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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First trains, then cars and, now, COVID-19 have all spurred New York to reimagine how its scarce space should be used – and what residents need to survive.
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Transit operators in Marin County, Calif., will be making their services available on the Uber app, giving ride-hailing users other transit options. The partnership hopes to increase first-mile and last-mile options.
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Plus, Equifax’s payout for its massive 2017 breach, a look at American fears of riding in autonomous vehicles and a potential solution for sanitizing sports arenas between events post-COVID.
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The California Air Resources Board approved an aggressive regulation to spur the adoption of electric semi-trucks and similar vehicles. Under the rules, all trucks sold in the state must be zero-emission by 2045.
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Minneapolis is expected to vote on a proposal that would allow two vendors to deploy scooters as soon as July 1, even as the issue over whether they will be required to have locking devices remains unsettled.
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Even with the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the self-driving car startup may have reason to expand. Earlier this month, it closed on a deal with Volkswagen on a $2.6 billion investment.
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Capital Metro in Austin, Texas, is set to become the lead agency for a new bike-share program, possibly signaling a trend placing micro-mobility squarely in the hands of public transit.
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The new regulations, developed despite opposition from truckers worried about the cost of new vehicles, come as the Air Resources Board is in court battling the Trump administration over the power to set pollution rules.
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The rideshare company plans to have only electric vehicles operating on its platform by the end of the decade. That goal is built on the assumption that current trends hold and that policymakers do their part.
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Despite the near-term hit to the lithium-ion battery market, producers and car makers are hopeful that the technology will soon sweep gasoline. For now, the technology is slowing alongside vehicle sales and production.
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The city of Vienna, Austria, has seen some success with boosting public transit ridership in the wake of the novel coronavirus. An official offered recommendations to improve stateside ridership with some safety adjustments.
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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's collection of trip data for shared e-scooters and similar on-demand devices is being challenged as a government overreach in federal district court.
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission voted unanimously on June 2 to terminate 492 toll workers in favor of all-electronic tolling. While the move was billed as a safety precaution amid the pandemic, some are calling foul.
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StreetLight Data's new examination of 100 U.S. metros during the nationwide stay-at-home orders shows that small changes to societal norms, like daily commutes, could have significant impacts for air quality.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is one of nine companies joining a federal initiative to improve the safety and testing of self-driving cars, and Michigan is one of eight states also joining the effort.
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The law requires officials to submit a plan for more highway charging stations by July 1, 2021. It also requires the state to estimate the loss of gas tax revenue, which accounts for roughly one-quarter of highway funding.
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The Ultimate Urban Circulator Program is being planned as an autonomous vehicle overhaul of the city’s 1980s-era Skyway monorail. Transportation officials have put out the call for qualifications to advance the project.
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The state requirement that riders on buses, ferries and the like show proof of negative coronavirus tests before using public transit has officials in the Portland area confused about enforcement.
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