[TCN] Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey  ⛹🏽‍♂️

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**University of Florida Gators NCAA Men's Basketball Champions**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) DC-Area Officials Unveil New Program To Lower Pedestrian And Bicyclist Traffic Deaths

WTOP Radio

AVIATION

2) Air Transport Still Struggling With Inflight Connectivity, Panel Says

Aviation Week

CAMERAS

3) How Real-Time Crime Center Video Is Transforming Police Investigations

Police 1

GPS / NAVIGATION

4) Turkey To Develop Homegrown Satellite Navigation System To Reduce Reliance On Foreign Tech

Turkish Minute

MARITIME

5) UAV-Aided Maritime Communication Over Pacific Ocean Using Elevated Duct Toward Future Wireless Networks

Scientific Reports

PRIVACY

6) Waymo Has 'No Plan' To Sell Ads To Riders Based On Camera Data

Engadget

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) 'Walking Billboards' To Promote Bike And Pedestrian Safety Hitting DC Region

WTTG-TV

RAILROADS

8) Perth's New Nerve Center For Rail Operations Opens

Infrastructure

SPACE

9) Space Has A Communications Problem

SpaceNews

TRANSIT

10) Greene CATS Offers New EZfare Mobile Ticketing App

Xenia Daily Gazette

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Urban Infrastructure And Traffic Management

Infrastructure Technology Podcast

12) San Francisco State Broadcasting Students Create Muni-Focused Traffic Reports

SFMTA

WEATHER

13) National Weather Service No Longer Translating Products For Non-English Speakers

AP

14) NOAA's Most Advanced Weather Monitoring System Will Be Operational Soon

KPIX-TV

News Releases

1) SITA, NEC Collaborate To Drive Global Adoption Of Digital Identities In Travel

2) The Future Of The Airport Passenger Experience

3) The Weather Company, Airline Partners Launch Maverick Dispatch With Global Weather, Flight Tracking Features

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

3D printers can do some amazing things. In Japan, they built the first train station with parts made by a 3D printer.

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[TCN] Monday, April 7, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

Monday, April 7, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey ⛹🏾‍♀️

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**UConn Huskies NCAA Women's Basketball Champions**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Advanced Vehicle Technologies Could Make Colorado's Roads Safer For Bicyclists - But Are They Reliable?

KUNC Radio's In The NoCo audio

AVIATION

2) Southwest Michigan Regional Airport Seeks To Increase Visibility Through Community Involvement

WSJM Radio

3) NASA Makes Progress On Advanced Drone Safety Management System

NASA

CAMERAS

4) SMS, Email Notifications To Replace Outdated Postal System For Traffic Cameras

in-cyprus

5) South Australian Drivers To Be Monitored By AI Cameras

Cairns Post

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

6) Japan Automatic Toll Payment System Disabled By Glitch On Some Expressways

NHK

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Flawed Spectrum Proposal Could Cause Disruption To Services Such As Traffic Control, ETC

GPS World

MARITIME

8) Theoretical Research And System Design Of Ship Navigation Guidance For Local Temporary Prohibited Navigation Area

Scientific Reports

PRIVACY

9) Celebrity Private Jets Can Still Be Tracked Despite New FAA Rules. Here's Why.

CNET

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

10) Roosevelt Island Tram Operators Accused Of Spending Public Money To Quash Negative Press

Gothamist

11) New York City Mayor, USDOT Secretary Dodge MTA Brass, Media For Subway Photo-Op

The City

ROADWAYS

12) Some Signs With Biden's Name Being Removed From Connecticut Highways Under Trump Orders

CT Insider

TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

13) Here's How Houston TranStar Works

KHOU-TV

TRANSIT

14) SEPTA Rolls Out Contactless Payment Technology For Regional Rail Riders

WCAU-TV

15) MBTA Testing New Charlie Card Fare Vending Machines

Boston.com

16) The New York MTA's Testing If Google's 'Ears' Are Better Than Subway Track Inspectors

Gothamist

17) Setup Of Smart Bus Stops In Cyprus Causes Confusion For Some Riders

Cyprus Mail

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

18) Efficient Traffic Management With Adaptive SDN In Vehicular Networks

Scientific Reports

News Releases

1) Alaska Airlines Announces Plans To Develop, Deploy First Boeing 737 VR Simulators

2) New Survey Signals Drivers Are More Distracted Than They Appear

3) Southampton Airport Launches AI-Powered Digital Assistant

4) NHTSA Launches Put The Phone Away Or Pay Campaign

5) IATA's Contactless Travel Directory Eases Airline Access To Biometric Services

6) Bradley International Airport Becomes First Airport in US To Be 'Autism Double-Checked' Certified

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[TCN] Friday, April 4, 2025



Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, April 4, 2025 - New York, New York

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AVIATION

1) FAA Plans To Shut Down Remote Communications Outlets Network, Seeks Feedback

AOPA

2) FAA Warns Boeing 787 Radio Can Cut Off Air Traffic Radio Without Notice

The American Prospect

3) How Business Aviation Prepares For Adverse Weather

Business Airport International

CAMERAS

4) AI-Backed Stop Sign Cameras Help Slow Down Drivers

Route Fifty

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Greece, Serbia Simplify Road Travel With New Toll Payment App

Greek City Times

6) New Free Flow Toll Technology Now Operational In Brazil

Click Oil and Gas

GPS / NAVIGATION

7) Broadcast Companies Want To Use TV Towers As A GPS Backup

How-To-Geek

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

8) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - April 3, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

9) Intelsat Wins 12-Month Deal To Provide US Department Of Defense With Global Maritime Coverage

Mobile World Live

OTHER

10) Dozens Of NOAA Websites Scheduled To Shut Down At Midnight

E&E News

11) How Potential UK Retaliatory Tariffs Could Impact The Transport Industry

CiTTi

SAFETY / SECURITY

12) Port Of Seattle Alerting 90,000 People Whose Data Was Compromised In SEA Cyberattack

KOMO-TV

13) Toyota Research Center Finds External Factors Also Play Role In Speeding, Risky Driving

Repairer Driven News

News Releases

1) Privacy4Cars Releases New And Improved Free Methods For Consumers To Learn About Privacy Practices In Automotive and Express Privacy Preferences

Friday Bonus

Remember the Road Runner cartoons? Wile E. Coyote was always trying to capture the fast bird with a variety of products from Acme. One of his favorite tricks was to paint a tunnel entrance on solid rock hoping the Road Runner would run full speed into the rock. It never worked but it always ended up with the coyote getting smashed. What if someone did the same thing with a Tesla to see if a printed wall would be detected by the vehicle's cameras?

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The Transportation Communications Newsletter (ISSN 1529-1057) is published electronically Monday through Friday.   For a free subscription or to unsubscribe, or for comments or questions, please contact me at bernie@transportationradio.com.  

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[TCN] Thursday, April 3, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA 'Stress Management Team' To Meet With Controllers At Reagan Airport Following Mid-Air Collision, Control Tower Fight

CNN

2) Secret Service Denies Involvement In False Traffic Collision Avoidance System Alerts In DC Area

Flying

3) FAA's AI-Powered Cybersecurity Research Faces The Axe—Despite Funding

Avionics International

FREIGHT

4) The Impact Of Diminishing Wireless Connectivity On The Trucking Industry

Commercial Carrier Journal

GPS / NAVIGATION

5) Toyota's Onboard Mapping System Infringes Cellphone Linking Patents, Inventor Alleges

Westlaw Today

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Korea International Cooperation Agency Presents Draft Of National ITS Master Plan For Bangladesh

Daily Sun

7) Russian Firm Defends Ugandan Intelligent Transport Monitoring System Amidst Criticism

PML Daily

OTHER

8) Legislation Creating Statewide Emergency Communications System Advances In Texas House

Texas Tribune

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Connecticut DOT Announces Distracted Driving Awareness Month Campaign: Every Distraction Is A Beast

Register Citizen

10) Gorge Transit Summit: A Day To Transform The Way You Think About Transit

Columbia Community Connection

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) AAA Research Finds App-Based Interventions May Help Curb Risky Driving Behaviors

AAA

TRANSIT

12) New Video Message Boards To Be Installed On San Diego MTS Orange Line

KGTV-TV

13) New York City Transit Tackles Signal System Challenges With Training, Upgrades

WPIX-TV

News Releases

1) Eutelsat Ramping Up LEO-Enabled Aviation Services

2) New York Tech Student Creates App For Bus Riders In Pune

3) Website Launched To Encourage Active Travel In Cumbria, UK

4) Coast Mountain Bus Operators Receiving New Training To Better Support Neurodivergent Customers

5) Nauto AI Safety System Soars In Performance Study By Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

6) Lotus Robotics, Here Technologies Collaborate On Highway Navigation Pilot For Automated Driving

7) Together For Safer Roads Launches Direct Vision Leadership Council To Expand Use Of High-Vision Trucks In North America

8) North Dakota Launches State Data Hub

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