[TCN] Friday, February 7, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, February 7, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

1) Ann Arbor, Michigan Is Turning Bikes Into Data-Collection Devices To Support More Bike Lanes

StreetsblogUSA

AVIATION

2) Trump Administration Wants Bill To Establish New Air Traffic Control System

CBS News

CAMERAS

3) Idaho Transportation Department Installs Camera On Snowplow To Help Driver Monitor Salt Supply

Idaho Transportation Department

4) Modesto, California PD's Real-Time Crime Center Captures Video From Traffic Cams To Arrive On Scene Faster, More Prepared

Police1

HEALTH

5) Accelerate Crackdown On Noisy Drivers With AI, New York City Councilmember Says

Gothamist

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

6) Lagos Picks Huawei To Deploy Intelligent Traffic System

iTWeb

OTHER

7) NASA Instructs Employees To Remove Pronouns From All Work Communications

NPR

RAILROADS

8) Rail Passengers Outraged Over Hidden Train Departure Times At King's Cross

Railway Supply

ROADWAYS

9) Intelligent Blind Crossings For Suburban And Rural Intersections

Mineta Transportation Institute

SAFETY / SECURITY

10) Chinese Cameras May Be Able To Spy On US Infrastructure According To DHS Bulletin

The National News Desk

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

11) Uber CEO Outlines Robotaxi Fleet Plan

Smart Cities Dive

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

12) How Chicago Masters The Art Of Real-Time Traffic Updates

Chicago Star

News Releases

1) Lufthansa Group Airlines Use Apple AirTag Location Feature For Baggage Processes

Friday Bonus

I imagine you've seen movie scenes where cars do remarkable things. Stunt drivers expertly pilot these vehicles causing them to do things they never should do in real life. One of the latest challenges to these feats of skill are the safety tools found in modern vehicles. Scroll down to "Going Off-Script."

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[TCN] Thursday, February 6, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Thursday, February 6, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) Musk Says DOGE Will Make 'Rapid Safety Upgrades' To Air Traffic Control System

The Hill

2) South Korea Orders Airports To Install Bird Detection Cameras

BBC News

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

3) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - February 6, 2025

Carnegie Mellon University

MARITIME

4) Denmark Targets Shadow Tankers In New Port State Inspection Program

Maritime Executive

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

5) How Arlington, Texas Is Using An AI Platform To Reduce Congestion Ahead Of The World Cup

WFAA-TV

News Releases

1) Philadelphia International Airport Introduces Digital Wayfinding Units

2) Mobile Driver's Licenses Now Accepted At Cleveland International Airport

3) Almaviva, FS Group To Launch Sagitta Consortium To Advance Digital Solutions

4) PT Lippo General Insurance Unveils MyGo+: A Telematics-Based App For Safer Driving

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[TCN] Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Wednesday, February 5, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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AVIATION

1) FAA Says Agency Will Continue To Take Part In Aviation Safety Meetings

Reuters

2) LaGuardia Airport's Makeover Detailed In New PBS Nova Doc

WNYC Radio's All of It audio

CAMERAS

3) San Francisco's New Speed Cameras Will Automatically Issue Tickets Up To $500

SFGate

4) Bipartisan Bill Would End School Zone Camera Speeding Citations In Georgia

WXIA-TV

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) China-Linked Firm Gets E-ZPass Contract In New Jersey

Fox Business

EQUITY

6) NASA Moves To Erase 'Women In Leadership', 'Indigenous People' From Website

Chron

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7) The Role Of Lidar In The Vehicle-To-Everything Ecosystem

Cities Today

MARITIME

8) The Impact Of LEO Satellites On Maritime Forecasting

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

9) Outsourced Procurement Keeps MBTA's Plans For New Electric Trains In The Dark

StreetsblogMASS

TRANSIT

10) AC Transit Launches New Real-Time Prediction Engine

Richmond Standard

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

11) Utah DOT Launches Social Media Pages For Park City Road Conditions

Unofficial Networks

12) Traffic Flow Controls Using AI In Kazakhstan

Azernews

VEHICLES

13) Tesla Offers Texas Drivers Insurance Discount To Use Controversial Driving Assistance Feature

Chron

News Releases

1) Williamsburg Area Transit Launches Mobile Ticketing In The Transit App

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[TCN] Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

🚍  Tuesday, February 4, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey 🚏

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**Transit Equity Day**

AVIATION

1) Air Traffic Controllers First Learned They Were Exempt From Trump's Buyout From CNN

Forbes

2) South Korea Wants To Rebuild Aviation Safety System After Crash, Fire Incidents

Reuters

3) Two Airport Employees Arrested, Charged With Leaking Plane Crash Video To CNN

WUSA-TV

CAMERAS

4) Colorado To Begin Using Photo Radar Cameras On Highways

Denver Post

EQUITY

5) US Coast Guard Members At Risk Of Losing Access To Housing And More Over Identity Documents

WCIV-TV

OTHER

6) Engineering The Perfect Communications Plan

American Society of Highway Engineers' Scanner (pages 13 & 14)

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

7) Karl's Transport Spreads Word On Missing People

WSAW-TV

SAFETY / SECURITY

8) EU's New Entry/Exit System Delayed At Channel Ports Until November

ETIAS

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

9) Snow In Vancouver, British Columbia A Reminder Of Why All-Traffic Radio Was Crucial

Urbanized

News Releases

1) Houston Airports Readies For 2026 World Cup

2) University of Colorado Colorado Springs Launches Shuttle Tracking Option On Map Website

3) Siemens Mobility To Provide Integrated Mobility Solution For The RTC In Québec City

4) Volvo Autonomous Solutions, Waabi Announce Strategic Partnership To Advance Autonomous Freight Transport

5) Hayden AI Pilot With Braga, Portugal Reveals Large Number Of Parking Violations At Bus Stops

6) Audi Heightens Clarity For Customers Through Global Standardization Of Model Names

7) Dnata Unveils 'Station Of Tomorrow' At Orlando International Airport

Tuesday Transportation Oddities

Should you find yourself on a small remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic, but in need of a charge for your EV, you're in luck. This charger on Saint Helena may be the world's most remote EV charger.

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[TCN] Monday, February 3, 2025

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Monday, February 3, 2025 -  Cranford, New Jersey

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**Black History Month**

AVIATION

) Critical FAA NOTAM System Restored After Outage

CNN

) DC Plane Crash: NTSB On Air Traffic Control Tower Staffing, Last-Second Communications

USA Today

) Airports Across US Have Struggled With Air Traffic Control Staffing In Recent Years, Data Shows

CNN

) Some FAA Systems Are A Half-Century Old, As Aging Tech Suffers From Lack Of Replacement Parts And Support Service

Fortune

) As Crash Victims' Families Start Calling Lawyers, Trump's Words May Be Evidence In Suits

USA Today

) Egypt Hosts High-Level Libyan Delegation To Strengthen Air Traffic Cooperation

Libya Observer

CAMERAS

) Why Aren't Georgia DOT's Traffic Livestreams Working?

WTOC-TV

CARTOGRAPHY

) Who Will Call It The Gulf Of America? A Look At This And Other Naming Disputes

NPR

MARITIME

) Türkiye Restores 488 Lighthouses To Preserve Maritime Heritage

Türkiye Today

OTHER

) US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Ends Identity-Based Observances, Citing Safety Focus

Shore News Network

) Federal Employees Told To Remove Pronouns From Email Signatures

ABC News

) AI Chatbot Helps Idaho Transportation Department Employees Navigate Construction Resources

Transporter

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

) NTSB To Stop Emailing Reporters With Plane Crash Updates, Agency Switches To X.

The Desk

) Email Error Delays Roadwork In UK

West Bridgford Wire

) Communicating A Balanced Look At Local Airport Activity And Climate Change

National Academies

RAILROADS

) Rail Unions Call On Class Is To Join FRA's Close-Call Reporting System

Progressive Railroading

SAFETY / SECURITY

) Protecting The US's Critical Communications Infrastructure From Theft, Vandalism

Broadband Breakfast

SPACE

) Harnessing The Power Of Satellites To Diagnose Damaged Infrastructure

Tech Briefs

TAXIS / RIDESHARING

) Waymo, Uber Expand Robotaxi Partnership To Austin, Atlanta

The Verge

) New York City Taxi Drivers Call For 'Bathroom Placard' To Relieve Cabbies

Gothamist

TRANSIT

) Twin Cities Metro Transit Video Screens Now Glow In 'Dark Mode'

Minnesota Star Tribune

) Credit Card Ticketing On Japanese Public Transportation Nationwide Eyed In 2026

Kyodo News

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

) Pune Police To Take Over Smart City's Traffic Management System

Pune Pulse

) Ho Chi Minh City To Establish Transportation Dala Center

Viet Nam News

News Releases

1) Contactless Mobile Payments Now Accepted At Pittsburgh Regional Transit's Downtown Service Center

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