Tuesday, April 29, 2025

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, April 29, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) AI Technology Being Used To Keep Pedestrians Safe At Albuquerque Intersection

KOAT-TV

2) Engineering Better Bike Infrastructure: AASHTO Bike Guide With Bill Schultheiss And Katy Sawyer, Toole Design 

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

AVIATION

3) FAA ‘Equipment Outage’ Snarls Flights At Newark Airport

Flying

CARTOGRAPHY

4) New Yorkers Adjust To First New Transit Map In 50 Years

The Guardian

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Saudi Arabia Launches Future Mobility Sandbox Initiative To Advance Autonomous Transport Solutions

Middle East Economy

MARITIME

6) US Coast Guard’s Plan To Remove Hundreds Of Buoys Is Meeting Opposition

Soundings

OTHER

7) Oxford To Become First UK City To Integrate Small Cell Technology Into Street Lighting

This is Oxfordshire

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) How Maryland’s Social Media Team Responded To Baltimore Bridge Collapse

Route Fifty

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) Millions Of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked Via Wi-Fi

Wired

TRANSIT

10) New York MTA Wants AI To Flag ‘Problematic Behavior’ In Subways

Gothamist

11) Park City Transit Rolls Out E-Ink Displays At Select Stops

Park Record

12) How Transit Agencies Are Raising The Bar On Safety

Trapeze

News Releases

1) Fort Bend Transit Launches Real-Time Alerts

2) UCLA Mobility Center Of Excellence Hosts Government And Industry Workshop On Emerging Transportation Technologies

3) Connecticut DOT Announces Enhanced Wireless Service On New Haven Line

4) BayWa Unifies Fueling, EV Charging Into New App

5) World Of Volvo Opens Traffic School For Children

6) National Motor Freight Traffic Association Launches Web-Based National Motor Freight Classification Item Lookup Tool

7) Q-Free Secures Major Tolling Contracts To Deploy Its Kinetic Mobility Advanced Traffic Management System

8) Louisiana DOT Launches Online Permit Portal

9) Toyota Launches Commercially-Focused Hydrogen Business Website

10) Kyrgyztelecom Creates ITS Subsidiary

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

You’ve probably heard of bucket brigades which used a human chain to carry water to fight fires. Another version of the idea was used in Chelsea, Michigan when a bookstore moved to a new location.

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