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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The program has been redirected at building self-driving programs that can be sold to existing carmakers as an Apple add-on.
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The cities and counties will work together to create policies, pilot emerging technology and share insights to improve transportation in local government.
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More collaboration between the region’s universities, smoother border crossings and improved transportation between the cities will benefit both Washington and British Columbia.
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Researchers at the University of Washington are compiling data on the system to help determine whether it is “as effective as claimed."
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The network would replace the turnpike’s microwave-radio system, whose capacity to carry data from toll plazas, camera systems and road sensors to centralized computers will eventually reach its limit.
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If the Hyperloop turns into a means of transportation, it will be the fastest and one of the cheapest modes of transportation in existence.
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The dark side of the gig economy is a place where people are forced out of decent-paying full-time employment into multiple jobs just to make a living.
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More than a third of respondents to a recent survey said that if a semiautonomous car took over part of the driving duties, they’d eat, read, text, take pictures and access the internet while driving.
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The authors of a book about driverless cars published in September talk timing and safety of automated vehicles.
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Smart Cities Grant Winners announced Thursday were Denver; Los Angeles; Marysville, Ohio; Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in New York; Pittsburgh, Pa.; San Francisco; and Houston.
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Our future roadways will consist of more than self-driving cars and smart traffic systems.
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The portion of I-380 to be mapped was chosen because it provides both rural and urban traffic.
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A poll finds that 40 percent of surveyed drivers in Oregon and Washington aren't interested in owning a driverless car, even if price wasn't a factor.
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Backed by Ford Motor Co., Palo Alto's new bike share program will be part of a growing network of Bay Area cities from San Francisco to San Jose.
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A new parking solution cuts out one of the most hated pieces of urban infrastructure — the parking meter.
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The funds will go toward projects to encourage carpools, time traffic signals for transit and pedestrian safety, and test driverless passenger shuttles.
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In a new way to encourage responsible driving, Boston released an app for residents to earn prizes for safe driving.
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The portion of I-380 slated as a test site is one of the busiest in the area, and was chosen because it provides an example of both rural and urban traffic.
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