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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As their potential for value creation gains recognition, airport public-private partnerships are picking up momentum.
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PennDOT recently announced a cost-saving measure to discontinue registration stickers in favor of Automated License Plate Readers, but several local police chiefs feel like they have been left in the dark about the new system.
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Hampton Roads, Va., will conduct a study to measure the effectiveness of a rapid bus system rather than a light rail system.
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The state plans to deploy Automated License Plate Readers that will allow police to verify expired registrations.
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In this one-year pilot program, city residents can use a smartphone-connected network of 10 passenger vans that will give them access to more work opportunities.
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As private industry plows ahead to develop, test and deploy autonomous vehicles, there are differing views on where — and how — to draw the line between those cars and conventional ones.
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The city recently partnered with transportation app Waze and expanded its Wi-Fi coverage — which imparts to people the idea that they’re a piece of a modern and connected society.
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After meeting with officials from Volkswagon, Sen. Mark Green has introduced a piece of legislation to spur the market for autonomous vehicles in the state.
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With such a high-profile event coming to Santa Clara, there is increased scrutiny on traffic congestion in the Bay Area that could become exponentially worse without adequate plans.
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Most newer vehicles have such boxes, capable of tracking things like a vehicle’s speed, whether the driver brakes or accelerates and whether they're wearing a seat belt.
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At a public workshop in Sacramento, Calif., the auto industry pushed for the state to allow fully autonomous vehicles as opposed to the proposal that only lets cars drive themselves if a licensed driver is behind the wheel and ready to take over.
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Goals for the office are that by 2020, the vehicles are used as main public transport, and for the costs of such vehicles to be competitive with and available to the mainstream public.
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Using near-real-time data collection, researchers are demonstrating a way to improve states' ability to protect brittle roads from heavy vehicles at the end of winter.
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The pilot program, currently taking place in Houston, is one of several safety initiatives Uber has launched since it created its safety advisory board in November.
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Seattle regulates Uber and Lyft under an ordinance passed in July 2014, and the county passed partner legislation shortly thereafter. However, litigation is still being pursued over the classification of the drivers.
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In his final year, Anthony Foxx wants to tear down infrastructure that isolates communities and overhaul the way federal transportation funding is distributed to states and cities in his final year.
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After redesigning a tunnel that lowered an underpass, semi trucks that clipped their roofs would force traffic to stop while they turned around, causing major delays. But sensors could send a message warning trucks too large to fit to avoid the underpass.
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Operators attentively monitor the screens, watching for backups or traffic incidents, and communicate with local authorities and the public at the new Iowa traffic 'Nerve Center.'
