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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