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 Ohio capital beat out 77 other cities, including techie San Francisco, with its plans to use technology to solve transportation problems.
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In event of an accident, a utilitarian algorithm would instantly calculate the number of lives at stake inside the vehicle, versus the number of lives at stake if it hits bystanders.
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Columbus, Ohio, has won the Smart City Challenge, but the other cities who made it to the final round will get some help implementing their plans too.
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The city will get more than $100 million in government and private-sector money to implement high-tech, futuristic transportation ideas.
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A new collection of data from all of the country’s major transit systems sheds light on important trends.
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A project out of Seattle is looking to make the daily grind easier for the people who have a tougher time moving about ever-changing cities.
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The Fulton county commission will spend $10,000 to continue testing a service that allows others to summon an Uber to take seniors to and from four senior citizen centers in the county.
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Over the next 25 years, autonomous vehicles could cause the number of accidents to plunge 80 percent from current levels, which would directly affect the auto-insurance industry.
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Atieva, a Silicon Valley startup, has expressed interest in the cities as possible locations for its headquarters and a manufacturing facility.
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The Olli is ready to roll, and it may be used in the U.S. Transportation Department’s Smart City Challenge.
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Texas lawmakers are poised to discuss statewide regulations for ride-hailing companies next session, although there's no clear consensus on what rules, if any, should be proposed come January.
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U.S. cities are embracing new types of transportation leaders.
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At the 2016 Intelligent Community Forum Summit, members explored what it means for cities that are essentially competitors in economic development to work together.
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Uber and Lyft have stopped or threatened to stop serving cities around the country. When they actually do, startups and riders scramble to fill the hole.
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UberEats signals the company’s desire to apply its on-demand logistics engine to industries other than transportation.
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Techstars Mobility is bringing in 12 start-up firms from around the world for an intensive three-month program at Ford Field offices.
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A German rail company plans to test a driverless train equipped with cameras and technology aimed to detect obstacles later this year.
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The Sun Belt is in the midst of a light-rail bonanza. Las Vegas might join the party, but will casinos be on board?
