[TCN] Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🦽  Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🦮

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**Disability Pride Month**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Roadlite Bike Is V2X-Connected To Protect VRUs

ITS International

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

2) NHTSA Administrator Talks Autonomous Vehicle Safety, Accountability In Nashville

WZTV-TV

3) Company Building Automated Garage In Raleigh In ‘Advanced’ Talks For Driverless Projects Elsewhere

WRAL-TV

AVIATION

4) Santa Barbara Airport Controllers Get State-Of-The-Art Training System

KSBY-TV

5) ‘Pokemon Airport’ Opens To Help Japanese Quake-Hit Region

AFP

6) SITA Says Software, Not Airports, Will Power Aviation Growth

Biometric Update

7) Dynamic Digital Displays Arrive At TSA Checkpoints

Passenger Terminal Today

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

8) Toll Collectors On Atlantic City Expressway Close Chapter Of New Jersey History

New Jersey Monthly

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) Dead Waymos, Clogged Buses: How San Francisco’s Fourth Of July Fireworks Melted Down

San Francisco Standard

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

10) Ankara Next In Türkiye’s 5G Smart Road Network

Hürriyet Daily News

11) AI Applications And Prospects In The Transportation Industry

CGTN (contributed content)

OTHER

12) New York City’s Newest Tech Tool Provides Language Data And Insights

Government Technology 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Arkansas DOT Discusses Importance Of Campaign In Reducing Litter On Highways

KATV-TV

14) MoDOT Conference Introduces Missouri Students To Transportation Careers

News Tribune

RAILROADS

15) Amtrak Restarts Northeast Corridor Study With Emphasis On Community Engagement

Providence Journal

RESEARCH

16) Virginia Allocates $11 Million To Transportation Technology Pilots

Government Technology

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Traffic Violation Text Scams Are Evolving With QR Codes

Mashable

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

18) Tesla Robotaxi App Now Tells You If Your Ride Has A Safety Driver

Not a Tesla App

TRANSIT

19) San Francisco Officials Address July 4 Public Transit Nightmare

KRON-TV

20) Sound Transit’s Bespoke Wayfinding System Is Unnecessarily Baffling

PubliCola

VEHICLES

21) EU Mandates Driver Distraction Warning Tech In Cars

Traffic Technology Today

News Releases

1) Nashville DOT Relaunches ‘Multimodal Mondays’ To Encourage Use Of Sustainable Transportation

2) Inrix Launches 2026 Signals Scorecard, Turning Billions Of Connected Vehicle Trips Into Actionable Traffic Signal Performance Insights

3) IBTTA Strengthens Policy And Communications Team

4) Tennessee Agencies Promote ‘Precious Cargo’ Program To Improve Communication During Traffic Stops

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Phantom traffic jams aren’t just a roadway phenomenon, it can also slow escalator traffic.

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[TCN] Monday, July 6, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, July 6, 2026 - Fanwood, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Japanese Researchers Develop AI System To Prevent Motorcycle, Bicycle Falls

SANA

AVIATION

2) Portland, Maine Airport’s GPS Flight Path Faces Technical, Weather Hurdles

Portland Press Herald

3) Israel Airports Authority Advances New National Control Center At Ben Gurion Airport

Jerusalem Post

4) French Air Navigation Provider Urged To Address Crisis Over Controller Retirements, Training Time

FlightGlobal

5) How Angelo State University Is Training Future Air Traffic Controllers

KTSM-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

6) The Most Sophisticated Transit Map For The Entire San Francisco Bay Area Is Here

SFGate

7) Why GPS Hasn’t Completely Replaced Paper Maps

SlashGear

EQUITY

8) Disability Experts Call For Halt To Floating Bus Stops ‘Buried’ In Secret UK Report

Highways News

9) Advancing Accessibility In Transportation

The Stream from AASHTO podcast

GPS / NAVIGATION

10) How GPS ‘Flex Power’ Hides In Plain Sight – And Why It Matters For Navigation

Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

11) A Look At Atlanta DOT Traffic Center Operations For World Cup 

WXIA-TV

MARITIME

12) Vessel Forced Out Of New York Ship Parade Over ’Politically-Charged’ Banners

Reuters

13) China’s Influence On African Ports Extends To Software, Automation, AI: Study

DredgeWire

14) Yemen Advances Plans For National Maritime Information Sharing Centre

Safety4Sea

OTHER

15) Viral Reckless Driving Video Raises Concerns In Las Vegas Neighborhood

KTNV-TV

PRIVACY

16) Concerns Raised Over Collection Of Information On Transit Rider Movements By Cubic

The American Prospect

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

17) Humorous Traffic Sign Pilot In Gilbert, Arizona A Bust

Gilbert Sun News

ROADWAYS

18) Here's What It Means If You See A Pink Road Sign 

Jalopnik

19) This Simple White Line On The Right Side Of The Road Is America’s Greatest Unsung Invention

Wall Street Journal

TRANSIT

20) San Francisco Leaders Promoted Transit To Golden Gate Bridge Fireworks. It Was A Disaster.

San Francisco Chronicle

21) NJ Transit Invests In Real-Time Train Tracking

News 12 New Jersey video

22) Voice Behind Seoul Subway Announcements Dies

Korea Herald

23) Leveraging Open Networks And Open Data For Smarter Urban Transport

Observer Research Foundation

24) How Access Control Is Shaping Future Of Public Transport Hubs

Future Transport-News (contributed content)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

25) How Radio Reporters Monitor The Roads

Radio World

VEHICLES

26) Google Demonstrates Using Vehicle Camera To Describe What It Sees To Drivers

autoevolution

News Releases

1) L3Harris Technologies Gets FAA Contract For ADS-B Upgrade

2) Maine DOT Activates AWOS III Weather System At Bethel Regional Airport

3) Miovision Launches Industry’s First AI-Powered Traffic Studies 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. Instagram: @cranford_radio 

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[TCN] Friday, July 3, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

250 Friday, July 3, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🇺🇲

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**Happy Birthday USA**

AVIATION

1) FAA Backs Radar Altimeter 5G Coexistence In FCC C-Band Auction

AIN

2) How Hologram Humans Are Helping Travelers Find Their Way At Miami’s Airport

Miami Herald

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) ERTICO Publishes Full Post-ITS European Congress 2026 Report

Highways News

PRIVACY

4) Privacy Concerns Leave UK Government Wary Of Using Tech To Calculate New EV Tax

Fleet News IQ

SAFETY / SECURITY

5) Traffic Signal Engineers Urged To Take Precautions Amid Growing Harassment Over Sensor Conspiracy Theories

Transport Technology Forum

News Releases

1) CCTA, Monotch Project To Showcase Real-Time Digital Infrastructure, Connected Mobility

2) Hi-Way Services Acquired By Swarco’s Road Marking Systems Division

Friday Bonus  

As the US prepares to celebrate its semiquincentennial on July 4, I thought I go back to colonial times for this week’s Friday Bonus. Did you know thousands of British “criminals” were involuntarily transported to the colonies? While serious crimes were punished this way, offenses such as stealing a hairbrush or a lead pipe also led to banishment. 

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[TCN] Thursday, July 2, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, July 2, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) South Korea’s V2X Program Halts As Budget Drops 97%

The Elec

2) Don’t Expect Connected Car Apps To Save Your Car, Experts Say

BBC News

AVIATION

3) FAA Says Employee Misconduct Allegations Are Reason For Closures Of Alaska Flight Service Stations 

Nome Nugget

4) FAA Issues Guidance On Trump Airport Name Change

AVweb

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Namibian Transport Minister Rules Out E-Tolling

Windhoek Observer

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

6) The FIFA World Cup, Traffic Management, And The Birth Of Mega-Regions

Traffic Technology International

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - July 2, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

8) European Ports Accelerate Digital Transformation 

CZapp

OTHER

9) Whatever Happened To Sean Duffy’s Road Trip Series?

Politico

PARKING

10) New York City To Slap ‘Shame Stickers’ On Parked Cars Blocking Street Sweepers

Gothamist

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) Fargo, North Dakota Police Launch Flock Camera Online Portal

KFGO Radio

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

12) Tmoney Mobility, Seoul Taxi Association Partner To Build Autonomous Taxi Platform

Seoul Economic Daily

TRANSIT

13) Arkansas’ GOJO Transit To Install New Bus Stop Signs After Rebrand

KAIT-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Inside Houston’s Real-Time Strategy For Managing World Cup Traffic

Texas A&M

News Releases

1) TomTom, Transit Technologies Partner To Deliver Enhanced Fleet, Logistics Operations

2) Daktronics Installs 100-Foot-Wide LED Display At Los Angeles Union Station

3) The Ray, Pi-lit Install Sensors On Georgia Roadway Infrastructure To Send Crash Alerts

4) UK’s Roads Research Alliance Delivers Breakthrough Innovations For Safer, Greener, Smarter Roads

5) Hitachi Rail Completes Acquisition Of Clever Devices

6) NHTSA Launches ‘Speeding Catches Up With You’ Campaign

7) Leidos, A*STAR I²R Partner To Accelerate Global Air Traffic Management Capabilities

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