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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By partnering with Kisio and its own City Possible network, Mastercard aims to create a ‘mobility-as-a-service’ platform in which passengers can search, book and pay for multiple transportation options through one app.
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The OurBus platform, which consolidates travel options offered by several dozen charter bus companies, resembles online booking models used by other segments of the hospitality industry, including hotels and air travel.
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Boston has become a notoriously traffic-plagued city. So the Pioneer Institute is offering $10,000 to spur ideas for how to tackle congestion and improve safety, taking suggestions from all directions.
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The state wants money to pay for roads, so an Illinois legislator has proposed a hike in the gas tax and vehicle registrations. EVs would especially feel the pain, with registration costs rising from $17.50 to $1,000.
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According to a report published on the day of a coordinated protest by rideshare drivers, Uber and Lyft have accounted for two-thirds of a 62 percent rise in congestion in San Francisco over six years.
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State transportation departments are turning to street-imaging and mapping services like Mapillary to map and categorize thousands of miles of highways. In the future, imaging options might expand.
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The council is set to consider an ordinance that would pave the way for shared electric scooters, but bike share operator Spin said it is pulling out of the city after a pilot begun last year.
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The $54 million B Line would operate on what is now the Route 21 local bus corridor, which mostly travels along Lake Street in Minneapolis and Marshall Avenue in St. Paul to the city’s Midway area.
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A rise in traffic-related deaths prompted the New York City Council to push the Vision Zero Street Design Standard Bill and re-envision New York City's streets, despite opposition from the mayor.
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The bill restricts city and county governments from legislating autonomous vehicles, thereby ensuring that this type of related legislation is entirely in the hands of lawmakers at the state level.
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Looking to increase funding for road repair projects, the state has passed some of the highest registration fees in the country for electric vehicles and hybrids leaving some to cry "double taxation."
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A new law in Seattle will require new home construction with off-street parking to be wired for electric vehicle charging units, part of a push by the city and the state of Washington toward EVs.
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A new high-tech radar system called SkyVision, developed by Ohio's Department of Transportation and the Air Force Research Laboratory, will allow drones to fly beyond the visual line of sight.
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As autonomous truck manufacturers begin to announce plans to release their vehicles onto roads, Louisiana lawmakers are considering legislation to set definitions and regulating authority for them.
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Sacramento, Calif., officially rolled out its GIG car-share program, placing 250 electric vehicles on the streets, available to rent with an app. It's part of a push the city is making toward increasing mobility options.
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The city released details of a pilot program allowing electric scooter sharing in a large section of the Northwest, Southwest and West sides, but leaving out the Loop and communities along the lakefront.
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With dockless electric scooter rental programs on the rise in cities across the country, a new study has identified a corresponding rise in related injuries for local government to address.
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A host of high-tech amenities, including a pay-as-you-go app and Wi-Fi, are part of an effort to boost bus system ridership. Officials hope they can reverse the gradual decline in ridership.
