[TCN] Tuesday, August 6, 2024

  Transportation Communications Newsletter

 💡 Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey 🚨

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**National Night Out**

AVIATION

1) CrowdStrike Letter Questions Delta IT Decisions, Response To Outage

Aviation Week

2) Cyber Securing The Friendly Skies

SecurityInfoWatch.com

3) Why A Strong Brand Identity Is Essential To The Success Of An FBO

Business Airport International

CAMERAS

4) Ford Could Be Working On Camera System That Automatically Reports Speeding Vehicles

TechRadar

FREIGHT

5) Visibility Key To Transportation Management Success

SupplyChainBrain

HEALTH

6) Car-Free Neighborhoods Reduce Auto Noise, Allow Other Sounds To Be Heard

Quiet Communities blog

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Health Department, Local School District In Ohio, Launch Roundabout Video Campaign To Educate Drivers

WTOL-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) Gamification Gets Drivers To Put Down Their Phones, Study Finds

Ars Technica

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

9) Waymo Expanding Robotaxi Service Beyond San Francisco, Los Angeles City Limits 

The Verge

TELEMATICS

10) Telematics Mitigates Heat-Related Risks For Trucking Companies

Commercial Carrier Journal

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Traffic Management Control Center To Be Set Up In Himachal Pradesh, India

Tribune News Service

VEHICLES

12) Ford Developing Headlights That Follow Direction Of Drivers' Eyes

Auto123

News Releases

1) Norfolk Southern, American Train Dispatchers Association Initiate Participation In Confidential Close Call Reporting System

2) Ohio Traffic Safety Office Announces New School Bus Safety Public Awareness Campaign

3) Traffic Safe New Zealand: New AI-Powered Software Helps Predict Traffic Accidents Before They Happen

4) California Toll Operators Launch New FasTrak Website

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

The 363-mile (584 km) Erie Canal has numerous bridges which carry road and rail traffic over the waterway. In Ridgeway, New York you'll find the Medina Culvert. It's the only place where a road passes beneath the canal.

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[TCN] Monday, August 5, 2024

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🚦  Monday, August 5, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey 🚥

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**National Stop on Red Week**

AVIATION

1) Several Iowa Airport Weather Tracking Sites Disabled With New FAA Guidelines

KCCI-TV

2) Massachusetts DOT Aeronautics Teams With MassDOT Highway To Pioneer Drone Technology For Smarter Highway Maintenance

DroneLife

3) Eastern Iowa Airport Expanding Its Educational Footprint

The Gazette

4) US Air Mobility Command Tries AI To Speed Up Airlift Planning

Breaking Defense

5) A VR-Based Flight Simulator Rig Has Been FAA Qualified For The First Time

Upload

6) How Are Airports Around The World Innovating Their Self-Service Offerings?

Passenger Terminal Today

FREIGHT

7) OOIDA Raises Concerns About AI Technology In Transportation

Land Line

8) Communication Is Key In Driver Satisfaction

Commercial Carrier Journal

GPS / NAVIGATION

9) Iran Warns Airlines Of Potential GPS Disruptions Over The Country

Times of Israel

MARITIME

10) KVH Industries Leans On Maritime Connectivity Competitor Starlink For Growth

SpaceNews

OTHER

11) Traffic Stop Data Can Shape Policy. It's Often Missing.

New York Times

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

12) New Louisiana Law Serves As Warning To Bystanders Who Film Police

Verite News

13) UK Invests £750,000 In Skills And Outreach Aviation Program

Passenger Terminal Today

14) How Australia Managed To Convert To Metric Speed Limits Without Everyone Losing Their Minds

The Autopian

15) Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Knows How To Talk About Climate Change

Time commentary

RAILROADS

16) Krakow Set For Smoother Rail Travel As Poland Moves To Modernize Traffic Control

RailTech

ROADWAYS

17) New Mexico DOT: Rumble Strips On Route 66's 'Singing Highway' Falling Into Disrepair

KRQE-TV

18) Sensors To Tackle Overheight Truck Incidents In New South Wales

Infrastructure

19) Indian Ministry Of Road Transport And Highways Launches App To Combat Highway Encroachments

Construction World

SAFETY / SECURITY

20) Enhancing National Infrastructure Security By Harmonization Of Cybersecurity Standards In OT/ICS Environments

Industrial Cyber

21) Singapore Testing Biometric Immigration Processing At Changi Airport

CNBC

TRANSIT

22) With Scores Of Data, Calgarian Hopes To 'Reimagine' Calgary Transit

Calgary Herald

VEHICLES

23) US Expected To Propose Barring Chinese Software In Autonomous Vehicles

Reuters

24) Mercedes-Benz Obtained L4 Self-Driving Car Test Permit In Beijing

CarNewsChina

25) 2025 Explorer First Ford To Get New Android-Powered Infotainment System

The Verge

26) New Car Interiors Aren't Getting More Distracting, You're Just Getting Old

Jalopnik

News Releases

1) Gogo, Duncan Aviation Collaborate To Expand 5G STC Portfolio

2) NATS Services, Altitude Angel Make 'Flying Under The Radar' A Thing Of The Past

3) Central Florida Expressway Authority Publishes Book About Wekiva Parkway

4) Hall County, Georgia Launches Information Webpage For Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax

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[TCN] Friday, August 2, 2024

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, August 2, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Boulder City Clerk Rules Pro-Airport Campaign Violated Election Rules

Boulder Reporting Lab

2) FAA Approves Frequency 122.925 For Air-To-Air Communications Between Agricultural Aircraft Beginning Immediately

AgAir Update

3) Community Engagement Plays Important Role For Chautauqua County, New York Airports

Business View Magazine

CARTOGRAPHY

4) Pennsylvania Turnpike Ramping Up Collection Efforts For Unpaid Tolls

WYOU/WBRE-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Toll Collection Begins On Patna Ring Road In India

Times of India

ENVIRONMENT

6) The Stream: The Infrastructure, Environmental Balance

AASHTO Journal

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) State DOTs Prioritizing Safety Through Public Campaigns

AASHTO Journal

8) Port Of Bellingham Won't Explain Aviation Director's Abrupt Dismissal

Cascadia Daily News

SPACE

9) Generative AI Tool Deployed Aboard International Space Station

Nextgov/FCW

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

10) China Flooded With Robotaxis Causing Traffic Jams

The Byte

TRANSIT

11) Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority To Hold Bus Parade To Mark Rebranding 

WBRC-TV

12) What A Beautiful Bus Stop Can Do

Bloomberg CityLab

13) The Transit Beat Is Becoming The Climate Beat

Nieman Lab

14) Public Transportation Access For Vanderbilt University Students Transitions To Virtual Platform

Vanderbilt Hustler

 

VEHICLES

15) Driverless Cars Still Lack Common Sense. AI Chatbot Technology Could Be The Answer

The Conversation

News Releases

1) Cambridge Systematics, Swiftly Partner To Streamline Access To Quality Data

2) Metro Magazine Names 2024 Innovative Solutions Award Winners

Friday Bonus

Lots of TV viewers spent many hours watching the inner workings of the Dunder Mifflin paper company on The Office. For those who miss the series, check out The Dealership, about a Chevy dealer in Ballston Spa, New York.

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[TCN] Thursday, August 1, 2024

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, August 1, 2024 - Cranford, New Jersey

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CAMERAS

1) New Orleans Delays School Zone Camera Activation Due To State Legislation

WVUE-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

2) Google Maps Getting More Augmented Reality Tools

How-To Geek

HEALTH

3) Boulder, Colorado Sues FAA Over Airport

Quiet Communities blog

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

4) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - August 1, 2024

Carnegie Mellon University

OTHER

5) California Digitizes Car Titles

ZDNET

6) Ohio Rolls Out Digital Driver's Licenses, State IDs For iPhone Users

Statehouse News Bureau

SPACE

7) After Years Of Leniency, United Launch Alliance Cracks Down On Hobbyist Photographers

Ars Technica

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

8) Uber To Deploy Chinese Driverless Cars

The Telegraph

9) China's Robotaxi Dreams Spark Economic Anxiety Over AI's Threat

Bloomberg

TRANSIT

10) You Can Watch Your City's Trains Move Around In Real Time With Fun Piece Of Wall Art

Fast Company

VEHICLES

11) Robocars Promise To Improve Traffic Even When Most Of The Cars Around Them Are Driven By People, Study Finds

The Conversation

12) Tesla Full Self-Driving Data Makes Elon Musk Lower Expectations

Electrek

News Releases

1) UCLA Transportation Researchers Receive $1.5 Million NSF Grant To Improve Automated Vehicles, ITS

2) Georgia DOT Launches Safe Driving App 'Reach Home Safely'

3) Pennsylvania Attorney General Announces New Complaint Form For Consumers' Airline Issues

4) Florida Department Of Highway Safety And Motor Vehicles Promotes Safe Start To New School Year With Awareness Campaign Focused On Child Safety

5) Delaware DMV Introduces New Chatbot, Della

6) Arizona DOT MVD Offers Retailers New App For Mobile ID Age Verification

**Bernie's Notes**

Life is an adventure and here's a great example. Today, Lin-Manuel Miranda released a trailer for a concept album he and Eisa Davis co-wrote based on a 1979 movie, The Warriors. I'm thrilled to say I am a part of this production and it's my voice you hear on the trailer. 

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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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