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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Statistics from Bay Area Rapid Transit revealed that passengers caused 37% of train delays 5 minutes or longer. Other numbers showed that law enforcement in the stations disproportionately affects African Americans.
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Amherst, N.Y., is considering welcoming Amazon with streetlight recharging stations for the company’s delivery drones. The town is considering buying a network of streetlights and may convert them to LED lights.
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Municipal employees in Fremont, Calif., can now hop on a self-driving shuttle to get from a train station to city offices. The company running the service, Pony.ai, just got a huge cash infusion from Toyota.
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For regular toll road drivers, there's the E-ZPass. But for drivers who don't use Virginia's toll roads often, the state has launched a new solution: a smartphone app that should make payment easier.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed executive orders Tuesday to create a council on future mobility and electrification, establish the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and to appoint a chief mobility officer.
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Maine Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved two pilot projects that would give $500,000 in incentives toward 120 electric vehicle charging stations for consumers throughout the state.
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Several companies were given an infusion of funding by the mobility arm of the Michigan Department of Economic Development, PlanetM. The grants include a range of efforts, including streamlining school dismissals.
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Smart Columbus has temporarily stopped its self-driving shuttle test after one unexpectedly stopped in the middle of a road, causing a minor injury to a passenger. Both shuttles are out of service for examination.
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The city of Los Angeles will soon have an electric-powered fire truck in service out of its Hollywood station. The move is one of several that city officials are making to reduce their carbon emissions.
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The company has created software to help fleet managers, including school districts and municipal agencies, plan when and how to charge their electric vehicles, to make sure they hit their marks at the lowest price.
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It’s a simple fact that ridesharing adds to traffic congestion, but solving the issue is less black and white. Part of the challenge lies in the fact that policymakers have tied their own hands when it comes to regulation.
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The Chicago-based effort will launch a months-long project with private-sector partners like Bosch and HERE Technologies to explore improved approaches to managing increasingly busy city curbs.
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Critics have called the project, expected to cost $15 billion or more, a boondoggle that will require a taxpayer bailout while using eminent domain to steal land that has been owned by families for decades.
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Programs in Ohio and Arizona are showing signs that the technology could be a real-world solution to first-mile, last-mile gaps in traditional city transportation offerings, like buses and light rail.
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The Birmingham city council transportation committee has voted to approve a contract with ParkMobile to add pay by app parking payment options to Birmingham parking meters throughout the city.
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The Federal Highway Administration is looking to integrate artificial intelligence to help manage the national transportation system. A recent report indicates that the technology still needs work before reaching its potential.
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The draft of legislation would allow automakers to sell autonomous vehicles without steering wheels or brake pedals. The proposed law would require automakers to provide annual detailed descriptions of what they are doing to mitigate hacking risks.
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The Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project will provide $44 million in funding to transition heavy-duty off-road equipment to electric. The plan could help prompt innovations and lower vehicle costs.
