Transportation
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Transit buses in the Silicon Valley city are traveling 20 percent faster following a technology upgrade that gave them traffic signal priority at certain intersections. The project, an official said, is scalable. -
A new report by CALSTART indicates transitions to electric trucks are facing some of the same headwinds as the light-duty vehicle market. In certain states, however, their numbers are stronger than expected.
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A new partnership is endowing state transportation departments in Ohio and Pennsylvania with multiple data points through which to better understand traffic on their roadways and corridors.
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States are beginning to offer such programs in a pay-as-you-go format, as an alternative to the flat fees attached to electric vehicle and other high miles-per-gallon cars that pay little or no gas taxes.
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Waymo, the Bay Area technology company behind self-driving taxis, is doing test drives on San Diego streets — with drivers — as part of its broader effort to refine the technology in new landscapes.
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The Federal Highway Administration has announced plans to issue new guidance around the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. For now, the move halts aspects of the initiative.
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The city that has played a key role in the production of gasoline-powered vehicles is making plans to add the first electric vehicles to its municipal fleet and new charging stations for residents.
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A new report details how opening Tesla’s Supercharger network to all electric vehicles could increase the total number of available charging ports, without requiring the development of new sites.
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The Eureka City Council tossed a contract to install 21 automated license plate reader cameras throughout the city at a Tuesday meeting, with a vote that came after public opposition to the tech.
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Morgantown City Council has approved a three-year agreement with a Nashville-based company to provide an initial fleet of 12 autonomous mowers and the company's proprietary guidance software.
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Hydrogen-powered semitrucks are now navigating roads along Georgia’s coast, ferrying supplies and goods from the state’s ports to inland auto factories and construction sites.
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The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority is looking to expand its headquarters ahead of a methodic conversion to electric buses. The move will facilitate consolidating maintenance and operations in one location.
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Now under new leadership, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is set to move into a new phase of development. Plans are to begin train service in the Central Valley in five to eight years.
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The electric, self-driving vehicles prepare to merge onto California’s 405 freeway — but have already driven 1.9 million miles in L.A., since beginning there in November. They will, for now, carry staffers only.
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President Trump has promised to roll back aspirational carbon emission regulations aiming to incentivize domestic EV production as well as detailed policy changes he wants to push through Congress.
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Waymo, the California-based autonomous vehicle company, has brought a limited fleet of vehicles piloted by trained, human autonomous specialists to test on Las Vegas roads.
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Jeffrey Tumlin, the recent former director of transportation at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, explains why adaptability was key for the transit organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A project to explore use of the small, electric vehicles could be paused by a recent federal memo. Its funding source is a grant from the U.S. Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.
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The Federal Transit Administration has approved an $805,000 grant to the Port Authority to keep examining how buses with autonomous vehicle and artificial intelligence tech might use the Lincoln Tunnel more efficiently.
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Early data from the new congestion pricing project in Manhattan is showing increased vehicle speeds, a boon for bus riders and transit users, and an indication fees to enter the zone below 60th Street are having an impact.
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As EV manufacturing grows in the state, purchasing the vehicles could become more expensive if federal lawmakers lessen or even remove the tax credit, a stated goal of President Donald Trump.
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