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 ships will be powered with biofuels made out of beef fat, municipal waste, palm oil, algae or camelina, a plant in the mustard family.
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NASA and a group of corporate and academic partners are exploring a wide range of technologies that could make aircraft of the future far more fuel-efficient, including all-electric jet engines.
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SpaceX’s contest for university students and independent engineering teams includes building functional, scale-model Hyperloop pods and launching them down a 1-mile track.
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The state's Transportation Department estimates that it has invested $100 million in new technology over the last five years.
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Emil Jacobs' "cTrain" idea involves trains that travel both above and below a single track and increase car supply based on demand.
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Three agencies in the two states have turned to private company INRIX to learn more about how traffic flows on public roads.
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While at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show, Ford CEO Mark Fields described his plan of slowly unveiling self-driving features such as lane correction software and self-parking features before releasing a fully autonomous vehicle.
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The technology could help agencies make bus and train routes more efficient and spur more public debate.
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Working with a private company, the Colorado Department of Transportation's RoadX program will test out a pilot project that will deliver early alerts to drivers on Interstate 70.
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At a recent auto show, Google Product Manager Andrew Brenner predicted that all cars will be connected to each other sooner rather than later.
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The company has launched a third-party application in New York City that allows people to hail rides for others.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's announcement signals a support for fully autonomous vehicles that was lacking in a regulatory announcement last month from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
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The automaker plans to test a program at three dealerships in Austin, Texas, where groups can jointly lease a vehicle — an idea that strikes at the heart of a few futuristic transportation trends.
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Officials at Bob Hope Airport said ride-sharing companies are now a “fact of life,” and as such, have required drivers to pay parking fees and refrain from picking up passengers curbside outside the terminal.
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Five million people work in the U.S. transportation sector, but it's unclear where they'll end up as driverless technology takes off.
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Mandatory reports released Jan. 12 by the California Department of Motor Vehicles from seven companies testing self-driving cars on public roads in the state come amid a debate about whether cars should be able to drive themselves without a human present.
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Five teams submitted bids in November, but the prices were kept sealed until last week while each of the proposals was evaluated for technical expertise.
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The ride-sharing company has partnered with TransLoc to offer a smartphone application that integrates its services with public transit.
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