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With FIFA World Cup events and the 2028 Summer Olympic Games coming, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will make it easier to pay for rides, get to the airport and reach other parts of the county.
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The funding, awarded by the California Transportation Commission, will enable the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to stand up a new train control system that will be communications-based and “precisely” track light rail vehicles.
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A new report from StreetLight Data shows the direct correlation between urban density and the level of walking and biking that residents do. Both are increasingly viewed as key pieces of the transportation ecosystem.
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The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, which oversees more than 40 transit agencies in the state, has partnered with technology provider Via to give all agencies access to the Remix planning platform.
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As transit agencies brainstorm how to better serve communities that have been reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, they are taking a look at how technology can help to lower the barrier for ridership and deliver new outcomes.
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The robotaxi industry is being allowed to move too fast and break things, officials say, putting more robotaxis on streets even as they prove inept at dealing with firetrucks, ambulances and police cars.
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The Department of Energy plans to loan $9.2 billion to a joint venture between Ford Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker SK On Co. for its battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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During a demonstration flight last month at Travis Air Force base in Fairfield, Calif., an automated plane took off and landed without human assistance, offering a glimpse into the future of flight.
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A newly published report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation outlines the looming challenges behind transitioning the heavy-duty trucking sector to electric vehicles.
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Grant programs like the Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation program and Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation are advancing transportation and transit improvement tech projects across the country.
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With thousands of new electric automobiles hitting the road every day, office to apartment building owners are facing pressure to provide charging stations and are lagging far behind the adoption rates.
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Forum Mobility is developing a charging depot to support up to 96 electric drayage trucks serving the port of Oakland in the California Bay Area. Projects like this one are essential to meeting the state’s electric trucking requirements.
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Plus, the percentage of organizations hit by ransomware last year who paid their hackers, the U.K. works toward “sovereign” AI and a tech startup introduces a 3D virtual office environment.
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Peachtree Corners has launched a new collaboration with Spoke to transform roadway safety and rider connectivity by delivering the first-ever Internet-connected ecosystem for vulnerable road users.
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A U.S. labor board ruling has laid the groundwork for drivers from Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. and other gig workers to formally unionize — a still difficult but potentially transformative task.
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Last month the City Council signed off on a funding agreement with the region’s bus service to launch the driverless pilot. The $500,000 test is planned to start in late August and run through April.
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Electric vehicle owners in the state may soon be required to pay an annual fee of almost $300. The fee equates to what the Department of Transportation estimates owners of gas-powered vehicles pay each year in gas tax.
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After several high-profile interstate shootings, city officials are calling for new technology to help catch those pulling the trigger. Unlike shootings in neighborhoods, the interstate often leaves police with few witnesses.
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In an era when companies are building driverless cars and 30-inch infotainment screens, the auto industry found itself in Congress on Tuesday fighting over technology that's a little more old school: AM radio.
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The Transportation Security Administration has deployed four next-generation Credential Authentication Technology devices at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport. They are able to quickly compare travelers’ facial features to their IDs.
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State lawmakers argue that the state Department of Motor Vehicles has so badly mishandled the driverless car industry that it can't be trusted to oversee big rigs barreling down the highways autonomously.