[TCN] 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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[TCN] 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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[TCN] Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Proposes Fresh Radio Altimeter Standards To Head Off New Threats Posed By Cellular Interference

FlightGlobal

2) Waco Regional Airport Launches Savings Calculator To Compare Flight Expenses

KWTX-TV

CAMERAS

3) Hawaii DOT To Distribute Free Dash Cams To Help Identify Road Hazards Faster

KHON-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Plans Announced For Digital Tolling In Ghana

JoyNews

EQUALITY

5) Disability Rights Advocate Concerned Over New CT Transit Service Center In New Haven

WTNH-TV

FREIGHT

6) How Auto Hauler Exchange Targets Speed, Transparency Gaps In Dealer Vehicle Transport

CBT News

PARKING

7) Uber Reportedly Seeking To Acquire SpotHero

Parking Network

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Boss Praises Media Partnership

The Guardian

9) Lagos Traffic Radio And The Future Of Smart Mobility

PM News

SPACE

10) 'Space Particle' Slams Into Spain's New Communications Satellite

Space.com

TRANSIT

11) UCLA Study Finds Los Angeles Metro Transit Ambassador Program Is Benefitting Riders 

Streetsblog Los Angeles

12) BART To Hold Comedy Show On Moving Train

Bay Area Rapid Transit

VEHICLES

13) Mercedes-Benz Brings Self-Driving Tech To US With MB Drive Assist Pro

Reuters

14) Tesla Adds New Cameras To Validation Vehicles, Hinting At Future Hardware Or Banish Training

Not a Tesla App

News Releases

1) TransLink To Offer Enhanced App, Online Tools

2) NVIDIA Announces Alpamayo Family Of Open-Source AI Models, Tools For Autonomous Vehicle Development

3) American Airlines Launches Free High-Speed Wi-Fi For AAdvantage Members

4) Here Technologies Unveils AI-Powered Portfolio For Software-Defined Vehicles

5) Kodiak To Scale Autonomous Trucking Hardware And Sensor Solution In Strategic Agreement With Bosch

6) Teradar Introduces World's First Terahertz Vision Sensor For Cars, Trucks, Autonomous Vehicles

7) Intrado, SBD Automotive Demonstrate How Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) Could Save More Than 2,000 Lives Annually

8) Delaware DOT, TransCore Launch Tolling Back Office System

9) Union Pacific Empowers Intermodal Customers With Enhanced GPS Tracking

10) Quectel Announces Industry-First 5G-Advanced 3GPR R18 Automotive-Grade Cellular Module

11) Aumovio, AWS Partner To Help Accelerate Development Of Self-Driving Vehicles

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Most of us think of data as numbers, graphs and other items without a personality. An artist has reimagined data from the New York City subway as art.

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[TCN] Monday, January 5, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, January 5, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Greek Flights Restart After Radio Loss Grinds Airport Operations To Halt

Al Jazeera

2) Egypt To Phase Out Departure Card System At Airports: Minister

Egypt Independent

3) Top Airport Technology Trends Set To Shape Future Of Airport Operations In 2026

International Airport Review

4) The Future Of FOD Detection: Integrating Traditional Methods With Emerging Technologies

Aviation Pros (contributed content)

CAMERAS

5) Arkansas To Use Cameras In Work Zones To Detect Handheld Phone Use

KAIT-TV

6) Dallas Has Hundreds Of AI Traffic Cameras, And Now Everyone's Watching

Carscoops

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) GPS Installation Begins On Thousands Of Transport Vehicles Across Afghanistan

AtlasPress News Agency

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) Communication With Light? Scientists Successfully Demonstrate Futuristic Wireless Technology

The Debrief

MARITIME

9) Greece Builds High-Tech Maritime Command Hub

To Vima

10) Ireland Establishes New Marine Accident Investigation Agency

Baird Maritime

OTHER

11) NASA Says Historic Materials Will Be Preserved As Goddard Research Library Shuts Down

WTOP Radio

News Releases

1) ProMedia Group Expands Internationally With Acquisition Of Transport Titles From DVV Media International

2) Partnership Between Florida DOT, Daytona International Speedway To Promote America 250, Roadway Safety

3) USDOT Announces Radar Contracts As Part Of Brand-New Air Traffic Control System

4) ITS UK Survey Shows Transport Technology Sector Generally Confident Heading Into 2026

5) Amey Completes Relocation Of UK National Highways' Operations Center In Wakefield

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