[TCN] Monday, August 17, 2026

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, August 17, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION

1) Smart Tugs And Trucks That Don’t Sleep. Automation Rewires US Transport

Reuters

AVIATION

2) Duffy Discusses New Technology Aimed At Making Air Travel Safer

CBS News (video)

3) FAA Updates Cockpit-Control Guidance For Touchscreens, Voice Commands

AVweb

4) FAA Awards AT&T $74 Million To Begin Building Next-Generation Air Traffic Network

MeriTalk

CAMERAS

5) Norfolk, Virginia Mayor Enforces Rule Which Limits Comments On Flock Cameras

WAVY-TV

FREIGHT

6) Flock Cameras Expand To Trucking Enforcement

Commercial Carrier Journal

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

7) After Allegheny Mountain Tunnel Fire, Pennsylvania Turnpike Makes Safety Changes

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

8) Missouri Flood And Drought App Builds Disaster Preparedness

Government Technology

OTHER

9) North Carolina DMV To Launch New Mobile ID Program

WRAL News

ROADWAYS

10) Florida DOT Ordered Street Art Removed. Then Sarasota Got A Faux Brick Crosswalk.

Suncoast Searchlight

SAFETY / SECURITY

11) Massachusetts Highway Head Outlines State’s Plan To Reduce Wrong-Way Driving

WBUR Radio’s Up Next

12) How Villanova University Students Are Using Virtual Roads To Study Safety

WCAU-TV

TRANSIT

13) Degree, New York MTA Turn Real Commuter Conversations Into Summer Ad Campaign

Chain Drug Review

News Releases

1) FAA Installs Brand-New Surface Movement Radar At Reagan National Airport

2) Pennsylvania DOT Enhances 511PA Website With Real Time Info To Help Travelers Headed To Little League World Series

3) Minnesota DOT Selects Sensys Gatso For Work Zone Safety Pilot Focused On Driver Education, Behavior Change 

4) Worldwide Transportation Library Launches As Official LLC To Scale Global Infrastructure Research

5) Hyundai India, Radio Mirchi Launch Traffic Quality Index

6) How AutoBike Uses Hesai Lidar To Explore Smarter Bikesharing

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