FutureStructure Transportation
-
Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
-
Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
-
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.
More Stories
-
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the new standard could prevent about 2,400 pedestrian injuries annually once all electrified vehicles are properly equipped.
-
Each unit from Totem Power serves as a power station, can be wired in to collect power from other nearby solar cells or wind turbines, includes Wi-Fi and 4G capabilities, and can act as a charging station for electric vehicles.
-
The new app is set to launch in Germany next month.
-
Some argue that if exemptions from the Buy American Act are granted, "it virtually guarantees that there will be no chance for a domestic high-speed rail industry to take root in this country."
-
In a region and state on the leading edge of green technology, hope is growing that zero-emissions commuter ferries could one day be plying the bay.
-
City and state transportation officials have said they are working on a set of regulations and an application process to allow companies to test autonomous vehicles on public roads.
-
Under pressure to have the entire project finished by December 2018 or face fines of up to $25,000 a day, officials said they don’t have a moment to waste.
-
The trains convert hydrogen into an electric power source for the locomotives.
-
On the whole, autonomous robot delivery could significantly reduce a city’s traffic congestion, as a single robot takes as many as 10 cars off the road.
-
By any measure, the SMART transit effort presents the biggest mix of steep challenges and high expectations.
-
Growing numbers of seniors in some areas are using golf carts and mixing with traffic on public roads, which worries safety experts.
-
The charging networks will place stations 50 miles apart, potentially allowing electric vehicle owners to take long road trips.
-
NCDOT says it may be first state transit agency to ink a transit tech partnership.
-
With the auto industry under pressure to develop more low-emissions, high fuel-economy vehicles — as well as autonomous vehicles — many automakers are seeking partners to share the billions in expense.
-
The new vehicle, which could be shown as early as mid-2017 and begin production not long after, will be “sporty and spacious."
-
The secured parking involves installing a box-like locker that holds up to four bikes. Access is electronically controlled by each user.
-
Positive Train Control technology can halt a speeding train and prevent trains from entering work sites or veering onto the wrong track. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal says it also could have prevented the recent platform crash in New Jersey.
-
With traffic congestion costing the U.S. economy more than $120 billion annually and Americans collectively spending 8 billion hours a year stuck in traffic, lifting off and cruising above snarled roadways has considerable appeal.
Most Read
