Thursday, April 16, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, April 16, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Aurora Petitions FMCSA For Extended Warning-Device Exemption

Commercial Carrier Journal

AVIATION

2) Ben-Gurion Airport Employee Fired For Photographing US Military Planes - Report

Jerusalem Post

CAMERAS

3) New Virginia Law Adds Guardrails For Speed Camera Programs

WVEC-TV

4) 20,000 Traffic Cameras Planned Across Kyrgyzstan To Detect Violations - Interior Ministry

AKIpress

EQUITY

5) Port Authority Of New York & New Jersey Rolling Out American Sign Language Interpretation At Facilities

Gothamist

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) IEEE Intelligent Transportation Society Newsletter - April 2026

IEEE

7) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - April 16, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

8) Kentucky Launching New Driver Licensing System, Online Portal In June

WDRB-TV

9) An Idaho Transportation Department Letter Asking Immigrants For Status Records Is Worrying Attorneys And Their Clients

Spokesman-Review

10) Mileage-Based User Fee Newsletter - April 2026

Eastern Transportation Coalition

PRIVACY

11) Montana Attorney General Investigates Ford, Stellantis Over Selling Customer Data Claims

KFBB-TV

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Shipper Groups Ask STB To Make Key UP-NS Merger Agreement Documents Public

Trains

13) Connecticut DOT To Host 2026 Transportation Showcase On April 28

Connecticut DOT

14) Report: Agencies Getting Better Communicating With Public, But Progress Remains

Route Fifty

ROADWAYS

15) Alberta Looks To Replace Highway Welcome Signs With Province-Shaped Placards

Canadian Press

SAFETY / SECURITY

16) TSA Expands Digital ID Technology For Faster Travel

Columbia Missourian

TRANSIT

17) Android Auto Users Say Gemini Won’t Stop Talking, And It’s Not Even Getting Things Right

Android Authority

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) NOCoE Newsletter - April 16, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

News Releases

1) Texas DOT Adds Wildflower Layer To State Planning Map

2) Capital District Transportation Authority, Moovit Launch Enhanced Real-Time Arrival System In App

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

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - South Orange, New Jersey

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**US Tax Day**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Tesla Gamifies The Advanced Driver-Assistance Software It Wrongly Calls 'Full Self-Driving' 

Jalopnik

CAMERAS

2) Los Angeles Plans To Install Over 100 New Speed Cameras

Annenberg Media

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

3) Pennsylvania Turnpike To Text Drivers About Unpaid Tolls

KDKA-TV

EQUITY

4) People Who Stutter Now Able To Request Driver’s License Designation Under Expanded Tennessee Law

WZTV-TV

FREIGHT

5) Why Ignoring Logistics Data Costs Fleets Millions

Commercial Carrier Journal (contributed content)

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Swarco CEO Michael Schuch Guest On Highways Voices Podcast

Highway Voices podcast

OTHER

7) UK Department For Transport Shows How Its AI System Avoids Bias From Public Consultations

Computer Weekly

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) How Public Records Requests Could Help ‘Fight AI With AI’

Route Fifty

RAILROADS

9) Short Line Safety Institute To Launch ‘Safety Train’ Next Year

Progressive Railroading

TRANSIT

10) Inez Evans Benson On Rethinking Transit Through Customer Experience

Metro

News Releases

1) All Aboard Alliance Launches Project To Help Maritime Industry Better Address Sexual Misconduct At Sea

2) ‘Second Line Transit’ Selected As New Name Of Mobile, Alabama’s Public Transit 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.  

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, April 14, 2026 - South Orange, New Jersey

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**Autism Awareness Month**

AVIATION

) Where Next For US ATM Modernization?

Window Seat Podcast

CAMERAS

) New Dulles Toll Road Traffic Cams Not For Catching Toll Cheats, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Says

WRC-TV

GPS / NAVIGATION

) The Future Of GPS Satellites With Fang Qian Of Lockheed Martin

Space Minds podcast

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

) ITS UK Sets Out Key Asks For Scotland, Wales Ahead Of Elections

ITS UK

MARITIME

) How AI Is Reshaping Psychological Risk In The Maritime Workforce

Safety4Sea

TRANSIT

) First Look At NJ Transit’s New Multi-Level Trains, New Buses Show High-Tech Upgrades

WCBS-TV

) Move By Sioux City Transit To Mobile App Payments Causes Challenges For People Without Modern Tech

KWIT Radio

VEHICLES

) Nissan Announces New Global Strategy, Will Focus On Intelligent Mobility

autoevolution

News Releases

1) Amazon Leo Introduces Gigabit-Speed Antenna For Commercial Aviation

2) Boulder, Colorado Launches ‘Share The Path’ Courtesy Campaign

3) Mesa County, Colorado Debuts Dashboard To Help Residents Understand, Improve Road Safety

4) Victoria Sheehan To Lead HDR’s Global Highways And Roads Program

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Why are California’s highway signs spade shaped?

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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