Transportation Communications Newsletter
Thursday, January 15, 2026 - Cranford, New Jersey
AVIATION
1) Chicago To Explore Sponsorship, Naming Rights Deals At O’Hare, Midway Airports
2) TSA Expanding Touchless Facial Recognition To 65 Airports
3) Complaints Over Mobile Access At New Mumbai Airport
4) Amarillo To Play Role In FAA Project To Increase Air Traffic Safety
CAMERAS
5) Law Changes, New Technology Can Help Address Stealth License Plates
6) How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams For Minneapolis To Film ICE
FREIGHT
7) USDOT To Use AI To Go After Illegal Truckers
8) How Verizon’s Cellular Outages Expose Trucking’s Technology Achilles’ Heel
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
9) The Smart Transportation Dispatch - January 15, 2026
MARITIME
10) Russia Ramps Up GPS Spoofing To Conceal Movements Of Shadow Fleet Oil Tankers
PRIVACY
11) FTC Bans GM From Selling Driver Data Without Explicit Consent
SAFETY / SECURITY
12) Montgomery County, Maryland DOT Scraps Plan To Use Security Robot In Downtown Silver Spring
TRANSIT
13) How Metro Became DC’s Favorite Brand
14) Manchester, UK Bee Bus Network To Roll Out Real-Time Information Displays
Traffic Technology International
15) Digital Signs Planned For Disneyland Monorail Following Emergency Evacuation
News Releases
1) Florida’s Naples Airport Bringing Back ‘Plane Talk’ Series For Tenants, Community
2) Iowa DOT’s Visibility Technology Helps Snowplow Operators ‘See’ Roads During Severe Weather
3) BC Transit To Display ‘Standing Room Only’ On All Routes When Buses Are Full
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