Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
🇸🇮 Tuesday, August 11, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey 🚴🏼♂️
**Tadej Pogačar - Winner of Tour de France 2026**
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
1) England’s First ‘Cycle Street’ Closes After A Few Months Due To Road Markings Issue
AUTOMATED & CONNECTED TRANSPORTATION
2) An Expert In Traffic Jams Has A Scary Idea: What If The Cars Turn On Us?
AVIATION
3) FAA Runway Mitigation Program Shows Measurable Gains
4) Memphis International Airport Prepares For Name Change Honoring FedEx Founder Fred W. Smith
WATN-TV (video)
5) Airports: Online Information Is Widely Available For General Aviation Fuel Prices But Not For Required Fees
6) FlightAware Suing Kalshi Over Flight Cancellation Bets
7) Mobile’s New International Airport Is Still Under Construction, But You Can Visit It Virtually On Microsoft Flight Simulator
GPS / NAVIGATION
8) Feds Ignored A Decade Of Warnings That GPS Jamming Could Cause A Crash
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
9) Is Iceland About To Experience A Total Eclipse—And Its Biggest Traffic Jam?
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
10) Kenya Urban Roads Authority Expands Nairobi's Smart Traffic Project Into Phase II
11) How Universities Are Turning Their Connected Campuses Into Smart Cities
MARITIME
12) Seaports Dabbling In AI, But Complex Supply Chain Operations Make Adoption A Challenge
OTHER
13) Virginia To Take ‘F--k The Police’ License Plate Flight To US Supreme Court
14) As Michigan Rolls Out Automated Traffic Tickets, New Law Blocks Driver Points
PRIVACY
15) New Tech Adds Phone Tracking To License Plate Readers, Associating Devices With Identifiable Cars
ROADWAYS
16) Audit: Change To Privatization In North Carolina DOT Highway Sign Program A Struggling Journey
TRANSIT
17) DC Metro Bus Driver Push Back Against Requirement To Announce Fare
VEHICLES
18) Tesla Unveils First Cybercab With Starlink Antenna Integrated
News Releases
1) Kapsch TrafficCom Expands Satellite Tolling To Netherlands
2) Michigan Office Of Highway Safety Planning Releases New TV Commercials
3) Texas DOT Introduces New DriveTexas App
4) FAA Unveils Brand-New Radar As Latest Improvement To Newark Liberty International Airport
Tuesday Transportation Oddities
It looks like a railroad crossing. It sounds like a railroad crossing. However, there are no tracks and this is used for heavy trucks to cross the roadway in Granite City, Illinois.
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