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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Thanks to the new feature, drivers will no longer have to worry about spotty Internet service when accessing the app.
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According to a UCLA study, consumers have been driven to buy hybrid and electric vehicles due to the tax breaks and ability to use the carpool lane.
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Of the 288 lights in the city, 254 are newer models that communicate with the “nerve center” within the Department of Transportation.
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Florida Rep. John Mica has proposed that roads and highways be outfitted with sensors that gauge traffic and communicate with stop lights instead of the lights being on an automatic timer.
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Burbanks' Bob Hope Airport is beginning to feel the financial strain caused by ride-sharing services eating into parking revenue.
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Although funding has been approved, most of the cities and counties won't see it until 2017, despite their roads being in dire need of repair.
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In a last minute deal, cab companies have produced a proposal to scrap references to "taxi companies" and lump all ride services together.
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A group of former Tesla employees are now part of the leadership team of Faraday Future, which plans to produce a fully-electric vehicle that will offer smart and seamless connectivity.
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Voters in the Lone Star State approved Proposition 7, setting aside more money for infrastructure projects in the future.
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Another controversy has engulfed the proposed bullet train, this time about the plans to move its tracks closer to Bakersfield.
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The staple dashboard decoration may get a tech upgrade. Allstate received a patent for a virtual animated bobblehead that may say things like ‘Whoa! In a hurry?’ if a driver rapidly accelerates.
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The NY Needs Uber coalition’s participants include politicians, actors and community leaders who want the state to embrace ride-sharing services.
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Although technically illegal, Uber drivers have dropped off and picked up passengers at Florida airports — and many taxi companies and shuttle services are sick of it.
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Some states are proposing ideas to outfit vehicles with GPS-like tracking devices that will measure mileage and tax citizens depending on how far they drive.
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The Carma app will issue small monetary incentives for drivers and passengers interested in sharing rides.
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Autonomous vehicles are coming, and soon. States and localities are taking the lead in developing the smart highways that will be needed.
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Conflicting evidence means it's tough to tell whether trees are helping to clear the air, or if green is not as good as we thought.
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There are reasons to believe America is at a turning point for changing the cars that cops and other public employees drive.
