Transportation
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A Missouri bill would enable self-driving taxis but it would open roads to autonomous semitrucks, prompting pushback from commercial drivers. Supporters include disability rights advocates. -
State Department of Motor Vehicles offices will temporarily cease operations mid-month to bring the first part of a multiyear project online. The initiative will modernize a great deal of legacy tech.
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California-based company Coco Robotics announced a pilot program in the Heights neighborhood last week, nearly a year after Uber Eats teamed with Avride for downtown robot delivery service.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has unveiled guidance to its "Increasing Recreational Opportunities Through the Use of Electric Bikes" order, allowing use of e-bikes at wildlife refuges and other public lands.
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Congestion at the intersection of Interstates 94 and 65 ranked among the worst trouble spots in the nation in a recent report. Questions remain as to whether autonomous trucks and dedicated lanes are the answers.
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The state task force focused on the feasibility of linking St. Louis and Kansas City with a hyperloop system recommended building a 15-mile test track that is expected to cost between $300 million and $500 million.
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The roughly 200,000-square-foot facility allows the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary to outfit vehicles with driverless technology at mass scale. The company signed a three-year lease and agreed to hire 100 employees by 2021.
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The Advanced Mobility Initiative Roadmap is an extension of the Advanced Mobility Initiative launched in April 2019. It will function as a guide for a three-year project to reimagine transportation.
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To reach the greenhouse gas emissions goals outlined by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, electric vehicle sales would need to surge in the next decade. Industry experts say it will be a hard sell.
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A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation looked at the growth of the electric vehicle market across the U.S. It found that adoption is strongest in urban centers and along the east and west coasts.
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Since San Diego put in new rules for dockless e-scooters, ridership has plummeted. From July to October trips using shared-mobility devices dropped by 50 percent, according to data recently released by the city.
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Public transit officials in the San Francisco Bay Area have a new strategy to entice people on to their rail system’s flagging San Francisco airport line: priority for riders at the airport security gates.
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A California tech company is testing remote-operated and autonomous scooters at a site in Georgia. The hope is that the technology will better connect riders while also helping to manage them in the public right-of-way.
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Many cities around the country — from Atlanta to Houston to Los Angeles — have invested heavily in public transit only to lose riders. Seattle is the only U.S. major metro that has seen ridership increase.
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Tennessee-based technology company TransCore has been selected for a $507 million, seven-year contract to “design, build, operate and maintain” tolling infrastructure to enforce a new congestion pricing scheme.
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The Bay Area test site for autonomous vehicle technology will host the Olli self-driving shuttles, made by Local Motors, as they undergo rigorous connected vehicle testing and prepare for widespread use.
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Soon riders of BART will be able to simply swipe a phone, that buzzing rectangle that they use for literally every task in daily life, instead of a small plastic card designed for one sole purpose.
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Critics of the proposal point to the impact the incentive plan would have on drivers with inflexible schedules and those of low-income, who may not be able to afford, for example, long distance bus service.
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The city is working to limit the number of e-scooters and curb where they can be parked. It would be the first time shared rides would be regulated after being allowed to operate with little oversight for over a year.
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The Chicago suburb’s ban on electronic message board signs will not apply to certain signs installed at bus and train stops if aldermen formally approve a change they tentatively supported on Oct. 7.
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Cupertino, Calif., is one of the latest communities to launch an on-demand transit program, where a shuttle will take you wherever you want to go for $5 a ride. The program could cut the need for a costly fixed bus route.
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