[TCN] Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Self-Driving Trucks And AI: Inside University Of Oklahoma’s Push To Modernize Transportation

KOCO-TV

AVIATION

2) New Robots Check For Spills, Full Trash Cans At Pittsburgh Airport

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

3) South Africa Seeks Help After Cyberattack Targets Air Traffic Control

Dark Reading

4) Beyond Technology: Building The Data Foundation For Prediction In Airports

International Airport Review (contributed content)

TRANSIT

5) What’s Behind San Diego MTS’s Award-Winning Transit Strategy?

Metro

6) Hamburg Looks At ‘Siri Of Public Transportation’

ITS International

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[TCN] Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, September 29, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Portugal, Slovakia, Norway Join Cross-Border Initiative On Autonomous Vehicle Testbeds

European Commission

AVIATION

2) Duffy Asks $30 Billion Of Congress For Air Travel Modernization Projects 

The Center Square

3) St. Louis Lambert Airport Now Lets Travelers Reserve Parking, Pre-Order Food Through Website

KMOV-TV

CAMERAS

4) Seattle Report Reveals Conflicting Camera Use Policies Between Transportation, Police Departments

KING-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Ohio Turnpike E-ZPass Access Expands To Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas

WTOL-TV

PRIVACY

6) Your Car Is Sharing Data With Big Tech Companies, Study Finds

Consumer Reports

7) Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants To Add Facial Recognition To Flock Cameras

404 Media

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Can Railroad Crossings Be Made Safer When Driver Error Is A Common Factor?

WALA-TV

TRANSIT

9) ATRA Pulse - September 2026

Advanced Transit Association

News Releases

1) GTMaritime Introduces Product To Help Vessels, Shore Teams Communicate Better

2) Florida Launches Newly Designed Driver Licenses, Identification Cards

3) Wisconsin DMV Makes Finding Nearest In-Person Service Easier With New Interactive Map

 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

It’s not too unusual for cities to turn streets over to pedestrians and cyclists. In Bolivia, however, cars and public transportation are banned from all roadways for a day.

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[TCN] Monday, September 28, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, September 28, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Investigates Software Glitch In Some Boeing 737 Max Jets

CBS News

2) LAX Leads Air Traffic Control Modernization Push With New Technology, Overhauled Hiring And Training

KABC-TV

3) ‘Digital Twin’ Of Dublin Airport Aims To Optimize Passenger Flow

Irish Mirror

CAMERAS

4) As States Seek To Rein In Flock Cameras, New Hampshire Is Considered A Model

New Hampshire Bulletin

ENVIRONMENT

5) Using AI To Boost Recycling At Atlanta Airport

Global Atlanta

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) South Korea Tests Smart Road Safety Technology In Canadian Rockies

DongA Science

MARITIME

7) GPS Tracking Study Maps Vessel-Strike Risks For Loggerhead Turtles In Biscayne Bay

environmental coastal & offshore

PLANNING

8) Bridging Transportation Planning, Engineering And Collaboration With Dan Hardy, PE, PTP

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Transit Agencies Across North America Celebrate See Tracks? Think Train Week

Mass Transit

RAILROADS

10) CSX Adds Location Tracking Capabilities To Emergency Response Center

Progressive Railroading

ROADWAYS

11) Four Bright Crosswalks, Two Artists, One Survey: Bellevue, Washington Tests Painted Safety

KOMO

12) A Visit To The Nevada DOT Sign Shop

Nevada DOT (video)

SAFETY / SECURITY

13) New California Law Changing How Caltrans Handles Local Highway Safety Requests

KMIR-TV

TRANSIT

14) DC Metro Is Changing Its Signage. Some Riders Aren’t Happy.

Washington Post

15) Copenhagen Accelerating The Automation Of Its Rail Transport

Railways Pro

16) Muni Route Game Now On SFMTA Website

The Bay Link

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

17) Solomon Islands Delegation Travels To Fiji To Learn About Traffic Management

Solomon Star

News Releases

1) OnStar At 30: Shaping The Next Era Of Connected Mobility

2) SAS Launches New Brand Platform And Tagline: Scandinavian As Standard

3) Q-Free Launches Dynamic Metering Bringing Cybersecurity To Ramp Management

4) Nissan Launches Autonomous Drive Research Project To Bring Future Mobility Service To UK Streets

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[TCN] Friday, September 25, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, September 25, 2026 - Secaucus, New Jersey

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**Hispanic Heritage Month**

AVIATION

1) Cyberattacks Take Costly Toll On Aviation Sector

SupplyChainBrain

CAMERAS

2) Researcher Pressured To Remove Map Of 300,000-Device Surveillance Network

Gadget Review

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

3) State DOTs Support Annual Rail Safety Campaign

AASHTO Journal

TRANSIT

4) MBTA Plans To Begin Automated Enforcement Of Bus Stop, Bus Lane Violations October 1

WCVB-TV

5) TfL Unveils Branding For London’s Publicly-Owned Bus Company

Highways News

News Releases

1) PIARC, IBTTA Announce Partnership To Expand Exchange Of Expertise

2) ITS UK Launches Live, Virtual Work Experience Program To Solve Real-World Transport Data Challenges 

Friday Bonus

It was announced this week that New Haven Union Station will be undergoing a remodeling. A video was released as part of the announcement. Included was a look at the train board. Looks like there are some exciting rail destinations planned as part of the new Union Station!

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[TCN] Thursday, September 24, 2026



Transportation Communications Newsletter

 🚆 Thursday, September 24, 2026 - Long Branch, New Jersey 🚅

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**See Tracks? Think Train Week**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) After Multiple Deaths And Injuries, NHTSA Investigating comma.ai 

Ars Technica

AVIATION

2) FAA Says Error Message In Telecommunications Circuit Prompted Shift To Backup On Sunday

Reuters

3) Finnair Adapts Pilot Training For Daily GPS Interference In Baltic

Reuters

CAMERAS

4) Flock Cameras Draw Bipartisan Concerns At US Senate Hearing

Roll Call

FREIGHT

5) Truckers Applaud FMCSA’s Proposal To Add Teeth To English-Proficiency Rule

Land Line

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - September 24, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

PLANNING

7) The Promise And Peril Of Using Visual AI To Study Cities

MIT News

PRIVACY

8) EV Manufacturer BYD Scrubs References To ‘China’ And ‘Surveillance’ From Its Privacy Policy

Australian Broadcasting Corp. News

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) New York MTA To Launch Campaign Educating Riders On OMNY Use

amNY

ROADWAYS

10) Bilingual Irish/English Traffic Signs To Be Extended In Belfast Under New Proposals

Irish News

11) How Knoxville’s Traffic Lights Work

knox news (video)

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) When Cell Service Disappears, A Rescue Beacon Developed By NASA Can Summon Help

Nextgov/FCW

TRANSIT

13) Greenville Connects Champions Public Transit To Benefit All

Greenville Journal (contributed content)

News Releases

1) Georgia DOT Puts Decades Of Project Records Back In The Hands Of Its Project Teams

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[TCN] Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

👶🏼  Wednesday, September 23, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 👧🏽

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**Child Passenger Safety Week**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Two Years From Muriel Furrer’s Death, GPS Trackers Still Haven’t Been Introduced To Cycling

Cyclingnews

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

2) How Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun Is Building One AI Brain To Drive Trucks, Robotaxis

Observer

AVIATION

3) Air Canada Targets More Proactive, Personalized Passenger Experience With AI, Better Data

Future Travel Experience

4) Libya Open Air Navigation Centre Adjacent To Tripoli International Airport

Libya Herald

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Geography Still Matters In A GPS-Filled World, Educators Say

K-12 Dive

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Busan, South Korea Turns To AI Traffic Signals And Flood Detection On City Roads

Seoul Economic Daily

MARITIME

7) New Washington State Ferry Ticket Kiosk In Kingston Needs Improved Signage, Correct GPS Directions

KIRO Radio

OTHER

8) Quebec Prayer Restrictions Reshape Rules At Transit Agency, Universities

CTV News

TRANSIT

9) How I Created An App That Helps Millions Navigate Transit

Canadian Business

VEHICLES

10) Tesla Adds Grok Bot To Vehicles For Hands-Free Errands And Tasks

Not a Tesla App

News Releases

1) A Canadian Superhero’s Latest Mission: Transit Etiquette

2) Turkmenistan Develops A Modern And Intelligent Urban Environment

3) Transport For New South Wales To Use Drones To Monitor Holiday Traffic

4) MARTA Streamlines Digital Customer Experience With All-In-One Mobile App

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