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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Predictions for their widespread adoption and the impacts they will have vary wildly. It will be up to government to sort out the issues.
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Built at GM’s Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, the car incorporates all of the sensors, computing power and redundant systems needed to operate completely without a driver, even though the software to do so remains under development.
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The Ohio Transportation Research Center is in the midst of researching technology that would allow the roads to speak to vehicles, telling them when to slow down or speed up.
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Royal Oak, Mich.-based company Tome is drawing up a plan to make bikes (or their accessories) smarter. This would allow them to talk to and communicate with the cars and trucks that occupy the streets.
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Taxi companies are being presented problems from outdated business models and government regulations.
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In the pilot project, 2,000 volunteers will pay a “mock tax on the number of miles they drive on Washington state roads, rather than on the amount of gas they use.”
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Experts cite tax and other incentives, improving vehicle range and increased charging locations are fueling the growth of interest in electric vehicle ownership.
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Opponents say utility-built charging stations make all consumers pay for a service only a few relatively affluent people will use. Proponents say utilities can direct service to low-income areas that would not be served by private industry.
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National Drive Electric Week launches hundreds of events nationwide Sept. 9 to 17.
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The use of electric delivery trucks highlight savings and other benefits in Chicago.
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Transportation officials argue that the proposed budget would lead to faster deterioration of state highways and infrastructure. The budget cuts nearly $80 million in transportation funds.
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A better battery, longer range and lower price have positioned the latest iteration of the Nissan Leaf as a strong electric vehicle contender.
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New tools are helping truckers to meet trip logging requirements that have been a stumbling block in the past.
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The facilities serve as the perfect place for automakers and tech companies to put autonomous cars through the kinds of tests they can’t easily or safely do in public.
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Audi's Traffic Light Information system available in Las Vegas and other U.S. cities.
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In Idaho, four “weigh-in-motion” systems take the place of traditional weigh stations, which require the truck to stop on scale to ensure it’s not overloaded.
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Nationwide, some 3.8 million workers filled jobs like trucking, delivery or taxi industries in 2015. And these jobs could be impacted by self-driving technology, according to a U.S. Commerce Department study.
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Hoping to solve the problem of searching through multiple apps to help you get around the city is Migo, a new Seattle-based app that functions as a search engine for on-demand ride services.
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