[TCN] Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🚍 Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - The College of New Jersey, New Jersey 🚆

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**Transit Equity Day**

AVIATION

1) Angelo State University Launches Simulator Lab For Air Traffic Control Training

KLST-TV

CAMERAS

2) Traffic Cameras Aren't Going Away, But Virginia Legislators May Add Some New Restrictions

WVTF Radio

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) Toronto Explores ITS To Improve Jams And Transit

Digital Watch

OTHER

4) 'Abolish ICE,' Tributes To Athletes Among Snowplow Contest Finalists In Chicago

WMAQ-TV

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

5) Atlanta Airport Fuel Spill Draws Criticism Over Lack Of Information

Georgia Recorder

TELEMATICS

6) Report Looks At Control Of Vehicle Data

U.S. PIRG

TRANSIT

7) BART Launches Free High-Speed Wi-Fi At Five Major Stations

Richmond Standard

VEHICLES

8) Dubai To Launch Glydways Network Of Self-Driving Pods

Gulf News

News Releases

1) George Brennan Named Publisher Of Trucking And Transportation For Bobit

2) CapMetro Introduces Tap-To-Pay On All Buses

3) STM Rolls Out Text Message Reporting On Its Bus Network

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Signs can convey important information but if you can't easily read them they aren't much help. A man in Hull, UK does his part to make them legible. 

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[TCN] Monday, February 2, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 🐹 Monday, February 2, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🐹

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**Happy Groundhog Day**

AVIATION

1) FAA To Require 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders On New Aircraft

AeroTime

CAMERAS

2) Trump Restricts Traffic Camera Funding In Cities

Washington Post

3) Amid Immigration Crackdown, Mountain View, California Discovers Unauthorized Access To License-Plate Data

Mountain View Voice

4) Irish National Police, An Garda Síochána, Launches Consultation On Draft Code For Public CCTV Use

Law Society Gazette

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) All-Electronic Tolling Coming To Richmond, Virginia Expressways, Ramps

WRIC-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Ireland Warned By EU For Failing To Fully Transpose ITS Directive Into National Law

Highways News

MOBILITY

7) Blink-Controlled Wheelchairs Bring New Mobility To ALS Patients

CGTN

OTHER

8) Misleading Text In The Physical World Can Hijack AI-Enabled Robots, Study Shows

UC Santa Cruz

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) News Media Coalition Letter Challenges FAA's Expansive NOTAM On Drones

DroneLife

SPACE

10) SpaceX Has Stopped Russia's 'Unauthorized' Use Of Starlink Against Ukraine, Musk Says

France 24

TRANSIT

11) ATRA Pulse - January 2026

Advanced Transit Association

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) Take A Look Inside Caltrans' District 3 RTMC

Fresno Bee (video)

News Releases

1) Why Drivers Ignore Emergency Vehicles And How Smart Corridors Can Help

2) Alaska Airlines Unveils State-Of-The-Art Global Training Center

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[TCN] Friday, January 30, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, January 30, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Airports Embrace AI To Manage Growing Global Passenger Traffic

Al Jazeera

CAMERAS

2) Hamilton County (Indiana) Sheriff's Office Using Real-Time Data To Save Lives During Winter Emergencies

WRTV-TV

FREIGHT

3) English Language Proficiency Violations—What's Really Happening?

FreightWaves

MARITIME

4) Joint Maritime Traffic Center Launched In Stockholm

Ship Management International

OTHER

5) Florida To Mandate English-Only Driver License Exams

WFOR-TV

RAILROADS

6) Florida Congressman Wants Answers On Train Vs Delivery Robot Incident

Trains

7) How A Portuguese AI-Pioneering Software Company Capitalizes On Increasingly Complex Railways

Railtech.com

8) When Trains Inspire Fashion: Amtrak Launches Limited Edition Tracksuit

Railway Pro

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) North Carolina DOT Transportation Management Center Monitors Triad Highways Year-Round

WXLV-TV

VEHICLES

10) Future Mobility Depends On Responsible Data Handling

Automotive World (commentary)

News Releases

1) Port Of Oakland Appoints Justin Berton As Director Of Communications

2) Airspan, Space Compass Partner To Bring 5G Connectivity To High-Altitude Maritime Surveillance

3) Volkswagen Group China Starts Production Of Its First Locally-Developed Zonal Electronic Architecture

4) Electra Vehicles Validates Breakthrough AI-Driven Battery Management System Featuring An Embedded 'Brain' For Batteries

5) Indra, Nav Canada Sign Agreement On Next-Gen Simulation Platform

Friday Bonus  

Many in the US had to dig out from last weekend's snowstorm. A guy in New Jersey had it a bit easier. 

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[TCN] Thursday, January 29, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, January 29, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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ELECTRONIC TOLLING

1) The Future Of Toll Payment Is In-Vehicle, North Carolina Pilot Suggests

Traffic Technology International

2) No More E-ZPass? Your Car May Soon Be Able To Pay Its Own Tolls

MotorTrend

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) Google Maps Embeds Gemini AI Into Walking, Cycling Nav

The Tech Buzz

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - January 29, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

5) What's In A Color? Exploring The Hues Of Illinois' Bridges

Illinois DOT

6) Why New EU Transport Statistics Glossary Is Important 

Eurostat's Stats in a Wrap podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Las Vegas Police Lean On 'Three Es' While Addressing Traffic Deaths

KSNV-TV

8) Bahrain General Directorate Of Traffic Launches Awareness Campaign On New Traffic Cameras

Bahrain News Agency

RAILROADS

9) Model Rules On The Permanent Identification Of Railway Rolling Stock - Revision 3

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

ROADWAYS

10) Honda, Ohio DOT Complete Pilot Of First Proactive Roadway Maintenance System In US

WBNS-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Smartphone Data Helps Ohio 'Be Smarter' About Reducing Distracted Driving

Route Fifty

SPACE

12) GAO Flags Risks In Space Development Agency's Missile-Tracking Satellite Program

SpaceNews

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

13) Waymo Now Approved To Take Passengers To, From San Francisco International Airport

KGO-TV

14) NHTSA Opens Probe After Waymo Self-Driving Vehicle Strikes Child Near School

Reuters

TELEMATICS

15) GM Working Hard To Resolve Telematics Module Issues

GM Authority

TRANSIT

16) New York City Transit Union Leaders Say Unreliable Radio System Puts Bus Drivers, Riders At Risk

WCBS-TV

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Ho Chi Minh City Steps Up Digital Transformation In Traffic Management

SGGP

VEHICLES

18) Tesla Software Update Brings If-This-Then-That-Style Automations To Its Vehicles In China

autoevolution

News Releases

1) How Sony Honda Mobility Keeps People Connected On The Move With Afeela

2) Standards For Technology In Automotive Retail Unveils Retail Automotive Domain Model 

3) Software-Driven Mobility — The Car Of The Future Is Personalized

4) Step Into The Phoenix Airport Museum's New Immersive Art Exhibition

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