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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Venture capitalists say they're still optimistic about the future of new mobility options in cities, despite the deep freeze many companies have been forced into as cities confront the coronavirus pandemic.
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Removing the installation barriers typical of some electric vehicle charging stations, solar units promise to make the technology more accessible to the general public and government fleets.
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Removing the installation barriers typical of some electric vehicle charging stations, solar units promise to make the technology more accessible to the general public and government fleets.
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Two of the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s electric buses took to the road for the first time this week. Duquesne Light installed fast chargers and electrical infrastructure under a partnership with the Port Authority.
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Buses and trains in the Houston area are expected to have Wi-Fi connectivity by mid-2021. Metropolitan Transit Authority officials will add new routers to over 1,000 vehicles over the course of the next 15 months.
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A scholar of the American safety net explains how, through her own brother, she's getting a personal window into what it means to face COVID-19 as a worker in the gig economy.
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Los Angeles officials have said collecting detailed data is necessary to determine which scooter companies are flouting new rules. They have also argued that the companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves.
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Hundreds of billions of dollars in sweeping transportation proposals in San Diego County, controversial before the health crisis hit, could be jeopardized in a future where more are comfortable with telecommuting.
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Data from air-quality sensors shows double-digit reductions in air pollution since millions of commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area are off the roads during the state’s coronavirus stay-home order.
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Transit agencies large and small are making the switch to electric buses, and are collecting and analyzing significant new caches of operational data to best and most efficient use of charging infrastructure.
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The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus has disrupted many aspects of daily life. In the transportation sector, on-demand options are being shuffled to meet travel needs at a time when other services are scaling back.
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Together with the city of Atlanta and Georgia Tech, the Socially Aware Mobility Lab uses data and machine learning to look at how on-demand multimodal transit could improve traffic congestion and mobility inequalities.
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If the state is to reach its ambitious goal of having 5 million to 7 million electric vehicles on the highways and roadways in the next decade, underserved communities will have to be part of the adoption strategy.
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The novel coronavirus has forced contract workers for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to grapple with how to stay healthy while maintaining an income. Some drivers have already discontinued working as the health risks increase.
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In an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, mobility app companies are sanitizing the vehicles including bikes.
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The coronavirus is expected to cost public transit around $6 billion in lost revenue in the coming months. As communities across the country opt to limit public exposure, transit agencies will struggle to make ends meet.
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A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists calls attention to the climate impacts of ride-hailing, since a portion of many ride-hailing trips involve an empty car, while the car is en route to pick up a passenger.
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Some car manufacturers in the U.S. are ramping up production of all-electric models in anticipation of increased demand. At the same time, European companies are pulling back in the U.S., citing low sales.
