[TCN] Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🦽  Tuesday, July 7, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🦮

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**Disability Pride Month**

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Roadlite Bike Is V2X-Connected To Protect VRUs

ITS International

AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

2) NHTSA Administrator Talks Autonomous Vehicle Safety, Accountability In Nashville

WZTV-TV

3) Company Building Automated Garage In Raleigh In ‘Advanced’ Talks For Driverless Projects Elsewhere

WRAL-TV

AVIATION

4) Santa Barbara Airport Controllers Get State-Of-The-Art Training System

KSBY-TV

5) ‘Pokemon Airport’ Opens To Help Japanese Quake-Hit Region

AFP

6) SITA Says Software, Not Airports, Will Power Aviation Growth

Biometric Update

7) Dynamic Digital Displays Arrive At TSA Checkpoints

Passenger Terminal Today

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

8) Toll Collectors On Atlantic City Expressway Close Chapter Of New Jersey History

New Jersey Monthly

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

9) Dead Waymos, Clogged Buses: How San Francisco’s Fourth Of July Fireworks Melted Down

San Francisco Standard

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

10) Ankara Next In Türkiye’s 5G Smart Road Network

Hürriyet Daily News

11) AI Applications And Prospects In The Transportation Industry

CGTN (contributed content)

OTHER

12) New York City’s Newest Tech Tool Provides Language Data And Insights

Government Technology 

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

13) Arkansas DOT Discusses Importance Of Campaign In Reducing Litter On Highways

KATV-TV

14) MoDOT Conference Introduces Missouri Students To Transportation Careers

News Tribune

RAILROADS

15) Amtrak Restarts Northeast Corridor Study With Emphasis On Community Engagement

Providence Journal

RESEARCH

16) Virginia Allocates $11 Million To Transportation Technology Pilots

Government Technology

SAFETY / SECURITY

17) Traffic Violation Text Scams Are Evolving With QR Codes

Mashable

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

18) Tesla Robotaxi App Now Tells You If Your Ride Has A Safety Driver

Not a Tesla App

TRANSIT

19) San Francisco Officials Address July 4 Public Transit Nightmare

KRON-TV

20) Sound Transit’s Bespoke Wayfinding System Is Unnecessarily Baffling

PubliCola

VEHICLES

21) EU Mandates Driver Distraction Warning Tech In Cars

Traffic Technology Today

News Releases

1) Nashville DOT Relaunches ‘Multimodal Mondays’ To Encourage Use Of Sustainable Transportation

2) Inrix Launches 2026 Signals Scorecard, Turning Billions Of Connected Vehicle Trips Into Actionable Traffic Signal Performance Insights

3) IBTTA Strengthens Policy And Communications Team

4) Tennessee Agencies Promote ‘Precious Cargo’ Program To Improve Communication During Traffic Stops

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Phantom traffic jams aren’t just a roadway phenomenon, it can also slow escalator traffic.

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