[TCN] Thursday, April 23, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  📖  Thursday, April 23, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🖥️

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**National Library Week**

AVIATION

1) LaGuardia Firefighter Heard ‘Stop, Stop’ Before Crash But Didn’t Know Who It Was For

AP

CAMERAS

2) Lawmakers Reject Speed Camera Bill, But Maine DOT, Turnpike Plan To Try Again

WCSH-TV

FREIGHT

3) California, New Jersey Bring Data To Bear On Trucking

Government Technology

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - April 23, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

RAILROADS

5) Multilingual Alerts, Pictograms Proposed For Railroad Crossings In Japan After Tourist Accident

Jiji Press

6) Man Creates Website Showing Where Amtrak Trains Are In Real Time And How Full They Are

Adafruit

ROADWAYS

7) Iowa DOT Testing Slow-Moving Vehicle Warnings On Des Moines Bypass

Iowa DOT

VEHICLES

8) Renault Eyes Data Revenues From Software-Defined Vans

Autocar

9) A Call For Less Infotainment In New Cars

CE Outlook

10) Chinese Vacuum Maker Dreame, UC Berkeley Partner To Bring AI To Its Vehicles

CarNewsChina

WEATHER

11) France Probes Airport Weather Data Tampering After Surge In Polymarket Bets

Bloomberg

News Releases

1) AD Ports Group, NYU Abu Dhabi To Build, Pilot High-Fidelity Intelligence Engine For Smarter Port Operations

2) Applied Information Updates Glance Platform With Customizable Maps, Live Probe Data And AI Assistant

3) Texas DOT Accelerating Use Of Digital Tools To Design, Deliver Highway Projects

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[TCN] Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

♻️  Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - Scotch Plains, New Jersey 🌐

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**Earth Day**

AVIATION

1) Duffy Says AI Is Not Going To Replace Air Traffic Controllers

CBS Evening News

2) FAA Tech Teams To Partner With AI Vendors On Customized ATC Software

FedScoop

3) ‘We Can Do Better’ FAA Administrator Says Of Work To Update US Analog Air Traffic System

NPR’s Morning Edition

4) FAA Modernizes NOTAM System By Presenting Critical Flight Information In Plain Language

Flying

5) FAA Expands Weather Camera Network To Help Alaska Pilots Fly Safer

KTUU-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Hong Kong Expands AI-Enabled Traffic Management And Smart Motorway Systems

Open Gov

OTHER

7) Round Rock, Texas Voters To Decide If Digital Billboards Will Be Allowed

KVUE-TV

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Landmarks Across Oklahoma To Glow Orange For Work Zone Safety

KOKI-TV

9) National Highways Launches Free Life-Saving Training For Commercial Vehicle Drivers

Highways News

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) How New Drone Detection Tech Will Protect Seattle World Cup Games 

KOMO-TV

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) JFK Airport Command Center Used To Catch Taxi Scammers

Gothamist

TRANSIT

12) UC Riverside Uses Travel Training Program To Teach Students How To Use Public Transit

Inside UCR

13) The Voice Of The Subway: Meet Bernie Wagenblast, The Person Behind The MTA’s Most Familiar Announcement

News 12 New Jersey

14) More Women, Better Performance: The Communication Shift In Bus Operations

Highway Voices podcast

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

15) Florida DOT Commits $31 Million To Operate Tampa Bay Traffic Control System

Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

16) NOCoE Newsletter - April 22, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

News Releases

1) Houston TranStar Celebrates 30-Years Of Keeping Southeast Texas Moving With Launch Of Anniversary Campaign

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[TCN] Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

👷🏿‍♂️  Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🚧

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**National Work Zone Awareness Week**

AVIATION

1) Examining Importance Of Safety Transponders At South Florida Airports

WPLG-TV

2) The New Terminal One At JFK: Designed Around Modern Passenger Processing Technology

International Airport Review (contributed content)

3) Cornell Students Envision Ithaca Airport As Community Hub

Cornell Chronicle

CAMERAS

4) About 2,000 Fines Withdrawn Since AI Road Safety Cameras Introduced In Western Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation News

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Albania Looks To Have E-Tolling On About 20% Of Its Highways By 2030

Vox

EQUITY

6) Amid Rule Delay, Website Accessibility Must Be An ‘Ongoing Process,’ Leaders Say

Route Fifty

FREIGHT

7) Tennessee DOT To Implement Truck Parking Pilot Project

Tennessee DOT

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) US Space Force Kills OCX GPS Ground Control System, Citing ‘Insurmountable’ Challenges

Breaking Defense

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

9) ERTICO Newsletter - April 21, 2026

ERTICO-ITS Europe

10) April/May 2026 Issue Of Traffic Technology International Online

Mark Allen Group

MARITIME

11) Scam Messages Offering Ships Safe Transit Through Hormuz, Security Firm Warns

Reuters

OTHER

12) From Overwhelmed To Optimized: How AI Is Transforming School Transportation Leadership

School Bus Fleet

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Signs Sprout In Cincinnati Touting Projects Funded By Railroad Sale

Cincinnati Enquirer

ROADWAYS

14) Bozeman, Montana To Add Over 400 Stop Signs Before 2030

MSU Exponent

TRANSIT

15) US Spends More Time, Money Building Transit Than Most Countries. Inefficient Community Engagement May Help Explain Why.

Urban Institute

16) NJ Transit Refreshes Departure Vision Boards

NJ Transit via Facebook

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) North Texas Cities Using AI To Help With Traffic Ahead Of World Cup

Dallas Morning News

18) Advanced Warning System On Pennsylvania Turnpike Will Warn Drivers Of Traffic

Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch

News Releases

1) Las Vegas Airport Launches Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program

2) Miovision Introduces Mateo: First GenAI Agent For Traffic Engineering

3) NHTSA Launches ‘Pathways To Safer Streets’ Initiative To Keep Americans Safe On Roadways, Reduce Traffic Fatalities

4) City Of Atlanta Highlights Comprehensive Preparations For FIFA World Cup 2026

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

It’s the centennial of Route 66 and Tulsa is doing something special to mark the anniversary.

**Bernie’s Notes**

I enjoy keeping my transportation colleagues updated on what goes on in other parts of my life and today is a big day. It’s been announced that I have been selected as one of the grand marshals for the 2026 NYC Pride March! The march is scheduled for June 28.

 

Upcoming Events

 - Talking TIM Webinar Series: 2026

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[TCN] Monday, April 20, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, April 20, 2026 - Madison Park, New Jersey 🏒

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**University of Denver Pioneers - NCAA Men’s Hockey Champions**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Canada’s Internal Trade Barriers Are Blocking The Road To Driverless Trucking

The Logic

2) Georgia At Forefront Of Connected Vehicle Tech

WXIA-TV

AVIATION

3) FAA Drops Ban On Drones Near DHS Operations Following Minnesota Photojournalist’s Lawsuit

Minnesota Reformer

4) Bangladesh Inaugurates State-Of-The-Art Air Traffic Management Center

Daily Star

5) Air Canada Tests Faster Path For Passenger Claims With Pilot

TravelPulse Canada

6) The AI Nervous System Guiding Leading Airports

Boston Consulting Group

CAMERAS

7) Baltimore To Relocate Some Traffic Cameras, As Revenue Projected To Fall By $4.5 Million

Baltimore Sun

CARTOGRAPHY

8) Canada Adds Color-Coded Maps To Travel Advisories For 230 Destinations

WestCentralOnline

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

9) The Technology That Promises To Make Smart Highways A Reality

Jalopnik

10) How Next-Generation Travel Technology Is Redefining Tourism Across Europe, Asia

Travel and Tour World

OTHER

11) Multimodal Freight Office: USDOT Should Report To Congress On Progress Toward Meeting Statutory Requirements

GAO

PRIVACY

12) Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Says Stronger Data Protection Laws Are Needed Before Chinese EVs Hit The Streets

Motor Illustrated

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) COMTO Launches Podcast: ‘Driven By COMTO’

COMTO

RAILROADS

14) FRA Administrator Stresses Agencies Work To Streamline Regulations, Advance Technologies

Trains

SAFETY / SECURITY

15) Indian Supreme Court Moves To Improve Safety On National Highways

The Federal

16) South Korea Rolls Out Real-Time Emergency Vehicle Alerts On Navigation Apps

Travel and Tour World

17) Thieves Can Drain Funds From A Locked iPhone With This Transit Trick

Forbes

SPACE

18) The Pentagon’s Quiet Bet On GPS-Free Spacecraft Navigation

Space Daily

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

19) Why Frustrated Uber Drivers Are Launching A Rival App In London

The Times

TELEMATICS

20) Uganda’s Transport Sector Adopts Telematics To Improve Fuel Efficiency

NTV

TRANSIT

21) Minnesota’s Arrowhead Transit To Launch New Rider App

Herald Review

22) California’s Redding Area Bus Authority Launches Contactless Fare Payments

KRCR-TV

23) The History Of San Francisco Through The Lens Of Muni Photographers

KALW Radio’s Crosscurrents

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

24) Bangladesh Proposes To Track Public Vehicles To Improve Transportation Management

United News of Bangladesh

News Releases

1) How Weather Intelligence Can Help Airports Reduce Delays

2) MIT Professor Helping Satellites Safely Navigate

3) US Air Force, Army, Marines Unite For Joint Air Traffic Control Training

4) Pennsylvania DOT Launches Specialized 511PA Website To Help Travelers Headed To NFL Draft In Pittsburgh

5) Oklahoma’s Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark Rebranded, Renamed ‘Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport’

6) American Airlines Unveils Centennial-Themed Trading Cards

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