FutureStructure Transportation
-
Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
-
Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
-
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.
More Stories
-
The plan focuses on relatively quick, incremental steps that can have big impacts.
-
Elon Musk has revealed that he wants Tesla Motors to develop electric, connected, self-driving transit vehicles in the future.
-
A recent study from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering shows millennials really aren't that different from previous generations.
-
The city's five-year plan involves a lot of tech.
-
Although vague about the guidelines, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx hinted that they involve “pre-market approval steps” for autonomous car technology.
-
In order to put self-driving cars on the streets, auto makers must first prove themselves, speakers at an automated driving convention have argued.
-
A report issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says automakers are actually ahead of schedule as far as introducing fuel-efficient vehicles.
-
After a Tesla driver was killed in a crash during Autopilot Mode, the company has faced some harsh criticisms.
-
Oakland County, Mich., released a street traffic app allowing residents to get transit information delivered to their pocket.
-
In 2015, Tesla activated its autopilot mode, which automates steering, braking and lane switching, but the automaker asserts the technology doesn’t shift blame for accidents from the driver to the company.
-
Mass transit agencies worldwide are beginning to move to fare collection that allows more diverse payment options for passengers.
-
Mayor Richard Barry says the move would put Albuquerque in position to be the first city in the country to operate a fleet of 60-foot-long electric buses.
-
Transportation brokers are looking to lure more independent drivers — akin to Uber — to supplement the commercial medical transportation fleets that it hires to provide rides.
-
Riders value frequent service more than almost anything else. Wi-Fi at bus stops? Not so much.
-
Planners should try to stay ahead of technology and embrace changes that will include driverless vehicles, and vehicles that share traffic and road conditions with each other.
-
The National Association of City Transportation Officials' recent statement on automated driving reflects one tech giant's sentiments that driving is better left to machines.
-
The new law negates town ordinances against ridesharing companies and puts authority solely on the State Department of Safety.
-
Since the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's official program to regulate shuttles began in April, the total number of stops has gone from 125 to 110, prompting tech workers to find other ways to get to their Silicon Valley offices.
