Monday, May 18, 2026

Monday, May 18, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter


⚕️ Monday, May 18, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🚑


**National EMS Week**


AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION


1) Tesla Now Forces Drivers To Give Feedback When Intervening On ‘Full Self-Driving’

Electrek


AVIATION


2) FAA Reduces ATC Staffing Target, Aims To Lengthen Work Times For Current Controllers Instead

Simple Flying


3) Panasonic Satellite Saturation Reason For Wi-Fi Fails On Pacific Long-Haul Flights

Aviation A2Z


4) Customer Experience Improvements Discussed At DFW Airport Board Meeting

Fort Worth Report


5) PBI To Officially Become ‘DJT’ This Summer

WPEC-TV


CAMERAS


6) Michigan Approves Border Patrol Surveillance Cameras On State Highways

Detroit Free Press


7) Indiana Man Creates Website Noting Locations Of Flock Cameras

Daily Reporter


CARTOGRAPHY


8) 90%+ Of UK Highway Authorities Agree To Share Data On National Underground Asset Register

Highways


GPS / NAVIGATION


9) US Air Force To Work On Alternative GPS Ground System

Reuters


INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS


10) Nigerian Federal Executive Council Approves NITT Smart National Transport Data Bank Project

The Guardian


MARITIME


11) Iran Sets Up Hormuz Transit Authority To Manage, Charge Ships For Passage

Euronews


12) Port Of Long Beach Opens Cybersecurity Center

City News Service


OTHER


13) Kars4Kids Jingle Pulled From Airwaves In California For False Advertising

KABC-TV


PRIVACY


14) Flock Safety Cameras Help Solve Crimes. But Who’s Watching The Watchers?

InvestigateTV


PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT


15) Jacksonville, Florida Promises Improved Communications Following Ironman Competition

WJXT-TV


ROADWAYS


16) Spain Introduces New Traffic Sign For Electric Scooter Bans

Majorca Daily Bulletin


SAFETY / SECURITY


17) Do Performance Car Ads Really Promote Speeding And Reckless Driving? 

GM Authority


TRANSIT


18) New York City Turns To 18 Companies To Help Improve Mass Transit

Government Technology


19) People Are Using Their Laptops On BART. Officials Think They Know Why.

San Francisco Chronicle


TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT


20) UAE Deploys 50 AI-Powered Traffic Monitoring Stations Across Federal Roads

Gulf News



News Releases

1) Prime Creative Media Acquires ITS International, Global Highways

2) Moovit Introduces AI-Powered Experience 

3) How Agencies Are Using Signal Analytics To Improve Traffic Operations


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