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 legislative package now moves to the full state Senate.
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As a one time investor in Uber, Google has reportedly explored the option of turning its navigation subsidiary Waze into a ride-sharing app, potentially competing with the ride-sharing giant.
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If computers ruled the roads, we might be out of a jam.
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The nonprofit Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center has developed a series of auto cybersecurity best practices that cover governance, risk management, security by design and threat detection, to name a few.
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The Alphabet company will help users throughout the San Francisco Bay Area find rides to and from work.
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The transit-elevated bus takes public transit above the street.
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Self-driving technology devised by Otto, a San Francisco startup that was acquired by Uber this month for a reported $680 million, is now an integral part of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s race into a future where taxis, delivery vehicles and long-haul trucks can pilot themselves.
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Tesla and other carmakers, including Honda, BMW, Volvo and Mercedes, are introducing cars with semi-autonomous features such as emergency braking, lane keeping and collision avoidance.
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Carpooling is at an all-time low, but could ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft change that?
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Although the original plan would have had buses up and running this summer, transit officials instead opted to delay the rollout and choose a more weather resistant bus model that has a longer lasting charge.
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Carpooling will become part of the company's services eventually, but for now, its pilot project has petered out.
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, in conjunction with the Japanese government, is exploring the possibility of installing a magnetic levitation train capable of driving 350 mph.
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Wi-Fi will be added to 50 more Metra cars after a positive customer response to the current program which deployed in only 12 cars.
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The ever-frustrating occurrence of dropped calls in tunnels will be remedied in Seattle. Cell phone coverage will be extended through downtown tunnels beginning this week.
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On Oct. 28, the state will usher in a completely electronic tolling system on I-90, replacing 26 toll plazas with 16 gantries that will automatically charge drivers as they pass under them.
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A year into the overhaul of the region’s bus network, METRO officials say they’re pleased with the results — and have more improvements in the works.
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Transit agencies are getting better at making realistic cost estimates, offering hope that large-scale programs can avoid disastrous overruns.
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A nonprofit agency is questioning the removal of key privacy protections in AB 1592, which would allow testing of a driverless shuttle in Contra Costa County.
