Transportation
-
The Illinois secretary of state is seeking to address a lack of clarity around rules for those transportation methods through a new educational campaign called “Ride Safe, Ride Smart, Ride Ready.” -
Aided by federal funding, the state Department of Transportation will seek proposals this spring from businesses willing to install public electric vehicle chargers, with its financial assistance.
-
Its commission has approved installing three different types of electric vehicle charging pads this summer, at its Middletown base. The endeavor is part of its goal to be energy neutral by 2040.
More Stories
-
The plates will generate more data than the average car, which could be useful for a number of purposes. But it also creates one more trove of information to protect.
-
The city has had problems with disruptive transportation technology in the past. So when startups began blanketing other cities with electric scooters, Portland, Ore., decided to take a more measured approach before allowing them in.
-
The city of Sacramento is piloting digital license plates on a couple dozen of its electric cars, and the potential benefits of the dynamic new devices are many, including safety, diagnostics and public information.
-
Seattle has the most alternative-fuel vehicles in its municipal fleet. But its fleet is supposed to be 100 percent alternative.
-
Palm Tran's mobile app, myStop Mobile, lets riders track their bus and information on other routes.
-
A few hundred electric scooters were set free in Denver Friday and curious folks didn’t waste time before hopping aboard and navigating the sea of small dogs, activists asking for petition signatures and lunch breakers downtown.
-
The Colorado Department of Transportation will work with Integrated Roadways to test a half-mile of smart pavement later this year.
-
Bike-sharing company The Gotcha Group will operate a system with 100 bikes and 18 stations throughout the city, starting in August or September
-
The city's transit agency wants to add more functionality to the app in the future.
-
California and its capital are testing out new digital license plates that use the same computer technology as Kindle eBook readers.
-
A number of other factors are contributing to highway gridlock as well.
-
Polaris Industries and May Mobility have grand ambitions to market short trips in densely populated communities and on campuses.
-
Right now, the only law that affects AVs states that a driver must be behind the wheel. Virginia Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne hopes the hands-off approach encourages innovation.
-
State transportation officials held a workshop to discuss the deployment of autonomous vehicles and the recent draft of regulations released by the DMV.
-
According to reports filed with the Department of Motor Vehicles, of the six driverless car accidents this year, two resulted in human attacks.
-
The industry wants to accelerate the rollout of NextGen, a satellite-based control system that would replace ground-based radar technology.
-
Two U.S. senators issued a statement saying that Congress needs to “assist innovators in bringing this new technology to our roads.”
-
The Governors Highway Traffic Association published a report on what to anticipate for the inevitable interaction of autonomous vehicles and human drivers.
Most Read
