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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Lyft, the taxi-like service that provides rides through a smartphone app and uses part-time "community" drivers in their personal vehicles, defied state regulators when it expanded into Hampton Roads last week, according to correspondence released by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Supporters of Seattle's ride-service companies submitted more than 36,000 signatures to place a referendum on the November ballot to block new regulations that would have limited the number of cars they operate in the city.
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As the Highway Trust Fund runs low on cash, states come to the rescue with innovative funding initiatives
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An elevated viaduct near Madera will likely be one of the first major pieces of tangible construction for California's proposed high-speed rail line, with work potentially starting as early as next month.
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Vehicles touted as a solution to climate change carry a hairspray-sized canister loaded with a chemical that significantly contributes to warming of the earth's climate.
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The mayors of Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth support a private high-speed rail project that's poised to connect them even more closely.
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Fueled by a fundamental shift in the way people move about communities, cities, and regions, new innovations are being introduced that can make walking a high-tech exercise.
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A trade group wants to create a pathway for self-driving vehicles from Canada, through North Dakota and other states south to Mexico.
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It's no longer science fiction: Several car companies say they'll begin selling vehicles that can drive themselves -- at least part of the time -- by the end of this decade.
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Which metros are tops in TOD and what are the ingredients for success?
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Public transit ridership in the United States last year hit its highest level since 1956, in what transit officials say is a sign of how much Americans’ everyday travel habits have changed.
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Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday hosted a pitch for a super-high-speed, magnetically levitated train that could whisk riders from Philadelphia to New York City in 25 minutes and to Washington in 30.
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Long-planned rail electrification project will require installation of 30-foot-high poles with overhead wires and possible removal of more than 2,000 trees.
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President Obama plans for a burst of spending on transportation and infrastructure projects the White House says will provide an overdue investment in the country's foundation.
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Public and private sector experts met in San Francisco to lay the groundwork for a transportation revolution.
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Participants in projects across 24 states and the District of Columbia spent 18 months assessing the barriers to and opportunities for plug-in electric vehicles deployment in their regions and preparing and executing plans.
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A former US Treasury Official pivots toward run for Governor's office takes aim at $68 billion rail initiative
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Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report.
