Thursday, July 16, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, July 16, 2026 - Ballycotton, Ireland

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Smart Lighting System For Bicycles

Bike

AVIATION

2) A Look At The Digital Flight Strip System Used By The FAA

FedScoop

3) ATR Using Device GPS Data To Understand Trip Patterns

Aviation Week

4) Pittsburgh, Edmonton Airports Partner To Advance Innovation, Sustainability, Passenger Experience

Future Travel Experience

5) How Airports Keep Going In Crises From Extreme Weather To Conflict

World Economic Forum (video)

FREIGHT

6) Oregon DOT's New Tech Hastens Approval for Oversized Big Rigs

Government Technology

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - July 16, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

8) IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Newsletter - July 2026

IEEE

OTHER

9) Chicago Police Promised To ‘Fix’ Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse. 

Bolts and Injustice Watch

10) Transport For London Hackers Jailed For Five And A Half Years

Silicon Republic

11) How Public Art Helps Cities Rethink Transportation

National League of Cities

RAILROADS

12) Independent Review Commissioner Into Abandoned €50 Million Irish Rail Traffic Management System

RTÉ

ROADWAYS

13) Troy Panhandling Sign Relocation Reignites Talks About Signage

WAMC Radio

SAFETY / SECURITY

14) Drivers Trust Road Safety Tech More Than Experts, Study Finds

Traffic Technology Today

15) Smart Warning Systems: Shielding Flaggers On The Front Lines

University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

16) Aviation Cybersecurity: FAA And TSA Are Collaborating On Cybersecurity But Need To Address Key Shortfalls

GAO

VEHICLES

17) Ford Now Offers Remote Killswitch On Almost Every New Model

The Drive

News Releases

1) HAAS Alert, BMW Group, Škoda Accelerate Europe's Road Safety By Making Live Hazard Warnings Available Across DFRS Ecosystem

2) North Carolina DOT Launches Interactive ‘Projects Near Me’ Tool

3) Inter-Governorate Buses In Jordan To Feature Electronic Payment, GPS, Wi-Fi Services

4) The AI Railroad Brain: A New Operating Model For Freight Rail

5) SITA: Why Aviation Needs One Connected Communications Backbone

6) Applied Information Launches Glance Wrong-Way Driver Manager

7) Indian Register Of Shipping Launches NEURON – A Smart Digital Platform For Maritime Rules, Technical Knowledge

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