Transportation Communications Newsletter

Last week I had an item about the highways with the highest posted speed limit. Today, I go back to the beginning of the 20th Century when Connecticut became the first state to impose a state speed limit. It was 12 MPH (19 KPH) in cities and a speedy 15 MPH (24 KPH) on rural roadways.

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Monday, September 7, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

👷🏻‍♂️ 👩🏽‍💼 👨‍🏭 Monday, September 7, 2026 - Princeton Junction, New Jersey 🧑🏼‍🔧 👩‍🌾

**US Labor Day**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Wider Use Of GPS Trackers Proposed For Profession Bike Races

Escape

AVIATION

2) Pittsburgh International Airport CEO On Building Resilience For Future

International Airport Review

3) American Airlines Renames $12 Meal Vouchers To Avoid Confusion

InsideFlyer

CARTOGRAPHY

4) UN General Assembly Endorses New World Map That More Accurately Shows Africa’s Size

FREIGHT

5) Company Outlines Vision For ‘Smart Bridge’ At Port Of Brownsville, Texas

Rio Grande Guardian Business Journal

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) South Korea To Share Smart City Policy Expertise With Saudi Arabia

Herald Business

MARITIME

7) Inside The Booming ‘Shadow Fleet’ Industry Keeping Rogue States Afloat

The Conversation Weekly podcast

OTHER

8) Michigan Aims To Test Pay-Per-Mile Road Funding System In 2027

MLive

9) New Policing Team Created To Crackdown On Illegal Number Plates In England

Department for Transport

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Court Says Massachusetts Has To Say Where License Plate Readers Are, What They’re Recording

Gizmodo

11) Watchdog Rejects Police Scotland Claim That Revealing Dormant Cameras Could Increase Speeding

Highways News

ROADWAYS

12) Australia’s First AI Traffic Light Trial Launches To Cut Red-Light Wait Times

Man of Many

News Releases

1) GPS-Free Test Flight Success Marks Critical Advance For Aviation, US National Security

2) EUCAP Somalia: Holds Maritime Radio Communications Training For Police Officers

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Friday, September 4, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Friday, September 4, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Worn Traffic Signs Pose Risks For Vision-Based Driving Systems

Imaging & Machine Vision Europe

AVIATION

2) GPS Spoofing And Jamming — Can Civil Aviation Adapt?

Check 6 Podcast

EQUITY

3) Maine Turnpike To Debut Emergency Alert App For Deaf, Hard-Of-Hearing Travelers

WABI-TV

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Google Maps Experiment Measured Effects Via Alternate Routes

SFGate

HEALTH

5) Exposure To Transportation Noise Linked To Risk For Stroke Recurrence

Medscape

MARITIME

6) Managing A Maritime Emergency: How Oceanwide Expeditions Responded To A Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak

Cruise & Ferry

OTHER

7) How Big Tech Fuels, Fights Wildlife Trafficking

TalkLandscape podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) New Regional Initiative Brings E-Bike Safety Events To Washington & Old Dominion Trail

FFXnow

9) Interactive Exhibit Explores BART History At Western Railway Museum

The Bay Link

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Attackers Behind UK Airport Cyberattack Release Stolen Data

Cyber Magazine

SPACE

11) Ukraine Urges ITU To Block Russian Rassvet Satellites Over Nation

Kyiv Post

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) NHTSA Launches Investigation Into Tesla’s Cybercab Deployment

TechCrunch

13) Uber Abruptly Ends Operations In Uganda, Nigeria, Abandoning Drivers, Riders Mid-Trip

Futurism

TELEMATICS

14) Storm Radar CarPlay Brings Live Weather, Route Alerts To Dashboard

Apple Magazine

TRANSIT

15) Volunteers Pass Out Free Books To Los Angeles Metro Riders To Reduce Screen Time

South Pasadenan

WEATHER

16) How Tech Can Help Localities Solve Weather Gaps

Route Fifty

News Releases

1) Wyoming DOT To Install New Brake-Check And ‘All Vehicles’ Signage On Teton Pass

Friday Bonus

Sometimes even Batman needs to be rescued.

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, September 3, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Wyoming, Colorado, Utah Work To Link Vehicles Over 1,200 Miles

Government Technology

2) System Helps Humans Predict When Self-Driving Cars Will Make Mistakes

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

AVIATION

3) Flight Simulators: FAA Should Take Steps To Ensure Oversight Efforts Address Increased Workload

GAO

CAMERAS

4) Axon Being Asked To Disguise Its Cameras, After Flock Backlash

Gadget Review

5) GM Turning Its In-Car Cameras Into Security Recorders

Autoblog

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Toll Interoperability: Invisible Reality Is True Measure Of Success

ITS International (contributed content)

FREIGHT

7) Pabst Blue Ribbon Pulls A KitKat: Why Brands Are Turning Cargo Theft Into Marketing Stunts

Fast Company

8) Fujian’s Digital Trade Platform Enhances Integrations Of Ports, Shipping, Trade

China Daily

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

9) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - September 3, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Merced, California Officials Demand Transparency On High-Speed Rail Station

KVPR Radio

RAILROADS

11) Why Simulating Pedestrian Movement Has Become Essential For Modern Rail Stations

Metro (contributed content)

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Indiana DOT’s ‘Project Greenlight’ Beefs Up Worker Safety

AASHTO Journal

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

13) London’s First Self-Driving Taxis For Hire Hit The Streets

The Guardian

14) Waymo Has Been Slapped With Over 8,300 Parking Tickets In San Francisco Since January 2025

Gazetteer San Francisco

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) North Carolina DOT Taps Dashcam Imagery For Real-Time Traffic Data

Traffic Technology Today

16) Transit App Launches Feature Allowing Users To Share Real-Time Route Updates

Now

17) NOCoE Newsletter - September 3, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

News Releases

1) Pennsylvania DOT Enhances 511PA Website, Mobile App To Help Penn State Football Fans Plan Travel To Home Games

2) MTC/Association Of Bay Area Governments Host Community Partnership Exchange

3) Louisiana’s ‘Sudden Impact Program’ Wins Governors Highway Safety Association Award

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