Friday, January 9, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, January 9, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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OTHER

1) Bridge Safety, Real-Time Infrastructure Monitoring Targets Of New York City Transit Tech Lab’s 8th Annual Competition

StateScoop

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

2) Planetizen Introduces Kristina Curtiss As New Transportation Columnist

Planetizen

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

3) A Visit to Ottawa’s Traffic Operations Centre

Stittsville Ward Six

News Releases

1) USDOT Launches Freedom 250 Website To Showcase How Department Will Celebrate Nation’s History

2) The Ray, Connecticut DOT Partner To Advance Transportation Innovation

3) Texas DOT AI Strategic Plan Update

4) Oregon DOT Uses Education, Awareness To Prevent, Report Human Trafficking

5) Central Ohio Transit Authority’s Launches Tap To Pay

Friday Bonus  

Getting a parking ticket is never fun, but one woman at least made the experience a little less painful.

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, January 8, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FCC Rolls Back Foreign Drone Ban

AVweb

CAMERAS

2) New Orleans Traffic Cameras Still Plagued By Issues Despite New Fixes, According To Report

WVUE-TV

3) More Technology Coming To Catch Errant Drivers In Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Congressional Lawmakers Seek Larger USDOT Role In Coordinating State, Local Roadway Tech Efforts

FedScoop

5) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - January 8, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

6) Facing Deepening Budget Crisis, SFMTA Asks Riders What Transit Services Should Be Saved

Bay City News

RESEARCH

7) With Help From AI, Your Next Move Can Be Predicted

Northeastern University

ROADWAYS

8) San Antonio Prepares To Move Rainbows From Crosswalks To Sidewalks In Pride District

KSAT-TV

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Waymo's New Zeekr Cab Has A Real Name, And You May See It Soon

InsideEVs

TRANSIT

10) How Has San Francisco Bay Area Transit Become More Integrated?

Bay City News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) How Quantum Technologies Are Changing Traffic Management

Traffic Technology International

12) NOCoE Newsletter - January 8, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

WEATHER

13) Montgomery County, Maryland Sees New Weather Stations As Tool To Increase Climate Change Resiliency

Bethesda Today

News Releases

1) TomTom, Visteon Partner To Launch In-Car AI: Privacy-First, Onboard Conversational Navigation

2) DAT Fully Integrates Convoy Platform With AscendTMS To Supercharge Broker Workflows

3) Indra Group Acquires Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM Platform

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.  

© 2026 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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**Human Trafficking Prevention Month**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Bosch Releases New Update To Make Stolen E-Bikes (Almost) Unusable

Electrek

CAMERAS

2) USDOT Wants To Put The Brakes On DC Traffic Cameras

Politco

FREIGHT

3) C.H. Robinson CFO Discusses How The Logistic Company Is Using AI

FreightWaves

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) GPS Systems Malfunction In Venezuela After US Strikes

NBC News (video)

MARITIME

5) US Coast Guard Augments Border Surveillance With Monitoring Buoys

Maritime Executive

6) Greece Nano Satellite MICE-1 Supports Maritime Communications

GPS World

7) Washington State Ferries Explores Public Internet Service With New Pilot Program

GeekWire

OTHER

8) BetterPoints App Credited With Removing Nearly 100,000 Car Journeys Off East Dunbartonshire, Scotland Roads

Glasgow Times

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) As Electric Vehicle Sales Stall, Advocates Rethink Messaging

Government Technology

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) UK DfT Releases New Road Safety Strategy

UK Department for Transport

11) Kentucky Launches First Digital ID App For Air Travel, Age Verification

WLEX-TV

TELEMATICS

12) Smarter Fleets Means Safer Crews

Utility Magazine

TRANSIT

13) Botched Clipper Card Upgrade Creates New Problems For Riders, Transit Agencies

San Francisco Standard

14) New York City Diversity Chief Cherry-Picked Numbers, MTA Watchdog Found

The City

15) Beaver County Transit Authority Introducing App That Allows Booking Of Trips From Phones

WPXI-TV

VEHICLES

16) The Vital Nature Of Cross-Border Connected-Vehicle Systems

Traffic Technology International (commentary)

News Releases

1) New York State Thruway Launches Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

2) Israel Railways To Unveil Groundbreaking Innovations In Smart Mobility At CES 2026

3) Bentley Systems Acquires Talon Aerolytics, Pointivo Technology

4) BMW Demos AI-Powered Digital Assistant 

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.  

© 2026 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  1 Aberdeen Ct., Cranford, NJ 07016