FutureStructure Automation
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles. -
The COVID-19 health crisis has undoubtedly pushed companies toward automated processes and robotic systems. As the vaccine is rolled out, some worry workers may be permanently displaced as health restrictions loosen
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Zoox, the maker of a bidirectional autonomous taxi backed by the Internet retailer Amazon, unveiled the latest iteration of its driverless taxi earlier this week in Foster City, Calif.
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The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada participated in a pilot project by INRIX to test-drive its new Road Rules platform, joining six other public entities across the country.
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The autonomous vehicles testing will be limited to the private 300-acre industrial park, with legislation required before they can hit the public streets of New York. They will move an estimated 500 passengers per day.
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The Texas transportation hub is one of the latest to begin public testing of self-driving shuttles from Easy Mile. Travelers can now ride from the Barbara Jordan terminal to rental car and ground transportation areas.
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The system, which applies the brakes or sends out an alert to warn a driver when a pedestrian is crossing the street, could be the difference between an uneventful day and a deadly collision.
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Alabama’s capital city has entered into a three-year agreement after a six-month pilot that saw roughly 80 garbage trucks there outfitted with the RUBICONSmartCity platform to better manage routes and maintenance.
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The new $45 million SMARTCenter opened at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio to test autonomous vehicle technologies. Planning for the facility began about five years ago.
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Electric scooters and other forms of urban mobility in Chicago can be accessed via the Transit app, which officials say will allow users to find a close ride without having to toggle between multiple scooter apps.
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A company in Ann Arbor, Mich., is testing the hypothesis that full-sized autonomous vehicles are not the answer to making short-distance food or grocery deliveries, and is instead betting on small electric vehicles.
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To catch up with Arizona, Florida last month enacted some of the most friendly autonomous car legislation in the nation, and transportation-planning agencies and Orlando are launching their own assessments.
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Leaders in the city of Cumberland are examining potential sites for an autonomous vehicle testing center. Although the plans are far from finalized, two sites are reportedly being considered.
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An operator is on the vehicle at all times, though officials have said that the intent is for the shuttle to operate as autonomously as possible throughout all three phases of the pilot project.
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Experts say people need time to get used to seeing driverless vehicles on the road, even if the cars are identifiable only by the hardware stacks on the roof.
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A mobility plan currently in the works — as well as newly signed state legislation — could make autonomous vehicles a viable option for the city’s future transportation network, officials say.
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A state law taking effect July 1 makes no requirement that the traveling public be made aware of the autonomous semi they share the road with or that the trucks be tested, inspected or certified before being deployed.
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“We’re not replacing humans,” said Eric Sellman, vice president for Twin Cities-based Mortenson. “We want to take a proactive step to deal with the labor shortage ... and give our teams have the latest tools to deal with that.”
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Syracuse will phase out all of its 17,500 conventional streetlights for an LED-powered lighting network system. But the city also has its eye on pulling in data like never before.
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A recent report compiled by students at the University of Iowa’s School of Urban and Regional Planning gave several recommendations for how the city could better prepare for a future with automated vehicles.
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Skipping the hassle of flying – and the different headache of driving – gives self-driving cars a leg up when people are choosing how to travel.
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