Transportation Communications Newsletter is an electronic newsletter published Monday through Friday via

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. It has . The newsletter began as a discussion group on MakeList.com on June 13, 1998 and evolved into its current newsletter format over the next several years. The newsletter features a collection of news items and information related to all aspects of

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inqui ...

s in the

transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

field. Frequent topics include intelligent transportation systems,

telematics Telematics is an interdisciplinary field encompassing telecommunications, vehicular technologies (road transport, road safety, etc.), electrical engineering (sensors, instrumentation, wireless communications, etc.), and computer science (multimedia ...

and traveler information systems. The newsletter uses a headline and link format which allows readers to skim the stories and click on only those which are of interest. The newsletter's founder and editor is

Bernie Wagenblast Bernie Wagenblast (born September 1, 1956 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a transportation journalist and voice-over artist. He is the founder and editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter. The newsletter originated as a discussion grou ...

who has worked in various aspects of transportation communications since 1979. This includes time as a radio traffic reporter in

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, manager of a public sector transportation operations center and as a voiceover artist for various transportation projects including AirTrain Newark,

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and the

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's E-ZPass service center. The newsletter ranks as the top Yahoo Group in the transportation category, based on the number of subscribers. Total subscribers in February 2009 were over 7,000.

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