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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A new report by the National Association of City Transportation Officials finds that micro-mobility networks offering bikes and e-scooters are seeing rapid growth in cities across the country.
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The Los Angeles-area city of 34,000 has installed two smart bus shelters for transit riders, complete with real-time travel information, USB charging ports for phone charging and Wi-Fi.
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A partnership between Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. is an effort by established companies to put in place new rules for self-driving cars, even as Tesla and other tech companies move full-speed ahead in their promotion of self-driving cars.
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Motorists caught using a cellphone while driving could face fines if Gov. Bill Lee signs House Bill 164. Critics voiced concerns that using a cellphone was no more dangerous than talking to other passengers.
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Public transit ridership in 2018 was down 2 percent from the year before, continuing a trend of declining transit use across the country. While there are a number of factors at play, privately owned cars seem to be a driving force.
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City records chronicling whether road crews patched the holes are incomplete because personnel were not using the tracking software properly, officials say.
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Citing climate change as the impetus for what would be a massive cultural shift from the city’s car-dependent culture, Mayor Eric Garcetti pitched a localized version of policies being floated at the national level.
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Car-sharing, ride-hailing and other mobility-as-a-service ventures are now offered by REACH NOW, a joint company formed by Daimler and BMW.
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Though the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has already committed to making its bus fleet completely electric by 2040, a coalition of environmental groups is pushing for wider change throughout the city and state.
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To reduce clutter and carelessness with e-scooters, companies are offering ways for users to report improperly parked or damaged scooters. Now, one company has released metrics showing the success of their initiative.
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The state currently has just 39 hydrogen refueling stations, but could have as many as 1,000 stations by 2030, enough to jump-start the little-known but environmentally friendly, specialized electric car market.
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Scores of residents showed up to Tuesday meeting to voice concerns about the growing number of riders who have been injured while on the electric scooters — especially downtown and along the boardwalk.
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One of the leaders in autonomous vehicle technology has decided to mass produce the next generation of automobiles in the city where large-scale production of affordable cars got its start.
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From land use to autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies, leaders in the state gathered to try to get a grasp on what transportation needs might look like in 2045 as part of a Long Range Transportation Plan.
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The yearlong study is designed to first introduce drivers to automated vehicle technologies and then record their levels of acceptance for use on roadways.
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Over the next year, a small electric autonomous shuttle will be deployed to showcase the potential for rapidly evolving transportation technology across the state.
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is ready to go through the process of removing the contractor responsible for the troubled installation of crash prevention technology unless the CEO appears at the next board meeting.
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As New York and other cities eye congestion pricing plans, transportation experts say coupling the cost with better, cheaper alternatives could go a long way in reducing traffic in dense urban areas.
