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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Technology rolled out Friday in Minnesota and seven other states aims to help truckers find parking by broadcasting the number of open spaces at rest areas.
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GRIDSMART, based in Knoxville, Tenn., uses cameras and computers to classify and count vehicles going through intersections. The company, now joining Cubic Transportation Systems, works in 1,200 cities across the globe.
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A roughly 18-mile section of Interstate 25 is set to become a testbed for a connected vehicle and infrastructure program being funded by a $20 million federal grant.
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Data collected, packaged and anonymized by private companies through smartphone applications is offering transportation agencies a closer look at regional congestion and new ways to manage it.
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The San Francisco pilot is not just a chance to seize on the food delivery market, but could also lend valuable insights when it comes to autonomous technology.
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While housing, jobs and health care have long been focused on by those in the public policy space, affordable and effective transportation in urban centers is now being seen as a conversation worth having.
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Zoox has been given permission by the California Public Utilities Commission to offer rides in self-driving cars to the public, but a driver must be in the front of the car, ready to take over.
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The Dallas Midtown area was developed with cars in mind, and now developers are working to create a community that is less auto-dependent, and they're doing that through a people mover loop.
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Maine Department of Transportation has developed a 20-year plan to replace every traffic signal with an advanced version that can be timed more efficiently, tell operators about malfunctions and talk to vehicles.
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The largest city in Ohio — Columbus, its capital city — is already setting up its own connected vehicle project. Now the state is looking to set up its own pilot test in a smaller city northwest of Columbus.
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The decision to put autonomous vehicles back on the road comes nine months after a pedestrian fatality in Tempe, Ariz., caused the company to temporarily halt public operations.
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The train control systems that help to avoid derailments have been implemented across all passenger rail lines following the deadly crash a year ago in Tacoma, Wash., the state’s Department of Transportation said.
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The city and the Colorado Department of Transportation are at odds over where the traffic enforcement cameras should be placed. In the past, city officials say the state was willing to allow the devices on their right of way.
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As part of a broad rethinking of transportation, Ohio's capital is making $90,000 available for ride-hailing drivers who trade in their gas-powered car for an electric model.
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Sacramento State University and the East Valley Institute of Technology in Phoenix will receive test vehicles from LM Industries for both research and actual use as shuttles.
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The rapid proliferation of autonomous vehicle technology has outpaced the federal government’s ability to lay down the law, opening the door for state and local regulators to step in.
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Cap Metro is creating a transit plan that could one day take the form of light rail transit, rapid bus transit or even self-driving buses, but there might be some opposition.
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The rule, which requires the adoption of electric or hydrogen-fueled buses, has received mixed reviews from transit agencies.
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