Transportation
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All e-bikes must be registered and insured, whether they are low-speed e-bikes that require pedaling and can't exceed 20 miles per hour, or they are motorized bicycles that reach 28 miles per hour. -
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.
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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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The cost — somewhere between $80 million and $100 million — isn’t the only challenge officials have to overcome in implementing a bus rapid transit system. Where to put it is also a prime concern.
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The state’s largest transit agency is scrapping tickets and moving toward a smartphone application, though passengers will still be able to pay for rides with cash.
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The California lawmaker behind the legislation admitted it’s a long shot. Even if the legislation passed both houses of Congress, President Donald Trump would almost certainly veto it.
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With highly intelligent traffic signals on major 10-lane arterial roads, the county has been using cloud technology and edge computing to control the flow of traffic for the benefit of cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
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The city has opted to stop running its streetcar for eighteen months while three crews expand the track another two and a half miles. Connector buses will replace the Gold Line streetcar, according to officials.
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A second e-scooter pilot project in Portland, Ore., launched with more companies, but also more fees to support improved scooter and bike infrastructure.
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A new report sent from the DMV to lawmakers suggests launching an aggressive $10 million marketing campaign, redesigning the agency’s website and creating a chatbot to filter and respond to customer complaints.
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Parking spots are gobbled up quickly when the minor league Woodpeckers play in Fayetteville, N.C. So the city is going to drop the rates in the parking spots it owns from $10 to $5 during home games.
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With the fastest-growing parts of greater Atlanta facing a possible doubling in population in the next 20 years, the region is in need of a lot of investment in infrastructure. So leaders are beginning to plan today.
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The study was approved and will be conducted after the opening of the city's latest parking garage off of Titcomb Street to help look for ways to improve traffic flow. It will come from a parking fund.
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By partnering with Kisio and its own City Possible network, Mastercard aims to create a ‘mobility-as-a-service’ platform in which passengers can search, book and pay for multiple transportation options through one app.
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The OurBus platform, which consolidates travel options offered by several dozen charter bus companies, resembles online booking models used by other segments of the hospitality industry, including hotels and air travel.
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Boston has become a notoriously traffic-plagued city. So the Pioneer Institute is offering $10,000 to spur ideas for how to tackle congestion and improve safety, taking suggestions from all directions.
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DOT was supplying the state with billions of dollars in grants, showering the project with political affection and later making repeated amendments to its funding deals to help the state weather construction delays.
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The state wants money to pay for roads, so an Illinois legislator has proposed a hike in the gas tax and vehicle registrations. EVs would especially feel the pain, with registration costs rising from $17.50 to $1,000.
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According to a report published on the day of a coordinated protest by rideshare drivers, Uber and Lyft have accounted for two-thirds of a 62 percent rise in congestion in San Francisco over six years.
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State transportation departments are turning to street-imaging and mapping services like Mapillary to map and categorize thousands of miles of highways. In the future, imaging options might expand.
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The council is set to consider an ordinance that would pave the way for shared electric scooters, but bike share operator Spin said it is pulling out of the city after a pilot begun last year.
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