Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) City Of Sarasota, SRQ Airport Partner On Public Art Postcard Project
2) Can AI Make Better Pilots?
ELECTRONIC TOLLING
3) Electronic Tolling To Begin Saturday On New Howard Frankland Bridge Express Lanes
FREIGHT
4) Court Freezes Trump Administration Bid For Nationwide CDL Database
MARITIME
5) A Next Step For Australia In Southeast Asia: Help Nations Communicate What’s Happening At Sea
Baird Maritime (commentary)
OTHER
6) Duffy Says His Reality Road Trip Show Delayed Over ‘Extra Editing’ for Ethics Compliance
7) USDOT Bureau Of Transportation Statistics Relaunches Intercity Bus Atlas
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
8) Omaha Man Uses TikTok To Help Bikers, Pedestrians Navigate Farnam Street Construction
ROADWAYS
9) Intersections Need Safety Layer That Aviation Built Decades Ago
SAFETY / SECURITY
10) The Day Big Albums Start Streaming, Traffic Deaths Surge
SPACE
11) NASA Tests First-Of-Its-Kind Spacecraft Navigation System That Works Without GPS
TRANSIT
12) Spokane Transit Authority Launches ‘See Say’ App For Rider Safety Reporting
13) SEPTA Police To Star In A TV Docuseries
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
14) Charleston, South Carolina Looks To AI To Ease Traffic On Two Of City’s Busiest Corridors
News Releases
1) American Airlines To Install Seatback Screens At Every Seat
Tuesday Transportation Oddities
The noise you hear in a New York City subway station can sometimes almost be painful. But, you might want to bring along a pair of headphones and give a listen to a different kind of subway “noise.”
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