cycling’ In Wales Despite £216 Million Active Travel Spend

Wrexham.com

AVIATION

2) Partial Closure Of Barbados Airspace Was Due To Staff Shortage, Minister Says

Barbados Today

CAMERAS

3) Pines Plain, New York Tried To Secretly Install Surveillance Cameras. An Uproar Ensured.

Times Union

OTHER

4) Kenya’s New Digital Traffic Fines Signal End Of Roadside Negotiations For Motorists

Dawan Africa

PARKING

5) Digital Curb Management May Be More A Vision Than A Reality

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) War Doesn’t Come Without Warning. On The DC Metro, It’s Advertised.

AL.com (column) 

ROADWAYS

7) Complaints Albanian Language Continues To Be Ignored On Skopje-Tetovo-Gostivar Highway

Gazeta Express

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) TSA Proposes Real-Time Security-Line Dashboard That Airports Can Feed Every 60 Seconds

VisaHQ

TRANSIT

9) Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation To Deploy AI System Across 115 Depots To Boost Safety, Transparency

Convergence Now

VEHICLES

10) Ford Recalls 1.74 Million Cars Over Rearview Display Issues

Associated Press

11) Vehicle Connectivity Explained: How Cars Connect To The Internet

Shift podcast

News Releases

1) Taiwan Professor Shows How Shared Vehicle Data Promotes Safer, Smarter Transport

2) USDOT Storytelling Program To Bring Iconic American Images, Thought-Provoking Reminders To Transportation

3) AI Dash Cams To Enhance Safety Across SamTrans Bus Fleet 

4) Jenoptik Acquires ITS Business From FIMA

5) Uber Expands Women Preferences Nationwide, Enabling Women Riders To Match With Women Drivers Across US

6) Starlink Raises Prices For General Aviation Pilots

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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

Friday, March 6, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, March 6, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) US Geological Survey Updates ‘Volcano Observatory Notice To Aviation’ Alerts

Volcano Watch

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Transportation Officials Launch Interactive Online Project Map For West Virginia Roadways

WCHS-TV

ENVIRONMENT

3) How Texans Are Protecting Monarch Butterfly Migration Paths

The Stream by AASHTO podcast

EQUITY

4) What Would A City Designed For Blind Commuters Look Like?

Bloomberg CityLab

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) GPS Jamming Emerging As An Increasingly Prevalent — And Troubling — Weapon Of War

CNN

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) New Weather Dashboard Tracks Illinois Snow And Ice Response

Chambana Today

RAILROADS

7) Amtrak Pilot Program Using QR Codes To Assist Boarding Of Passengers With Disabilities  

Trains

TRANSIT

8) Maryland Transit Administration Aims To Improve On-Time Performance By Empowering Bus Operators With Real-Time Information

Mass Transit

9) Ramat Gan, Israel Piloting Using AI To Aid Disabled People Using Transit

Goodnet

10) Caltrain Adopts Corridor-Wide Right-Of-Way Safety Strategy

Metro

News Releases

1) American Travel Organizations Launch ‘Pay Federal Aviation Workers’ Campaign

2) World-Class Mobility Planning For Mega Events

3) Lynchburg Regional Airport Unveils New Website

Friday Bonus  

Imagine having to pay a toll every time you enter or leave your neighborhood. Residents of a community in Texas don’t have to imagine.

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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