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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Atlanta's city council is considering a plan proposed by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that would allow Uber and other ride-booking services to operate at the world's busiest airport.
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NextEnergy is calling for solutions to urban problems, just as urban governments are looking for them.
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Researchers argue that if society is going to switch to automated driving, people must first trust the technology.
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More governments look to private partnership as new responsibilities mount.
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With an ever-expanding market of available alternative-fuel vehicles, one state agency in California is seeing new opportunities to go green.
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Via’s algorithms dynamically match passengers with available seats instead of entire vehicles, creating a highly affordable, convenient and premium bus service, while keeping trip durations similar to a private taxi.
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The Round Scenic Route GPS Navigation App provides turn-by-turn voice navigation and sharing of routes that are off the beaten path, allowing discoveries of hidden gems in cities nationwide.
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Gwinnett officials have been cool to recent calls for a public vote on Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority expansion. But they have touted bus rapid transit as an alternative – without actually endorsing it.
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The companies plan to test self-driving taxis as part of a race to get automated vehicles on the road.
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The panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference explored how hyperloop and autonomous vehicle technology could reshape Los Angeles and other cities.
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Trains on the Houston-to-Dallas line would carry up to 400 passengers every 30 minutes on the 90-minute trip.
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Seattle’s struggle to attract riders reveals what makes a bike-share program thrive -- or in the Emerald City’s case, barely survive.
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For the past five years, city officials have poured their hearts, souls and countless hours into making the downtown streetcar a reality.
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A representative from an automotive instrument panel supplier explains how the future of cars is murkier than ever.
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A poll by the Bay Area Council found that a whopping 83 percent of those surveyed believe that traffic congestion may never improve.
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Far from acting as competition for public transit, on-demand mobility has the potential to help connect more people with vehicles such as buses and trains. The Federal Transit Administration is looking to fund demonstrations of that concept.
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The Transit App will track buses at first, but COTA also plans to launch real-time information on its website and through Google’s trip planner.
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What answers can we find by looking at data that appears in the real world as a byproduct of what has been “used up” or “worn down”? What can we tell from what’s left over?
