Transportation
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The Mamdani administration is seeking to bring curb management into the 21st century — in some cases, policies haven’t changed much since the 1950s. That could mean more parking and different ways to collect trash. -
Deploying the haulers on the Interstate 35 corridor is intended to evaluate their performance in real-life conditions. The highway from Laredo to Temple is one of the state’s busiest trade corridors.
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Problems in February left travelers unable to pay at self-service kiosks, but the solution, a software fix, has now been completed. The garage’s self-payment system was out for six days.
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Fully independent vehicles remain far from everyday options, as tech companies and automakers struggle to perfect the technology. Advocates believe the technology could one day be safer than riding with human drivers.
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Before Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles for a software update related to Autopilot, more than 100 Tesla accidents in the Bay Area had drawn attention from federal investigators.
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An audit for the year ending June 30 by a Charleston-based accounting firm found that an agency within the Department of Transportation was risking unauthorized access to critical information systems.
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New understandings related to parking, micromobility safety, intersection activity and more are being realized thanks to smart transportation technologies. Officials say the data they are able to collect opens the door to new innovations.
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Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm is leaving mid-January after a short 16 months on the job, throwing the agency into another search for a leader amid the nation's largest transit expansion program.
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As cities work to get more electric vehicles and micromobility options like e-bikes onto streets, they're also putting livability and equity at the center of how technology can improve the urban experience.
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Once the home of a juvenile detention center, a 25-acre site is now slated to house the California Mobility Center, which will be a center of innovation in the zero-emission transportation sector.
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A California-based electric aircraft developer Archer Aviation has started laying the groundwork for its operations in Georgia. The work hinges on a still uncertain future for the air taxi industry.
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Seamless and easy car-charging is the goal for drivers and the auto industry. But getting to complete interoperability is still an elusive target requiring widespread coordination among multiple stakeholders and standards.
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The Transportation Security Administration is piloting a new self-service security checkpoint program next year in Las Vegas, and it could soon spread to other airports, including Dallas.
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The auto industry is experiencing a boom of startups not seen since the early 20th century — a sort of automotive Silicon Valley — and that startup synergy has shifted today not to Detroit but to California.
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Some rural school districts in the vast and varied state say that the current infrastructure will not provide electric vehicles with the range they need to effectively get all students to schools.
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Your car’s safety technology takes you into account. But a lot of that technology helps car companies collect data about you. Researchers are working on closing the gap between safety and privacy.
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The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave New Jersey and 33 other states mediocre marks in its 2024 annual report grading state safety laws. One issue noted in the report was a lack of speed enforcement cameras legislation.
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The order defines zero-emissions as “any vehicles that use a propulsion technology that does not produce greenhouse-gas emission,” which leaves the door open to options beyond electric vehicles.
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After dozens of fires caused by combusting batteries used in electric scooters and bikes in recent years, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is set to consider imposing new restrictions on the rechargeable devices.
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Sitting along the corner of a public parking lot in downtown Mitchell are four new electric vehicle charging stations that were installed in late November, making them the first of their kind for the area and city.
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Electric cars are making a dent in Las Vegas' air pollution, but charging infrastructure is still limited and drivers statewide aren't adopting the technology fast enough to reach emissions goals.
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