[TCN] Monday, November 2, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, November 2, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey ⛹🏾‍♀️

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**Golden State Valkyries - WNBA Champions**

AVIATION

1) Massport Went Looking For Boston Accents. It Found Them, And So Much More

MassLive

2) From Siloed Technology To Connected Operations: Transforming Performance

International Airport Review (contributed content)

CAMERAS

3) New Orleans Police Suspend Red-Light Ticketing Program Pending Internal Review

WVUE-TV

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Cambodia, China Exchange Expertise On ITS, Modern Traffic Management Technologies 🇰🇭 🇨🇳

Construction & Property

MARITIME

5) Sarina, Ontario Mayor Unhappy With US Unmanned Surveillance Vessels In Border River 🇨🇦

CBC Radio

6) Facing Chinese Pressure, Taiwan Says It Must Be Master Of Its Own Maritime Information 🇹🇼

Reuters

PRIVACY

7) Ford Launches A ‘Privacy Promise’ And Explains How And Why It Uses Customer Data

TechCrunch

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Tech Companies, Labor, Contractors Donate $7.3 Million To Promote Bay AreaMass Transit Bailout Tax

Palo Alto Daily Post

RAILROADS

9) Uzbekistan Railways, Huawei Discuss Rail Digitalization 🇺🇿

UZ Daily

ROADWAYS

10) A Look Inside The NJ Turnpike Authority Sign Shop

News 12 New Jersey

TRANSIT

11) Sydney Locals Near New Metro Stations Angry About Noise From Door Chimes 🇦🇺

Australian Broadcasting Corp.

12) ATRA Pulse - October 2026

Advanced Transit Association

VEHICLES

13) WorldDAB Summit To Examine Future Of In-Car Radio, Digital Road Safety 🇦🇹

Highways News

News Releases

1) Embry‑Riddle, Flexjet Convene Experts To Turn Aviation Data Into Safety Intelligence

2) BMW To Expand Urban Driver Assistance Functions From 2027

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[TCN] Friday, October 30, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, October 30, 2026 - New York, New York

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Connected Technologies May Improve Ped, Bike Safety In Roundabouts

University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

2) Institute For Driverless Transport Publishes Its Research Roadmap For UK

Highways News

AVIATION

3) Building For A Tech-Enabled Future

Airport World (contributed content)

CARTOGRAPHY

4) South San Francisco Daxbot Robots Map Sidewalks For ADA Review

Daily Journal

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

5) Minsk To Update Traffic Management System With Fiber-Optic Highway Along Second Ring Road 

Nashaniva.com

6) Sensors To Detect Wrong-Way Driving On Irish Motorways To Be Trialed

The Journal

MARITIME

7) UN Security Council: Can New Technology Keep The World’s Sea Lanes Safe?

United Nations

OTHER

8) FCC Aims To Auction 25 Megahertz Of Prime, Mid-Band Spectrum

FCC

PRIVACY

9) GM Agrees To $220 Million Settlement To Resolve Lawsuit Over Data Selling

USA Today

VEHICLES

10) From Driver Monitoring To Context-Aware Cockpits

SAE Mobility Engineering

Friday Bonus

It sounds like a joke, but not the kind you want to laugh at. A flood warning system in a UK town sometimes fails to work during wet conditions.

Upcoming Events

 -  Webinar – When Systems Go Down: Keeping Airports Running During Technology Disruptions - November 12

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[TCN] Thursday, October 29, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Thursday, October 29, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey ⚾

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**Milwaukee Brewers - World Series Champions**

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Driverless 18-Wheelers Are On A Few Highways, But Widespread Use Is A Long Way Off

The Conversation

AVIATION

2) A Look Inside The New Bend Airport Tower

KOHD-TV (video)

3) Airports Can Serve As Hubs For Transportation Innovation

Government Technology

4) FCC Opens More Cellular Spectrum For Drones

FCC

CAMERAS

5) Republican Anti-Flock Bill Might Ban All Automated Traffic Enforcement

Jalopnik

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - October 29, 2026

Carnegie Mellon University

7) ITS World Congress 2027 Highlights

Traffic Technology Today (video)

OTHER

8) Oregon DOT Places Holds On Right-Of-Way Permit Applications By Fiber-Optic Companies

Oregon Capital Chronicle

9) Connecticut DMV Launching Mobile ID In November

WTNH-TV

10) Fauquier County, Virginia Launches New Traffic Reporting Tool

WZRV Radio

11) Unlocking AI’s Potential In Transportation With Jon Kostyniuk, P.Eng.

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

 

12) US Navy Must Have Authority To Act Limits That Survive Communications Failures

Center for Maritime Strategy (commentary)

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) New ‘Ambassador’ Program Would Expand Road Safety Outreach In Arlington, Virginia

ARLnow

RAILROADS

14) After Crash, Spain Asks If Its Train System Is Too Old And Prone To Human Error

New York Times

15) Spain’s High-Speed Train Network Is Plagued By Old Signalling Systems

The Conversation

16) CSX Operations Affected By Technology Systems Outage

Trains

17) Managing Railway Cyber Risks: From Compliance To Resilience

Metro

ROADWAYS

18) Missing Street Signs Create Navigation Hurdles For Shreveport Drivers

KTBS-TV

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

19) Lyft Building Its Ad Business On Data, Partnerships And ‘Accretive’ Advertising Formats

The Drum

TRANSIT

20) New York MTA Celebrates Halloween With Spooky Station Sign Stickers, Collectors Edition Maps

amNY

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

21) Bulgaria Launches Real-Time Road Traffic Information Platform

Radio Bulgaria

22) Murfreesboro, Tennessee Traffic Center Keeps City Running On Time

Murfreesboro Post

23) NOCoE Newsletter - October 29, 2026

National Operations Center of Excellence

News Releases

1) Maine DOT Hosts Inaugural Innovation Showcase To Highlight Transportation Solutions

2) University Of Pittsburgh Launches Updated Website Resources For Energy Research

3) University of Illinois Chicago’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Awarded $6 Million From Illinois DOT For Gateway Traveler Information System

Upcoming Events

 -  Webinar: Advancing Customer Experience Programs in Public Transit - November 10

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[TCN] Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, October 28, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) How Fort Collins, Colorado Makes Drones A ‘Resource’

Route Fifty

2) FAA Gets Serious About Aviation Airwaves

IEEE Spectrum

FREIGHT

3) The Future Of TMS: From Transportation Planning To Intelligent Execution

Logistics Viewpoint

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) Gangneung AI Traffic System Cuts Emergency Response Times

Traffic Technology Today

5) San Fernando City, Philippines Deploys Smart Tech To Improve Traffic Management

Newsbytes.PH

6) Smarter Journeys, Lower-Carbon Roads And Action On Roadworker Abuse

Highway Voices podcast

OTHER

7) Navigating AI In Transportation: New National Research Consortium Aims To Guide Agencies

University of Michigan Engineering

8) FTC Launches Personalized Pricing and Compensation Inquiry

Federal Trade Commission

News Releases

1) Horváth Study: Transport And Logistics Industry Expects More Cyberattacks

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[TCN] Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, October 27, 2026 - Little Falls, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Airports Latch Onto ATC Modernization

Aviation Week

CAMERAS

2) ACLU: Police Using AI To Pull Over Drivers For ‘Suspicious’ Behavior

Gizmodo

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

3) NJ Transit To Launch Earbud Safety Campaign

WRNJ Radio

ROADWAYS

4) Landmark UK Road Design Standard Makes Suicide Prevention Assessments Mandatory

Highways News

VEHICLES

5) Audi's New Digital Matrix Lights Project Turn Signals Onto The Road And Won't Blind Other Cars 

Jelopnik

News Releases

1) Operations Lifesaver Awards $134,082 In Grant Funding To Seven Transit Agencies

2) Lufthansa, Fraport Inaugurate ‘Gate Of The Future’ At Frankfurt Airport

3) Charlotte Area Transit System To Launch Fare Ambassador Program Friday

 

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

There’s deep and then there’s DEEP. The SR 99 tunnel under Seattle is the deepest road tunnel in the US. At its deepest point it’s 215 feet (65.5 m) below the surrounding ground.

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