Infrastructure
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The local government’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appropriate the funds for a “comprehensive technology infrastructure remediation project.” It comes in response to a critical IT outage last summer. -
National Grid is expected to install the devices for 121,000 customers in the city. They will enable people to track energy usage via a portal, and will immediately alert the utility to power outages.
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A new report from the Urban Institute outlines how many of the projects developed as part of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, including technology work, have been slow to finish and deploy.
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With an historic infrastructure expenditure on the table, the SMART Plan also offers potential windfalls for contractors, consultants and the lobbyists they employ.
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French transportation giant Airbus plans to test a flying vehicle prototype later this year. Time will tell if that jump-starts the ambitious drone-car protype unveiled March 7 at the Geneva car show.
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Future plans for the Skyway will include creating access points along existing routes that will allow the driverless vehicles to leave the elevated pathway and merge onto roadways on dedicated lanes.
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Hundreds of high-hazard and dangerous rail crossings need significant improvements, and lawmakers and advocates are calling for improvements to safety at those crossings.
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As navigation apps become more popular, traffic has been redirected from freeways and major intersections into smaller neighborhoods.
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Intel announced that it would buy the driving assistance part maker, which specializes in computer vision and collision avoidance.
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Bartow, Fla., has its sights set on plugging smart utility metering into its fiber-optic backbone, and officials say that could grow into a municipal Internet project.
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Legislation that could pass next year would give PennDot wide latitude to regulate the development of autonomous vehicles in the state.
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Ohio’s private and public institutions have been aggressively positioning the state as a ready testbed for autonomous and connected vehicles, arguing the potential economics are too important to ignore.
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Right now, the only law that affects AVs states that a driver must be behind the wheel. Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne hopes the hands-off approach encourages innovation.
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State transportation officials held a workshop to discuss the deployment of autonomous vehicles and the recent draft of regulations released by the DMV.
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The California DMV has released the third iteration of regulations for the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles on Friday, March 10.
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With the release of a request for information, the smallest state in the country is hoping to have an outsized role in the future of transportation.
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California-based Peloton Technology will roll out an evolving vehicle tech known as 'platooning' on the Ohio Turnpike.
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Companies testing self-driving vehicles in Massachusetts are fighting to warn state officials that current laws and regulations on testing could make it tough to make progress.
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New York is the only state that requires drivers to have at least one hand on the steering mechanism of any moving vehicle.
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TuSimple’s technology employs cameras and radar sensors with the company’s proprietary software and other data to allow trucks to “see” the road in real time, like the human eye.
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The legislation defines "automated driving system" to mirror current requirements of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has set nationwide safety standards.
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