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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Downtown South Bend, Ind., along with Indiana University South Bend Campus, is welcoming Lime Scooters, but only temporarily and with specific guidelines, as the city uses them as a pilot project to create city ordinances.
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The city of San Jose, Calif., the largest part of Silicon Valley, is launching its self-driving vehicle pilot with Mercedes-Benz and Bosch. Next year, it will begin an on-demand transportation pilot program as well.
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The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority this week unveiled a mobile ticketing solution, giving passengers a simple way to purchase San Francisco Bay Ferry tickets and board using their phones.
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One-third of roads in the U.S. are unpaved; plenty more have faded or obscured road markings. Today's self-driving vehicles can't go on them, and will need new algorithms to handle those conditions.
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North Carolina Department of Transportation is conducting a public survey focusing on people's transportation priorities in preparation for its two-year update on the statewide infrastructure plan.
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The data analytics company’s new software suites align problem diagnosis, countermeasure options and design. They also have a tool to expedite information sharing, to cut down on FOIA response time.
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A demonstration project will deploy more than 20 Volvo electric trucks to serve ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Electric cars have begun to appear in the market, but bigger EVs are mostly in the development stage.
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The San Francisco Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission held a competition to see who had the best solution to help reduce commute times. Here are some of the craziest ideas from the contest.
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What if cars talked to traffic lights? Five busy intersections in Austin, Texas, have been outfitted with devices to enable connected vehicle communications. The city plans on installing two more in 2019.
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New Mexico's state capital has launched a new smartphone application, in partnership with ParkMobile, that allows residents and visitors to easily find available parking spaces, as well as remotely add money to meters — and it's free to the city.
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A motorcyclist was injured when a Waymo self-driving vehicle crashed into him in California in October. But as it happens, a human driver was operating the Waymo vehicle when the accident occurred.
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As much activity happens on the sides of streets every day, it's not easy to log the features of a curb. So a company backed by Sidewalk Labs — a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet — is looking to crowdsource the information with a new mobile app.
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A report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority has concluded that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have greatly contributed to traffic congestion across San Francisco.
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Transit, a startup based in Canada, wants users to find all their car-free travel options in one place. Now they've got a big chunk of money to continue that work, and a lot of it came from car companies.
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Mayor Tim Keller announced Nov. 1 that the highly anticipated buses were being pulled after brake and equipment failures were reported during testing.
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Envoy Technologies deployed electric Volkswagens as part of a car-sharing program in two neighborhoods as part of a push to introduce the technology.
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With some simple and inexpensive tech changes, this overlooked mode of transit is set to make a comeback.
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More than a dozen cities and agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area have embarked on a potentially far-reaching plan for adaptive traffic signal operations.
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