Transportation
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The Hawaii Department of Transportation has launched its Eyes on the Road project, which leverages dashcams in private and state-owned vehicles to gather vast amounts of information on roadway conditions. -
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.
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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.
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The order, announced Monday outlines the expectations for autonomous vehicle testing within the city. The city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is tasked with developing guidelines for annual reporting from vehicle testers.
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The Board of Alders in New Haven, Conn., agreed to a $15,000 study conducted by Avangrid to explore integrating roadside electric vehicle charging stations into the infrastructure of the city.
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It appears that the dream of defeating worsening traffic congestion will need another white knight — at least for now. Unproven technology and a company closure have some looking for more immediate solutions.
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Thirty-five states allow for private investment in government-owned infrastructure, but not New Mexico. A bill passed in the House of Representatives last week could change how the state finances roads, bridges and Internet projects.
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The rapid spread of the on-demand transportation is prompting officials in the Texas city to evaluate the rules and enforcement — especially when it comes to public safety.
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The state legislature is considering two bills, one of which would define where e-bikes and scooters could be parked and the second of which would set a speed limit. Neither pre-empts local regulation.
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The California city and the U.S. Marine Corps will work together on a number of projects designed to enhance security and services for residents.
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A new report released by traffic analysis firm INRIX highlights the 25 most congested cities in the U.S., and experts in some of those locales see opportunities to get smarter about how they manage the flow of traffic.
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The leader on the funding round, Energy Impact Partners, specifically pointed to new mobility options like shared, electric scooters as a reason for backing Remix. The company serves more than 300 cities.
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City officials are considering an ordinance that would create a broad regulatory framework for on-demand electric scooters, bikes and whatever else might come next for the mobility industry.
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The city wants to leverage data from the popular transportation planning platform to help set regulations that will impact how people move about the city, and the role providers will play in delivering mobility services.
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Maine's largest city put out the signal for bike-share companies to sign up for a yearlong pilot test. But only one, the Uber subsidiary Jump, responded. The company wants to deploy 500 bikes.
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The state Department of Environment and Department of Transportation will use the money from their settlement with Volkswagen and Audi to begin funding EV charging stations and replacing diesel buses with electric.
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The company already offered route optimization, but now it's getting into the actual building and redesigning of routes as well. The idea is to help transit agencies be more flexible in their daily operations.
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Taxes on gasoline could decline as electric vehicles become more popular. While they are still the minority on the U.S. roads, sales of are growing as travel range increases and prices fall.
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Interline and the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission are working to create a single platform where people can find all the information they need to travel seamlessly using multiple transit operators.
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Rather than engaging in potentially deadly car chases, the East Bay police department is turning to a car-mounted pneumatic cannon that fires a tracking beacon onto fleeing suspect vehicles.
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Two of the shuttles are slated to become the first-ever autonomous public transit vehicles in Central Florida, moving passengers through an area that boasts Lake Nona Medical City and the UCF College of Medicine.
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