Thursday, January 8, 2026
Bernie Wagenblast
Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, January 8, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) FCC Rolls Back Foreign Drone Ban
CAMERAS
2) New Orleans Traffic Cameras Still Plagued By Issues Despite New Fixes, According To Report
3) More Technology Coming To Catch Errant Drivers In Trinidad & Tobago
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
4) Congressional Lawmakers Seek Larger USDOT Role In Coordinating State, Local Roadway Tech Efforts
5) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - January 8, 2026
PUBLIC INFORMATION / EDUCATION / INVOLVEMENT
6) Facing Deepening Budget Crisis, SFMTA Asks Riders What Transit Services Should Be Saved
RESEARCH
7) With Help From AI, Your Next Move Can Be Predicted
ROADWAYS
8) San Antonio Prepares To Move Rainbows From Crosswalks To Sidewalks In Pride District
TAXIS / RIDESHARING
9) Waymo's New Zeekr Cab Has A Real Name, And You May See It Soon
TRANSIT
10) How Has San Francisco Bay Area Transit Become More Integrated?
TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
11) How Quantum Technologies Are Changing Traffic Management
Traffic Technology International
12) NOCoE Newsletter - January 8, 2026
National Operations Center of Excellence
WEATHER
13) Montgomery County, Maryland Sees New Weather Stations As Tool To Increase Climate Change Resiliency
News Releases
1) TomTom, Visteon Partner To Launch In-Car AI: Privacy-First, Onboard Conversational Navigation
2) DAT Fully Integrates Convoy Platform With AscendTMS To Supercharge Broker Workflows
3) Indra Group Acquires Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM Platform
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