FutureStructure Transportation
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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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.
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The idea for the fee has been prompted by concerns that revenue from gasoline taxes will drop if electric vehicles made by Tesla and other manufacturers become more popular.
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Despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the novel coronavirus pandemic, transit officials in the Florida region say many transportation initiatives have moved ahead successfully.
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America's largest public utility predicts that at least 200,000 EVs will be operating in its 7-state region by 2028, increasing the need for rapid charging infrastructure.
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The Contra Costa County Transportation Authority announced that Iwasaki will retire at the end of the month. He will be replaced by Timothy Haile, who has served as executive director for projects since 2017.
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The Public Service Commission, which had previously proposed mandatory programs for the largest utilities, voted 2-1 Thursday to approve a framework for supporting voluntary electric vehicle plans.
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The newly launched service introduces on-demand, shared rides in two Los Angeles neighborhoods, providing Uber-like service for $1 a ride. The service will grow to nine zones by summer 2021.
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Officials acknowledged the city needs to ready itself for an inevitable transition to electric vehicles but remained adamant in recent weeks that the police department is not yet prepared to use and maintain them.
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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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Two projects in Georgia and New York are exploring new technologies which embed power generation, computing and more into paving, opening up this right-of-way space to accommodate solar panels and smart city sensors.
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The leading industry advocate for automakers selling vehicles in the United States called Tuesday for policymakers to help the industry capitalize on what they frame as a pivotal moment in technological history.
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Highways and bus routes. Weather and car crashes. Counties and cities. What happens when all that data comes together in one place? A look inside a major transportation initiative shaping up in Columbus, Ohio.
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An updated air-quality monitoring app covering large swaths of Southern California is combining data streams from both government and crowd-sourced sensors to give readings at the neighborhood level.
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A new report by the Urban Institute urges an additional $17 billion in annual federal spending for transit nationwide, which could bring many bus systems up to a level currently seen in major cities like Chicago.
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A modular building and a recharging station that is located in Springfield, Ohio, will boost progress toward viable electric flying cars — and a new industry soon to be built around those vehicles.
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For the first time in state history, a hybrid-electric plane has taken flight between Maui's Kahului Airport to Hana and back on a single charge. The Nov. 22 flight was conducted by Los Angeles-based Ampaire Inc.
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Ticketing and trip-planning across some half dozen transit providers in San Joaquin County, Calif., has been brought under one app, allowing for an easy jump for riders moving from one system to another.
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As Ford Motor Co. enters the early stages of its transition to electric vehicles, it faces a decision that could shape the success of its electric-vehicle strategy: whether to make the battery cells that power EVs.
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A study conducted by the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University earlier this year found that cybersecurity protocols and general concern about cyberthreats were inadequate across many agencies.
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