[TCN] Friday, February 28, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, February 28, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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CAMERAS

1) Uganda's 'Digital' Number Plates Face Scrutiny Over Tracking Failures, Contractor Capacity

PML Daily

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

2) How AI Is Improving Highway Safety

Information Week

OTHER

3) Trump To Sign Executive Order Making English The Official US Language

NBC News

4) FHWA Smartphone Travel Incentives Studies Final Report

FHWA Office of Operations

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

5) Solano County Transit Takes First Place In APTA's 2025 AdWheel Awards

Times-Herald

ROADWAYS

6) Russia To Implement New Signage Regulations To Enhance Safety, Reduce Visual Distractions

Evrim Ağacı

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

7) Tesla Applies For Robotaxi License In California

Not a Tesla App

TRANSIT

8) NJ Transit To Introduce Crisp Monitors, Customer Ambassadors To Improve Rider Experience

News 12 New Jersey

WEATHER

9) Coastal Economies Rely On NOAA, From Maine To Florida, Texas And Alaska – Even If They Don't Realize It

The Conversation

News Releases

1) City Of Huntsville, Alabama DOT Formalize Agreement On ITS

2) Complete Rankings For Traffic Management At Every Stadium In Taylor Swift's US Eras Tour

Friday Bonus

The New York City subway system as you've never seen it before.

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[TCN] Thursday, February 27, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, February 27, 2025 -  Roselle, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Using Generative AI In Aviation

Future Travel Experience

CAMERAS

2) DC Launching Pilot To Cut Cost Of Camera Ticket For Low-Income Residents

WTOP Radio

CARTOGRAPHY

3) Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety's Cease And Desist Demand

Electronic Frontier Foundation

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

4) State And Local Authorities Build Cashless Toll Systems

StateTech

5) A Case Study: Navigating The Transition To Cashless Tolling On The Kansas Turnpike

IBTTA Insights

ENVIRONMENT 

6) Big-Data Empowered Traffic Signal Control Could Reduce Urban Carbon Emission

Nature Communications

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) How Saudi Arabia Is Using Advanced Automated Systems To Tackle Traffic Congestion

Arab News

8) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - February 27, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

9) Tennessee Supreme Court Says First Amendment Doesn't Apply To State's Personalized License Plate Program

WBIR-TV

PRIVACY

10) Navigating The Privacy Pitfalls Of Connected Cars: A Call For Industry Self-Regulation

Forbes (contributed content)

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation Buses To Get CCTV, GPS

Indian Express

TRANSIT

12) The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels To Listen For Track Defects

Wired

13) Transit Agencies Can Leverage AI For Predictive Maintenance And Other Fleet Management Benefits

Mass Transit contributed content

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) UK Bus Operators Call For Action To Tackle Badly Coordinated Streetworks

Highways News

News Releases

1) Oklahoma State University Awarded $4 Million For Autonomous Vehicle Research

2) airBaltic Becomes First European Airline To Launch Starlink In-Flight Connectivity

3) #CitiesFirst Podcast, UMX By EIT Urban Mobility Partner On Urban Mobility Education

4) FCC Improves Wireless Emergency Alerts By Enabling Silent Alerts

5) Saskatchewan Government Insurance Begins Speaker Series

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[TCN] Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, February 26, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Fired FAA Employees Produced Maps 'Crucial And Critical' To Air Traffic Control

WTOP Radio

2) Autonomous Honda Work Vehicles Clipping Grass At Miami Airports

Miami Today

GPS / NAVIGATION

3) FAA, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Advance Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas Approval Process

GPS World

HEALTH

4) Towns, Cities In West Japan Link Up In Fight Against Noisy Low-Flying US Military Aircraft

The Mainichi

PARKING

5) Government Withdrawing Funding For UK-Wide Parking App

The Guardian

SAFETY / SECURITY

6) Utah Avalanche Center Launches Mobile App Focused On Backcountry Safety

KSL Radio

TRANSIT

7) New SFMTA Chief Hopes To Solve Transit Issues With 'Midwest Nice' Compromise. Will It Work?

San Francisco Chronicle

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

8) Improved Signage, Real-Time Transit Displays Planned For Arlington, Virginia's Courthouse 'Mobility Hub'

ARLnow

News Releases

1) RailAware Rat Pack Launches Railroad Emergency Awareness Campaign Following Recent Train Incidents

2) International Aviation Womens Association Rebrands As International Aerospace Womens Association

3) Inside Cubic Transportation's New FEnX Fare Gates

 

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[TCN] Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, February 25, 2025 -  South Orange, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Musk Has Inside Track To Take Over Contract To Fix Air Traffic Communications System

AP

2) A Midair Collision In Arizona Prompts Questions About Air Traffic Control Towers

AP

3) Communication, Training Key To Safety At Sioux Gateway Airport's Runways

KTIV-TV

CAMERAS

4) State And Local Lawmakers Take A Renewed Look At Speed Enforcement Cameras

Route Fifty

FREIGHT

5) David Kriger, P.Eng., RPP, MCIP — Emerging Trends in Urban Goods Movement

ITE Talks Transportation podcast

PARKING

6) FMCSA Study Highlights Need For Centralized Truck Parking Database

Land Line

RAILROADS

7) Anacostia Rail Holdings Joins RailPulse Telematics Effort

Trains

ROADWAYS

8) Why Many Road Signs Are No Longer Written In All Caps

Mental Floss

SAFETY / SECURITY

9) High-Tech Traffic Safety Bill Clears Final Hurdle In Virginia

Virginia Mercury

10) Combating Illegal School Bus Passing With Awareness, Technology

School Transportation News

TELEMATICS

11) New Coalition Launches To Champion Vehicle Owners' Data Rights

Body Shop Business

TRANSIT

12) SEPTA Begins Using New Labels For Urban Rail Service

Trains

 

13) Infrastructure Technology Podcast Goes In-Depth On Transit Innovations And AI For Safer Roads

Infrastructure Technology Podcast

VEHICLES

14) Car Owners Bullish On AI Agents Repairing The US Auto Industry - Here's Why

ZDNET

15) Tesla Introduces 5G Modem

Not a Tesla App

News Releases

1) PeopleForBikes' New Tool To Evaluate Accessibility, Quality, Connectivity Of Recreational Biking

2) Hitachi Rail To Modernize Telecommunications, Passenger Information Systems On Lisbon Commuter Line

3) Oklahoma Officials Reveal Official State Map Celebrating Route 66

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

San Francisco has more than its share of unusual street configurations. This one involves a bus line and a hairpin turn.

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[TCN] Monday, February 24, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, February 24, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) As DOGE Enters FAA, An Aging Aviation Safety System May Come Into Focus

FedScoop

2) Airport As Cultural Hub: Role Of Transportation Spaces Can Be Expanded

Global Times

3) Technology Looks To Detect Impatient Passengers At Boarding

Feast

CAMERAS

4) Ohio Announces Expansion Of State Highway Patrol Aviation Technology

Spectrum News

5) AI Traffic Cameras Are Being Used To Reduce Distracted Driving In South Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

WCCO-TV

6) AI Traffic Cameras Are Watching You In These Five States

ZDNET

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

7) Philippines DOTr Chief Defers Cashless Tollway Payments

Philippine Daily Inquirer

GPS / NAVIGATION

8) Microcomb Chips Show Potential For Centimeter-Level GPS Precision

Phys.org

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

9) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Wants Japan's Smart Traffic Management System

AutoIndustriya.com 

MOBILITY

10) Rich In Cash, Toyota Builds A City To Test Futuristic Mobility

AP

PARKING

11) Data, Insight Are Central To New Los Angeles Metro Parking Tech

Government Technology

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) Oregon DOT Director Says He Will Open Books For State Lawmakers

KATU-TV

13) Oklahoma House Transportation Committee Passes Bill Aimed At Increasing Turnpike Authority Transparency

OU Daily

14) Metra Paid Law Firm Over $1.5 Million For An Internal Investigation That It Won't Release, Raising Transparency Questions

Chicago Tribune

15) Kandahar Artist Promotes Traffic Safety Through Art

Tolo News

16) How Can We Ensure Climate And Aviation Messaging Really Lands?

Climate Outreach

RAILROADS

17) Q&A: Union Pacific's Katie Sanders Talks Technology And The Next Frontier In Predictive Railroading

RailPrime

ROADWAYS

18) Dubai Unveils Cutting-Edge Traffic Signal Control System

ARN News

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

19) Who You Gonna Call? Former Louisiana DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson Discusses How State DOTs Can Cooperate For Disaster Response

The Stream by AASHTO podcast

20) University Of Hawaii Mānoa Team Creating AI System That Detects, Prevents Car Crashes

Kaua'i Now

21) Taiwan Institute Develops AI That Can Reduce Traffic Incidents

Taipei Times

TRANSIT

22) Weirton, West Virginia's Public Transit Get New Name, Look

Weirton Daily Times

23) Metro-North's Quiet Cars Are No More

Quiet Communities blog

24) ATRA Pulse - February 2025

Advanced Transit Association

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

25) Nagpur Police Introduce 'Traffic Mitra' WhatsApp Helpline For Enhanced Traffic Management

Times of India

VEHICLES

26) Automated Driving On Swiss Motorways Is Theoretically Possible Starting March 1

swissinfo.ch

News Releases

1) Ports Australia Calls For Action On National Cybersecurity

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