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 AV START Act, championed by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest autonomous vehicle players, is looking to test and market the technology before federal regulations are in place.
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The city of Atlanta and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority were awarded a $12.6 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to help fund a bus rapid transit route and the technology likely to come with it.
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Faulty solar-powered batteries in 280 parking meters are believed to be behind the failures and resulting tickets.
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A public-private collaboration is taking digital advertising screens and adding in pertinent travel information to improve the travel experience for the public.
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Self-driving cars are becoming a bigger part of our urban environments. To craft policies that make sense, we might have to start seeing things the way they do.
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The newest craze in urban transportation seems to be on-demand bikes, but cities are increasingly running into problems with the services.
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If the pilot program goes smoothly, the earliest the Central Ohio Transit Authority could use an all-electric fleet is 2023.
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The state is funding the $35.7 million move to an intelligent transportation system, which will include real-time ride tracking as well as security upgrades.
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Local business owners are calling for a moratorium on the dockless, on-demand bikes until the city can nail down policies.
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The California DMV may have loosened the regulations around driverless self-driving vehicles, but city officials are saying the technology needs to be vetted before it takes to public roads.
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The company has crafted its rendition of an indoor connected city, complete with a micro-apartment, autonomous shuttles and IoT-equipped infrastructure.
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By 2020, Metro Transit will begin incorporating electric buses into its fleet.
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Gov. Mark Dayton has established a 15-member advisory panel to assess the policy and infrastructure changes needed to prepare for autonomous vehicles.
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The ride-hailing company will test its self-driving car technology at GoMentum Station, a government-managed proving ground for AVs and the largest of its kind in the country.
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Big data is shedding new light on the time commuters spend going to and from work. The implications of these insights could be far-reaching – from city planning to worker happiness.
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The increasing popularity of on-demand transit in the city is becoming a thorn in the side of local authorities.
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The company has reportedly hired aerospace engineering professor Rob McDonald to serve as its head of aircraft engineering.
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