Monday, February 23, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, February 23, 2026 - Burlington, Vermont

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AVIATION

1) Oklahoma Invests In Key Safety Technology To Advance Autonomous Aviation

Velocity

FREIGHT

2) All Truck, Bus Drivers In US Will Be Required To Take Commercial Driver’s License Tests In English

AP

3) Montana DOT Launches Truck Parking Info System Along I-90

KTMF-TV

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) When Satnavs Go Wrong: Why Drivers End Up Following GPS Into Danger

BBC News

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) ITS Push To Make Long-Route Bus Travel Safer, Smarter In India

Times of India

 

OTHER

6) High-Tech Driving Tests In India Leave Aspirants Stunned

Deccan Chronicle

RAILROADS

7) Third ERTMS Work Plan: ERTMS Deployment Is Progressing, But More Must Be Done

European Commission

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) TSA PreCheck Won’t Shut Down After All, Global Entry Remains Suspended

USA Today

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Robotaxis Are Coming To London. The City’s Famed Black Cab Drivers Are Skeptical

AP

TRANSIT

10) Communications Failure Shuts BART Transbay Tube Service

KTVU-TV

11) South Dakota’s Rapid Transit System Launches Interactive Map

KOTA-TV

12) Open-Loop Systems Help Modernize Transit Payments 

PYMNTS (contributed content)

VEHICLES

13) Your Car Has A Lot To Say About Who You Are

NPR

14) Tesla Having Hard Time Turning Over Its FSD Traffic Violation Data

Electrek

News Releases

1) New TripShot App To Help Students Better Navigation Troy University Transportation Network

2) At Main Roads Western Australia, The Makings Of A Government-First Operational Platform

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Friday, February 20, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, February 20, 2026 - Claremont, New Hampshire

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AVIATION

1) FAA Rules Could Hinder Upper C-Band Use, Mobile Industry Fears

Broadband Breakfast

2) Realizing The Digital Airside: From Disconnected Data To Intelligent Airport Ecosystems

International Airport Review

3) FAA’s Oversight Of United Airlines’ Maintenance Practices Is Hindered By Inadequate Inspection Resources, Ineffective Workforce Planning, And Impediments to Accessing Air Carrier Data

USDOT Inspector General

CAMERAS

4) Hidden In Plain Sight: Surveillance At The Arizona Border

The Border Chronicle

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Open Road Tolling And Work Zone Safety With Mark Compton, Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO 

The Transportation Podcast

FREIGHT

6) Technology Identifies Most Needed Areas For Truck Parking

Commercial Carrier Journal

7) New Carrier ID System Aims To Make Freight Fraud Harder

Commercial Carrier Journal (video)

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Los Angeles DOT Pulls PSA Urging Riders To Not Poop On City Buses

KCAL-TV

9) LinkNYC Launches ‘Rules Of The Road’ Campaign To Teach Cyclists Traffic Laws

Brooklyn Paper

TELEMATICS

10) What Happens When Fleet Data Stops Living In Silos

Australasian Fleet Management Association

TRANSIT

11) ORCA To Roll Out Tap-To-Pay, Letting Riders Use Cards, Digital Wallets Throughout Puget Sound Area

KOMO-TV

12) Prairie Lakes Transit Added To Minnesota DOT Transit Map

Fairmont Sentinel

13) How Agentic AI And Dynamic Networks Are Solving The Transit Reliability Gap

Mass Transit (contributed content)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Estonia Wants To Give Waze, Google Maps Direct Access To Traffic Data

ERR

News Releases

1) HAAS Alert, Wanco Expand Partnership To Include Built-In Digital Alerting On All Connected Arrow Boards

Friday Bonus  

Don’t forget those two magic words when you get off the bus.

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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.  

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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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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