Transportation
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The newest Transit Tech Lab competition focuses on such areas as data modernization, infrastructure management and workflows. Finalists have a chance to work with city officials and enter procurement. -
The robotaxi maker has been testing its newest vehicle on Texas streets since late December. Now, one of the cars has been spotted on a highway at night, which obscured any view of a driver.
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A freight ferry and two cargo bikes were part of a project to show how fresh seafood and other freight can move through New York City without traveling on a delivery truck through city streets.
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Cities across the nation have fast-tracked bold moves to expand dining and other business activity into city streets. The repurposing of these public spaces have positive effects that extend beyond simple economics.
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The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration app will check for recalls daily and send alerts to users’ smartphones when a new recall is issued or if there are any unrepaired recalls on your vehicle.
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The SaaS company’s latest asset management tool is focused on capital planning, using data to predict how a government’s assets will age over decades. The tech comes from a company Dude Solutions acquired in March.
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The goal of the smartphone-based transit app, COTA officials said, is to enhance access to jobs, medical facilities and shopping areas. Service will be provided within a 16-square-mile area.
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Grand Rapids’ autonomous shuttle pilot is relaunching soon with a host of new cleaning tools that officials say will help to ensure passenger safety amid the ongoing dangers of the coronavirus pandemic.
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AAA of Northern California, Nevada and Utah, along with Electrify America, are offering an EV subscription service in Sacramento, Calif. The service includes insurance, maintenance and roadside assistance.
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San Francisco-based companies Lime and Segway are facing a lawsuit on behalf of dozens of customers who claim the devices were improperly maintained, causing injuries.
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Autonomous vehicle technology is primed to move into any number of use cases, and cities should begin the conversation about how they want to shape this new mobility horizon – or risk being shaped by it.
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Electric scooters could finally hit Seattle streets, more than a year after Mayor Jenny Durkan said she was open to allowing the devices that became commonplace in cities like Portland and Austin.
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Electric scooter businesses in Vancouver, Wash., are seeing a rise in demand amid the pandemic. Zoot Scoot and Rev Rides are two local businesses giving customers the option to take to the streets on scooters.
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A new report by the Transportation Research Board looks at public transit’s declining ridership trends from 2012 to 2016, due in part to housing and demographic changes, and of course Uber and Lyft.
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Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services, a subsidiary of the radio company, has expanded the range of telematics it can automatically send to first responders via integration with RapidSOS’ data pipeline.
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Bloomington Transit was among two public transportation systems in the state that received a $3.2 million Federal Transit Administration grant to purchase electric buses and charging stations.
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Two retrofitted electric buses are set to arrive in Lewis County in December. The new vehicles are being paid for using money from the Volkswagen diesel emissions settlement and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Michigan is working to build a first-in-the-nation autonomous vehicle corridor in its southeast corner, a new bid to ensure the region remains the epicenter of an auto industry moving rapidly to a tech-driven future.
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The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority will receive a nearly $3 million federal transportation grant to fund the purchase of four electric buses. The vehicles will be deployed over the next several years.
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The city of Edmond and the University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the opening of Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations using more than $50,000 in grants. The chargers are free to the public.
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Uber and Lyft have started to warn that they might temporarily shut down their services in California in response to a court ruling forcing them to start treating drivers in the state as employees.
