Transportation
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California electric utilities plan to launch a program to help pay for electric vehicle charging, for income-qualified households that do not have charging at home. Other initiatives are already underway. -
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.
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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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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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The $54 million B Line would operate on what is now the Route 21 local bus corridor, which mostly travels along Lake Street in Minneapolis and Marshall Avenue in St. Paul to the city’s Midway area.
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A rise in traffic-related deaths prompted the New York City Council to push the Vision Zero Street Design Standard Bill and re-envision New York City's streets, despite opposition from the mayor.
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The bill restricts city and county governments from legislating autonomous vehicles, thereby ensuring that this type of related legislation is entirely in the hands of lawmakers at the state level.
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Looking to increase funding for road repair projects, the state has passed some of the highest registration fees in the country for electric vehicles and hybrids leaving some to cry "double taxation."
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