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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GetThereATX.com consolidates information on the many different mobility options available in Austin, and specific trip solutions for commuters, employers, schools, special events and visitors.
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The city has thrown its name into the hat for the Pacific Northwest Olli Fleet Challenge by Local Motors. The company asked municipalities to propose a short-term, local use for an autonomous vehicle it produces.
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The city known for streetscapes that cater to automobiles over all other forms of transportation, establishing appropriate guidelines for scooters is a task that continues to vex public officials.
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Sixty percent of the city’s crashes in the past five years occurred at intersections. Twenty-seven severe and fatal collisions involved a vehicle turning — often left. Officials hope updated tech will see some reductions.
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Self-driving cars may someday drop off their owners downtown and then leave to find free parking. What would that mean for cities of the future?
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said new license plates are needed to work with cashless tolling systems, red light cameras and the readers used by police. An estimated 3 million vehicles will be affected by the changes.
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In a letter to Lime, dated Aug. 16, city officials accused the company of repeatedly allowing scooters to operate in restricted areas above the speed limit. The company says it’s being treated unfairly.
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A small fleet of vans will offer a last-mile connection to Coaster commuter rail service, allowing stakeholders to study whether such a system is able to get more commuters out of their cars and onto shared rides.
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The company will start its operations in Naples on a closed course to test the sensors and computing abilities. The vehicles will then roll out to public roads in Miami and then along highways as far north as Orlando.
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A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University concluded that e-scooters have a larger environmental footprint than other forms of micro-mobility. They're greener than cars, but still have room to improve.
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The city began working on regulations months before 45-year-old Quienterry McGriff’s deadly electric scooter accident Aug. 6, but has still not passed any rules. The incident has rekindled regulation discussions.
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The license plate recognition system employed at Northern Arizona University parking lots will reduce the need for physical permits and kiosks, but it won’t be fully implemented until 2020, officials say.
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An 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in Georgia will be outfitted with a data management platform to support a connected vehicle pilot project and create a learning lab to educate jurisdictions about the technology.
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Despite securing a $1.8 million federal air-quality grant last year, the Ohio region’s transit authority is slowing down on plans to pilot autonomous people movers in the city later this year.
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The data officials thought would show one or two drivers going the wrong way turned out to 30 to 40 a week — a dangerous situation in the best of circumstances. But new tech may help buck this potentially deadly trend.
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The self-driving shuttles operate on a pre-programmed route around the campus’ parking lots, and will be picking up employees on the 518,156-square-foot campus to and from their cars and their offices.
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The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada participated in a pilot project by INRIX to test-drive its new Road Rules platform, joining six other public entities across the country.
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Red lights at major intersections will be controlled by one system, instead of the several individual closed systems that are in place now. Officials say the existing system is more than 20 years old.
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