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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Columbus’ new regulations, which were approved unanimously by council members, sought to close gaps and ensure that drivers are vetted in the same way as other city-licensed drivers.
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The proposed update of the city’s “vehicle-for-hire” ordinances will now go to the city council, where it will be reviewed at least three times before official changes are made.
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Uber and fellow San Francisco ride service startups Lyft and Sidecar are exploding in popularity nationwide, but in Sacramento, they're being vastly outspent by their opponents when it comes to lobbying.
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A Eureka company recently received a $5.3 million grant from the California Energy Commission to build three hydrogen fueling stations in the state, including the only one on the North Coast at a Rohnert Park 76 gas station.
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Chicago transportation officials say they had no knowledge of the wild swings in ticketing — even though City Hall legally required the camera vendor to watch for the slightest anomaly in ticketing patterns every day.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation is embarking on projects of a massive scale that will transform driving as we now know it.
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The study, published in the journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, examined the number of daily car accidents in Calif. in the six months preceding and the six months after the state adopted the ban.
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Airport president Scott Brockman said police won't stop drivers from picking up fares, at least while airport officials come up with a policy to regulate the technology-enabled service.
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Self-driving cars are expected to hit the roads soon, and the FBI is trying to predict what new dangers they may present.
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Whether Uber and its ridesharing peers will move into the Las Vegas market is unclear, as the city's tourist-driven economy and a state-regulated taxi industry propose unique challenges.
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Companies such as Lyft and Uber are changing the way Americans hail a cab. But the smartphone-driven transportation services come with a risk many riders may not think about.
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With today’s new cars chock-full of computer chips, sensors and nano-technology, industry insiders say the threat of cyber attacks is growing.
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The President highlighted his Administration’s support for Intelligent Transportation Systems as a job creator and high-tech solution for reducing vehicle crashes and traffic gridlock.
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The Seattle City Council on Monday approved new regulations for app-dispatched ride services, largely adopting a compromise proposal brokered by Mayor Ed Murray in June that lifted caps on ride-service vehicles while increasing insurance requirements and awarding new licenses for taxis.
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Uber officials responded to the city's suggestion, explaining that it is not a taxi company but rather a technology company that connects riders to drivers.
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Due to heavy public opposition, the short-lived experiment with peer-to-peer parking to relieve congestion in the city appears to be over for now.
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Makers of an app that allow drivers to auction their parking spaces now face an uncertain future in San Francisco.
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James Duckens most recently served as project director for the EDD’s Unemployment Insurance Modernization Project.
