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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Autonomous deliveries of food and parcels will be one step closer as Starship Technologies has agreed to partnerships in the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
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Gasoline sales in the state were about 2.6 percent higher in the first quarter of this year versus the first quarter of 2015.
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The university has released a Request for Information to improve campus transportation as it relates to safety, mobility and efficiency for all the different people who use it.
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In Fort Worth, Texas, the city government has decided to "even the playing field" by reducing regulations on both ride-sharing companies and the taxicab industry.
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Google has taken its time perfecting its autonomous vehicle algorithm, while Tesla has opened its Autopilot beta function to the public.
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As the company puts out one fire after another in court, it's also battling unfriendly regulations in places like Austin and struggling with criminal charges overseas.
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Intel hopes that by partnering with BMW and Mobileye – which makes cameras and software for self-driving cars – it can create standards for the emerging market.
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It's likely that other cities will gain a lot from the experiences of the winner of the Smart City Challenge.
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The new 10-mile line in Antioch represents a big change in BART technology.
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Tesla Motors said a May accident represents the first known fatality while one of its cars was driving in Autopilot mode.
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The future will have a lot of data, and a number of transportation experts in both private industry and the public sector are pushing for a vast group of stakeholders to collaborate on setting up standards that make that data as useful as possible.
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The transit agency’s newly-created Office of Extraordinary Innovation is tasked with finding the next big thing in transportation.
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Smaller communities are increasingly adopting bike-sharing programs. But they look a lot different than those in big cities.
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RideAustin a non-profit that moved in after Uber and Lyft were forced out earlier this year, is intended to help drivers and riders abide by local ordinances, and has attracted the interest of several other cities.
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Advocates of a mileage tax say new transportation revenue is needed because gasoline taxes have remained relatively flat while cars become more fuel efficient and electric vehicles are introduced.
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The Orange County Transportation Authority has effectively ended its planning of a streetcar system due to unforeseen costs and lack of support.
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The automotive center of America is working out the kinks to ready the country’s infrastructure before self-driving cars roll out nationwide.
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The Federal Aviation Administration released federal operational rules for commercial drones, but has opted to let state and local regulations have the final say.
