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 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has passed a 5-year contract for over $400 million to add 525 hybrid city buses by 2021.
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Currently only dealerships and high-end shops will are able to afford the computer diagnostic equipment required to pinpoint what’s wrong with malfunctioning self-driving vehicles.
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Google plans to use the facility in the auto industry's backyard to work on self-driving minivans.
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Millions of disabled, sick and elderly people rely on medical transportation that can leave them stranded for hours in times of need.
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In order for transportation to decarbonize, become more efficient and serve more people, an environment advocacy group has said that government must become a manager of systems.
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Businesses in central Ohio would pitch in another $90 million if the city won the Smart City Challenge.
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Overall public opinion has been remarkably consistent over the past two years -- despite increased media coverage, many remain skeptical of self-driving vehicles.
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Nationally, California leads the nation in buying hybrid electric vehicles, with 20.1 hybrids for every 1,000 people, according to U.S. Department of Energy.
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The pilot of the Solar Impulse, a completely sun-powered airplane, wanted to show that renewable energy and clean technology can achieve the impossible: flying without fuel.
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The High-Speed Rail Authority informed the Obama administration, in a contract amendment, that it expects the Central Valley track to be complete by 2022 instead of 2018 as originally projected.
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To develop such a system, the city would create a Smart City Institute and work with UC Berkeley and dozens of Bay Area companies.
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Whether you’re terrified at the thought of robots taking over the task of driving, or you look forward to a day when human mistakes are eliminated, car manufacturers are installing autonomous features as quickly as they can.
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The company joins Lyft, Google and others in the race to develop the technology that will allow humans to let go of the wheel.
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The patent is for an adhesive substance to be on the front of autonomous vehicles in the case that a pedestrian collision occurs. The adhesive will prevent further injury from the pedestrian hitting the ground after the impact.
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The grants can be used for installing LED technology, upgrading traffic signals and performing regional operations, such as retiming, developing special event plants and monitoring traffic signals.
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City officials say they're looking at autonomous and electric vehicles and a payment system that bridges all modes of transportation.
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The Alphabet-owned company is piloting a carpool-enabling app for Silicon Valley commuters.
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City officials are preparing an application that includes new, smarter infrastructure, as well as an app that would let residents compare various transportation options and pricing on the fly.
