[TCN] Thursday, November 12, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, November 12, 2026 - Brooklyn, New York

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AVIATION

1) FAA Expands AI Traffic Planning Tool To All 22 US En Route Centers

AeroTime

2) European Airports Set Out New Strategy As Hybrid Threats Intensify

ACI Europe

3) Lufthansa, Fraport Test ‘Gate Of The Future’ At Frankfurt Airport 🇩🇪

Airport Business

4) EU Drone Summit Charts Course For European Drone Market 🇪🇺

European Commission

5) Study Finds Wand-Based Aircraft Marshalling Offers Advantages Over Automated Systems

Aviation Pros

CAMERAS

6) New Mexico DOT Pushes For Speed Cameras To Protect Construction Workers

KRQE-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - November 12, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

8) Iran Targets Maritime Navigation Systems On Omani Island In Strait Of Hormuz 🇮🇷 🇴🇲

IranWire

PRIVACY

9) Google Agrees To Privacy In Spirit Airlines Data Sale

Wall Street Journal

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Utah DOT Communications Does Video Series Where They Trade Jobs With UDOT Workers

Utah DOT (video)

TRANSIT

11) In Chicago And Los Angeles, Tech Keeps Bus Lanes Clear

Government Technology

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) NOCoE Newsletter - November 12, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

News Releases

1) Retired Airline Captain Ron Rogers Publishes Aviation Memoir

2) Talk It Through With Gemini, Now On Apple CarPlay

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[TCN] Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🫡  Wednesday, November 11, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🪖

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**Veterans Day/Remembrance Day/Armistice Day**

AVIATION

1) Florida To Cover Full Cost Of Trump Airport Rebranding In West Palm Beach

WPTV-TV

2) United Airlines Moves To Block AI Agents From Its Platform Over Security Concerns

Reuters

CAMERAS

3) Seattle Mayor Lifts Pause And Will Expand Police Surveillance Cameras With New Safeguards

GeekWire

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Interview With IBTTA CEO Mark Chung On Annual Meeting And Road Ahead

Traffic Technology Today

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) America Needs A GPS Backup, And California Leads The Way 

Route Fifty

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) ITS UK Awards 2026 Winners Announced 🇬🇧

ITS UK

MARITIME

7) How Latin American Ports Can Make Technology Deliver

Port Technology International

OTHER

8) Applying AI Architecture In Real-World Transportation

ITS International (contributed content)

RAILROADS

9) Egypt’s Transport Minister Admits To Mistakes In Questioning Over Deadly Train Crash 🇪🇬

The National

ROADWAYS

10) ‘Pothole Hunter’ Explains How AI Could Help Authorities Get Ahead Of Road Defects 🇬🇧

Highways Voices podcast

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Bulgarian Interior And Transport Ministries Plan Joint Road Information Center 🇧🇬

BurgasMedia

**Bernie’s Notes**

Any TCN readers heading to Atlantic City from North or Central Jersey on Tuesday morning? I’m moderating a session that starts at 1pm during the New Jersey League of Municipalities conference and would love to share a ride down.

News Releases

1) NATS Publishes Report Of Prestwick Incident Which Disrupted Flights In September

2) SEPTA Launches New Vulnerable Population Outreach Program

3) TagMaster Intends To Acquire Kapsch TrafficCom’s North American 915 KHz Components Business

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[TCN] Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, November 10, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Waze Now Alerts Drivers To Nearby Cyclists Using Garmin LiveTrack

MacRumors

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

2) Delaware E-ZPass Website Restored After Potential Security Threat

WRDE-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Giant Interactive Map To Put Footage Of UK, Irish Transport Technology At ITS World Congress 2027 🇬🇧 🇮🇪

Highways News

MARITIME

4) EU Puts Funding Into New Maritime Security Center For Western Black Sea 🇪🇺 🇷🇴 🇧🇬

Maritime Executive

5) Taiwan Turns To Uncrewed Systems For Maritime Domain Awareness And Control 🇹🇼

Future Warfare Magazine

6) Billion Oyster Project, NYC Ferry Launch Floating Classroom For Students

WABC-TV

PRIVACY

7) When Smart Cities Turn Menacing 🇺🇬

Countercurrents

TRANSIT

8) HOP Transit System Announces Rebrand

KCEN-TV

9) How Ugly Metro Sweaters Became Chic

The Atlantic

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

10) Ohio DOT Using Multiple Communication Tools To Inform Drivers During Brent Spence Bridge Project

WXIX-TV

News Releases

1) SESAR JU, ESA Join Forces To Deliver Space-Enabled Air Traffic Management

2) VIA Metropolitan Transit Launches GO VIA App, New Website

3) EndDD.org, IBTTA Launch Partnership To Bring Distracted-Driving Education Into Local Communities

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Be happy you didn’t have to sit at a grade crossing while this world record freight train passed!

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[TCN] Monday, November 9, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🪔  Monday, November 9, 2026 - New York, New York 🎆

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**Happy Diwali**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) New Software Maps Out A Better Bike Network For Your City

Fast Company

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

2) Hwaseong, South Korea Tests Self-Driving Transit Services On 5-Km Living Lab Route 🇰🇷

Seoul Economic Daily

AVIATION

3) How Airports Can Responsibly Implement AI Tools Like Hologram Chatbots To Improve Passenger Experience

Aviation Pros

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) Pennsylvania Turnpike Gives Look At Next Phase Of Open-Road Tolling

WHTM-TV

EQUITY

5) How A New Los Angeles Mobility Lab Helps Those With Blindness, Low-Vision Navigate Public Transit

Spectrum News

6) No One Should Be Shamed For Using A Mobility Aid

Time

FREIGHT

7) FMCSA’s New Complaint Platform Makes It Easier To Report Trucking Safety Concerns

Heavy Duty Trucking

MOBILITY

8) Samsung, Hyundai Rev Up Future Mobility Ties With First Groupwide Gathering 🇰🇷

Korea JoongAng Daily

OTHER

9) Does AI Fit Into The Traffic Data Collection Picture?

Route Fifty

PARKING

10) Uber’s New Parking Feature Has A Robotaxi Twist

Axios (free registration required)

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

11) North Carolina DOT Reopens I-77 Community Center As It Seeks To ‘Build Trust’

WFAE Radio

12) Virginia Launches Distracted Driving Campaign

WVEC-TV (video)

13) Lagos State Traffic Management Authority Urges Religious Leaders To Promote Road Safety In Sermons, Worship Services 🇳🇬

TVC News

14) WNYC To Debut Hour-Long Radio Show Focused On Transportation

On The Way

15) New Jersey State Police Stonewalling Reporter Asking About Mob Influence At Ports

NJ.com editorial

RAILROADS

16) Union Pacific CEO Statement Clouds Railroad Merger Process

Herald-Dispatch

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Trump Administration Deepens Interagency Collaboration To Protect Nation’s Skies From Unmanned Threats

FAA

TRANSIT

18) Tram Service In Nottingham, UK Halted Due To ‘Major Communications Issue’ 🇬🇧

BBC News

19) SEPTA Transit Police Give Behind-The-Scene Look At Virtual Patrol Unit

WPVI-TV

20) Transit Expands Agency Partnerships, Expands Rider Experience Tools

Metro

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) IIT Guwahati Researchers Use Drones, AI To Decode Traffic Patterns On Indian Roads 🇮🇳

ANI

22) Work Begins On $22.5 Million Escambia-Santa Rosa Regional Traffic Management Center In Florida

NorthEscambia.com

VEHICLES

23) Mercedes-Benz Wants To Turn Windshields Into Screens That Disappear 🇩🇪

Autoblog

News Releases

1) Siemens Opens State-Of-The-Art Rail Infrastructure Technology And Innovation Center In UK

2) New Traffic Management Center Opens In Greensboro, North Carolina

3) Dubai Police Launches Awareness Competition On Leading Causes Of Traffic Accidents

4) Kongsberg Maritime Unveils New Logo, Tagline

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[TCN] Friday, November 6, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, November 6, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Deploys First Digital Air Traffic Control Towers in Florida, Alaska

FAA

2) FAA Plans To Retire Floppy Disks By 2028

Gizmodo

3) Airport Officials Advocate For Strong Data Governance

Government Technology

4) Nigerian Air Traffic Controllers' Association Pushes For Deeper Collaboration To Boost Air Traffic Management 🇳🇬

The Guardian

5) Cleveland Hopkins, Burke Lakefront Airports Unveil New Logos, Shared Tagline

WKYC-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Zimbabwe Home Affairs Minister Admits Smart Traffic Management System Makes Mistakes Amid Motorist Complaints 🇿🇼

New Zimbabwe

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Tesla Wants Its Sworn Cybercab Answers To NHTSA Kept Entirely Secret

Electrek

News Releases

1) ITS World Congress 2028 Announces ‘Mobility Reimagined: Powered By Technology. Designed For People.’ Theme

 

Friday Bonus

Bridge and tunnel delays got you anxious? Here’s one possible solution.

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