[TCN] Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - Green Village, New Jersey

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CARTOGRAPHY

1) Ford Explains Why It Chose Apple Maps Over Google For Its New EVs

9to5Mac

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Oklahoma Pike Pass Extends Access To Five More States

KFOR-TV

3) Maryland Transportation Authority Failed To Collect $818.1 Million In Tolls, Penalties

Maryland Matters

EQUITY

4) Making Transportation More Accessible With Technology

Infrastructure Technology Podcast

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Japan Developing GPS-Based App To Locate Nationals Overseas

Jiji Press

6) What Have We Lost Now That We Found The Blue Dot?

WBUR Radio’s On Point

MARITIME

7) US Coast Guard Launches Office To Advance Maritime Cyber Policy

ExecutiveGov

8) Autonomous Vehicles Focus Of Marine Technology Reporter July/August 2026 Issue

New Wave Media

OTHER

9) New Alliance Seeks Unified Voice For Austin-San Antonio Corridor

Texas Public Radio’s The Source

10) Indiana BMV Aims To Rollout Mobile Driver’s Licenses Within 18 Months

WISH-TV

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) Nampa, Idaho Police Hold Open House To Show LPRs, Surveillance Cameras

KIVI-TV

12) Interview With Mississippi DOT Public Information Officer Barrett Wilson

Extra Mile Podcast

RAILROADS

13) FRA Publishes New Rules As Part Of Deregulatory Effort

Trains

TELEMATICS

14) Big Changes Coming To CarPlay In September

CEOutlook

TRANSIT

15) NJ Transit’s Updated Website Includes New AI Chatbot

Trains

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

16) Greek Police Unveil New Traffic-Management System

Kathimerini

News Releases

1) Kansas DOT To Begin ITS Upgrades Statewide

2) Tampa International Airport Brings Aviation Innovation To Museum Of Science And Innovation

3) Inrix: Wildfire Preparation And Evacuations: Why Mobility Data Matters Before, During, After Disaster

4) Florida A&M University Research Advances Ship Scheduling At World’s Busiest Ports

5) New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub Insights Combine GMDSS Distress, Weather Data

6) Denver RTD Initiative To Enhance Transparency

7) Denver RTD Launches New NextRide Mobile App

8) Massachusetts Launches Statewide Blue Envelope Program For People With Autism

9) PrePass Safety Alliance, Oregon DOT Launch PrePass Bypass Mobile App

10) Mazda, AAA, HAAS Alert Partner To Extend Real-Time Safety Beyond The Vehicle

11) GreenArrow Acquires MSL Electric

12) NC Quick Pass Now Accepted In Four Additional States

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[TCN] Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA May Delay Lake Ontario Rename On Charts

Inside Flyer

2) Lancaster Airport Retires Beacon That Guided Pilots For More Than 90 Years

LNP

CAMERAS

3) Florida Bans Flock Cameras, And Other License-Plate Readers, From State Roadways

NBC News

EQUITY

4) States Mostly Compliant With Website Accessibility Rule, Report Finds

Route Fifty

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) China Accelerates AI Integration With Transportation

People’s Daily

OTHER

6) New Colorado Mobile ID Now Accepted By TSA At Airports

KMGH-TV

7) The Mobile Driver’s License Is Hitting Its Tipping Point — States Just Need To Give It A Shove

Route Fifty

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) New AI Tech Considered To Tackle Wrong-Way Driving In Ireland

RTÉ

TELEMATICS

9) VESOS Highlights eCall Safety Benefits Amid Next Generation Confusion 

Highways News

TOURISM

10) California Welcome Centers, The Friendliest Places In The State, Are In Trouble

SFGate

TRANSIT

11) WMATA GM Randy Clarke Uses An Unusually Public Approach To Leadership To Rebuild Confidence In DC Transit System

Governing

12) New Transit App, Campus Construction Change Student Transportation At University Of Mississippi

Daily Mississippian

VEHICLES

13) Honda, Nissan Target Rollout Of Joint Vehicle Software In Fiscal 2029

Reuters

News Releases

1) Steamboat Springs Transit Unveils Refreshed App Experience

2) DART Releases Ridership Dashboard For Greater Transparency

3) San Joaquin RTD Launches 24-Hour Non-Emergency Security Line

4) Complex Systems And Passenger Screens Test Limits Of Car Owners’ Technology Appetites

 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Have a need for speed? Assuming you’re not a NASCAR driver, you might want to head to Texas where State Highway 130’s 85 MPH (137 KPH) limit is the highest in the US. But that falls short of the D3 highway in the Czech Republic where the posted limit is 150 KPH (93.2 MPH). Sorry, if that’s still not enough for you you could have driven on Dhabi-Al Ain Road where the previous posted limit was 160 KPH (99.3 MPH).

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[TCN] Monday, August 31, 2026



Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, August 31, 2026 - North Berge, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) ANA, Avatar Roll Out Remote Passenger Support Using ‘Newme’ Robots At Regional Airports

Future Travel Experience

2) American Airlines Bolsters Maintenance Workforce To Fix Defective In-Flight Entertainment Systems, Other Issues

PYOK

3) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Relaunches ATL.com 

Metro Atlanta CEO

CAMERAS

4) Governor Bars Texas Agencies From Funding Flock Cameras

The Hill

5) How Alabama Power Became Flock’s Longest-Standing Middleman

Inside Climate News

6) Ticket Snippers Builds Interactive Map Tracking California Speed Cameras

Gadget Review

CARTOGRAPHY

7) Google Reveals How ‘Lake America’ Name Change Will Appear On Maps

Newsweek

8) Trump Pushes Apple To Change ‘Lake Ontario’ To ‘Lake America’ On Its Maps

BBC News

9) Geospatial Mapping Turns Highway Black Spot In India Into Google Maps Alerts

Times of India

FREIGHT

10) Duffy Announces Emergency Shutdown Of 110 Driving Schools Over English Proficiency Rule

The Hill

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

11) What Seoul Wants Its Smart-City Initiative To Fix First

Korea Herald

OTHER

12) The Unsung Heroes Keeping England’s Transport Moving

The Guardian

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Los Angeles Metro Marks Rail Safety Month With Union Station Event, New Video

Yo! Venice

RAILROADS

14) New Real-Time Rail Maps, EU Data Rules Transform Train Travel Across France, Spain, Belgium In 2026

Nomad Lawyer

15) Inside The Railroad Security Operation Taking On Cargo Theft

Trains (video)

SAFETY / SECURITY

16) US Customs And Border Protection Plans Passport-Free Checks At All US Airports

TheTravel

17) New System Screens Checked Baggage Before It Lands In US

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

18) Bolt Launches Ride-Hailing Through ChatGPT In Europe

ITS International

TRANSIT

19) WMATA Unveils New Bus Safety Tech

WUSA-TV

20) TRIP Agents Used To Change Vibe On Minnesota’s Metro

MinnPost

21) Inside The Team That Responds To All Complaints About DC Metro

Washington Post

22) Chenango County, New York Launches Bus-Tracking App, Survey To Improve Public Transit

Evening Sun

23) Physical OMNY Cards Can’t Be Refilled Due To Undisclosed System Error, New York MTA Says

Gothamist

24) ATRA Pulse - August 2026

Advanced Transit Association

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

25) Some US Cities Have Begun Rewarding Careful Drivers With Fewer Red Lights

AP

VEHICLES

26) Tesla To Integrate Grok Bot Into Its Vehicles

Not a Tesla App

News Releases

1) Air Canada Takes Additional Measures To Make Travel Easier For Customers Travelling With Mobility Aids

2) Tapt Media Partners With Australian Traffic Network To Expand Traffic Coverage

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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 

© 2026 Bernie Wagenblast Communications, LLC www.TransportationRadio.com  225 Birchwood Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07016

[TCN] Friday, August 28, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, August 28, 2026 - Sleepy Hollow, New York

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Siren-Sensing AI Technology Deployed For Japan’s Autonomous Bus Trials

Auto Connected Car News

AVIATION

2) Marine One Again Struggles To Communicate With Air Traffic Control Before Takeoff

CNN

3) How Reach TV Brings Streaming, Advertising To America’s Airports

AdExchange

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Lake Ontario To Lake America – Who Gets To Decide What Goes On Maps?

The Conversation

FREIGHT

5) Mexico To Invest US$21 Million In 20 Smart Arches Against Cargo Theft

BNamericas

OTHER

6) Research Suggests Almost A Third Of UK Drivers Reoffend After Attending Speed-Awareness Course

Highways News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Arkansas DOT Launches ‘Phase 2’ Of ‘Street Smart’ Program

AASHTO Journal

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Three UK Airports Hit By Cyberattack With Data Of 8.7 Million Customers Accessed

Guardian

9) Leveraging Technology And AI To Combat Distracted Driving

IBTTA Insights

10) Speed Management For Safer Roads With Dr. Shauna Hallmark, Iowa State University, And Ginny O’Connor, toXcel

ITE Talks Transportation podcast (includes link to podcast)

SPACE

11) NASA Building ‘Air Traffic Control’ For The Moon

SciTechDaily

Friday Bonus

Looking for that perfect gift for the transit lover in your life?

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