Friday, February 20, 2026

[Bernie Wagenblast]

Transportation Communications Newsletter

  Friday, February 20, 2026 - Claremont, New Hampshire

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AVIATION

1) FAA Rules Could Hinder Upper C-Band Use, Mobile Industry Fears

Broadband Breakfast

2) Realizing The Digital Airside: From Disconnected Data To Intelligent Airport Ecosystems

International Airport Review

3) FAA’s Oversight Of United Airlines’ Maintenance Practices Is Hindered By Inadequate Inspection Resources, Ineffective Workforce Planning, And Impediments to Accessing Air Carrier Data

USDOT Inspector General

CAMERAS

4) Hidden In Plain Sight: Surveillance At The Arizona Border

The Border Chronicle

ELECTRONIC TOLLING

5) Open Road Tolling And Work Zone Safety With Mark Compton, Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO 

The Transportation Podcast

FREIGHT

6) Technology Identifies Most Needed Areas For Truck Parking

Commercial Carrier Journal

7) New Carrier ID System Aims To Make Freight Fraud Harder

Commercial Carrier Journal (video)

PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT

8) Los Angeles DOT Pulls PSA Urging Riders To Not Poop On City Buses

KCAL-TV

9) LinkNYC Launches ‘Rules Of The Road’ Campaign To Teach Cyclists Traffic Laws

Brooklyn Paper

TELEMATICS

10) What Happens When Fleet Data Stops Living In Silos

Australasian Fleet Management Association

TRANSIT

11) ORCA To Roll Out Tap-To-Pay, Letting Riders Use Cards, Digital Wallets Throughout Puget Sound Area

KOMO-TV

12) Prairie Lakes Transit Added To Minnesota DOT Transit Map

Fairmont Sentinel

13) How Agentic AI And Dynamic Networks Are Solving The Transit Reliability Gap

Mass Transit (contributed content)

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

14) Estonia Wants To Give Waze, Google Maps Direct Access To Traffic Data

ERR

News Releases

1) HAAS Alert, Wanco Expand Partnership To Include Built-In Digital Alerting On All Connected Arrow Boards

Friday Bonus  

Don’t forget those two magic words when you get off the bus.

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