Transportation
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The CEO of CHAMP Titles — which recently raised $55 million — talks about where the industry is headed. His optimism about upcoming significant growth is matched by another executive from this field. -
The city’s tourist-heavy Oceanfront neighborhood is using a digital parking solution from eleven-x to improve parking management and grow revenue in its “resort area.” Area residents will get parking credits.
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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.
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The Reliable, Organized, Accurate Data Sharing project will help the Florida Department of Transportation effectively process, manage and utilize the growing amount of data coming into its systems from districts across the state.
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The city-parish and state government have agreed to share information on construction, crashes and road closures with Waze. In return, the Google-owned app will turn over its users’ traffic information.
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The two most well-known ride-sharing services are pulling out of the city due to new driver restrictions, but these 5 other services are still in operation.
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Uber's text blitz, sent to customers to garner support against an anti-ride sharing bill, has created controversy in itself by texting Austin customers directly.
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Fiat Chrysler had been seen as a possible Google partner for some time, as its own efforts at autonomous driving technology have lagged behind other big auto industry players.
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The in-person “partner support center” where drivers can have their problems addressed on the spot sees so much use that Uber is moving it to a bigger location, and has replicated the model in 117 other locations.
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The state and HP need extra time to test the new system, which will replace a 1980s mainframe, and train all the workers who process vehicle transactions on how to use it.
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Researchers have found that hackers can break into users accounts, track the users in real time, issue instructions and provide an inaccurate picture of traffic at any given time.
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A look back at highlights and happenings in the world of civic tech.
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Houston's ordinance mandates that vehicle-for-hire drivers apply for a specialized license, which requires a fingerprint background check -- something Uber claims is onerous and refuses to comply with.
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What answers can we find by looking at data that appears in the real world as a byproduct of what has been “used up” or “worn down”? What can we tell from what’s left over?
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How people in Austin, Texas, vote next month on background checks for ride-hailing drivers could have big consequences for cities across the country.
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The Solar Impulse 2 has a 236-foot wingspan and an array of solar panels that are carrying it around the world without fuel.
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Officials are hoping to make the state the center of self-driving car research.
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The state's Innovation and Technology Transportation Program has more than a dozen proposed projects in the pipeline, along with a $74 million budget.
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The company has repeatedly ignored requests for information, so the PUC issued a penalty of nearly $12 million.
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As of Thursday, Uber has closed two long-running class action lawsuits and is set to pay out $100 million in settlements.
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The center is considering supporting a proposal to implement a geo-fence or electronic blocker of ride hailing services, but the measure could affect local businesses as well.
