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 computer-controlled "vehicles" would move at speeds up to 150 miles per hour along elevated guideways, and passengers could summon them using their smartphones.
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The Nevada state-owned project, which could break ground as soon as September 2016, is expected to cost at least $100 million.
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Traffic problems are poised to worsen as the population grows and more people gravitate toward cities. But a lot of people in both the public and private sectors are working to find solutions.
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The combination of Austin's fast-growing population, its strong technology community and an entrepreneurial spirit have helped drive the transition.
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The tighter restrictions will have the greatest impact in California because the state has the nation's worst air quality and has failed to meet previous ozone standards.
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A reporter's brief trip in the backseat of a Google self-driving car shows how developers are taking advantage of Austin's traffic patterns to teach its software how to handle the mundane and unpredictable.
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At its heart, World Car-Free day has a noble aim -- but evidence suggests that a one-off event can't really make a world of difference.
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The app is working with taxi companies in hopes that the similar interface will lure customers away from Uber.
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A high-speed rail link from Los Angeles to Las Vegas would shorten what is currently more than a four-hour drive into an 80-minute trip.
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As the number of companies testing self-driving cars on public roads rises, nonprofit Consumer Watchdog says the public should have more information about the crashes those vehicles are getting into.
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The public sector failed to innovate the taxi industry, but there are other opportunities.
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Metra officials plan to roll out the first batch of Wi-Fi enabled cars to test if the rest of the system can support the wireless network.
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A new long-term blueprint from city planners would make it possible for people who want to get to the ocean to make the trip without getting behind the wheel.
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Toyota is making a very aggressive bet that fuel cell vehicles could, over time, equal or surpass plug-in electric hybrids in consumer acceptance.
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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta will change out more than 16,000 lights to become one of the greenest airports in the nation.
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Federal transit officials said Thursday they have approved a plan to correct numerous safety-management problems in its subway and bus operations.
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As the conversation on ride-sharing in Nevada percolated among lawmakers and the ride-sharing industry, the public was engaged in a groundswell of support for their favorite brand. But was their battle cry heard by lawmakers?
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A summit on climate change between officials from the U.S. and China underscores the crucial role cities need to play in meeting national carbon-emission goals.
