Transportation
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A freight ferry and two cargo bikes were part of a project to show how fresh seafood and other freight can move through New York City without traveling on a delivery truck through city streets. -
Having notched early success in piloting generative AI, leaders at the California Department of Transportation are realizing the need for a comprehensive approach to a massive storehouse of data.
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With new EV sales in the United States recently reporting a year-over-year decline, advocates said factors like their long-term affordability should have been emphasized and infrastructure should be accessible.
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Conservative groups in Colorado have filed a lawsuit in response to new transportation fees that came from a bill signed by Gov. Jared Polis last year. The lawsuit claims state lawmakers illegally side-stepped voters.
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After a pilot program, Chicago is expected to welcome 4,000 electric scooters to its streets next month. The program should help residents during a time of high gas prices, officials say.
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Experts indicate that the United States will need widespread charging infrastructure for consumers to feel secure in electric vehicles. But being able to charge at home might be just as important.
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Joshua Schank, former chief innovation officer for L.A. Metro, has joined a boutique consulting firm as a principal partner. Schank led L.A. Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation since 2015.
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Cities like Los Angeles worked fast during the COVID-19 pandemic to radically change the way we think about sidewalks, curbs and parking areas. Many of the changes government and businesses made are here to stay.
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Fourteen schools in the San Diego Unified School District will receive electric school buses and more thanks to a $9.6 million grant. The grant is intended to improve local air quality.
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The Pittsburgh metropolitan region now is down to a single proposed hyperloop system project, which if built would have the power to speed passengers to Chicago in less than an hour in special pods.
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Boulder, Colo., has found some success one year into a pilot program for testing a new bidirectional electric vehicle charging system located at the city’s North Boulder Recreation Center.
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A new transportation plan in Washington sets a goal to phase out all gas-powered vehicles and to only allow the sale of electric vehicles by 2030. This timeline is even more aggressive than California’s 2035 deadline.
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In response to a Los Angeles Times investigation that discovered that sometimes dangerous fumes affect passengers and pilots on commercial airplanes, Congress may introduce new regulations with a bill.
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Experts from the world of autonomous vehicles weighed in on when we might see the personal self-driving car appear at our doorsteps, and some of the other use cases on the more immediate horizon.
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Electric buses, though costly, are beginning to make up more and more of the U.S. transit fleet. Here's a tool where you can look up how many electric buses a transit agency has, as well as how much it's driving them.
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The state’s plan has a goal of removing all internal-combustion vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 8,501 pounds from Colorado roads by 2050, replacing them with zero-emission electric vehicles.
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The Antelope Valley Transit Authority in Southern California has become the first public transit agency in the nation with a fully electric fleet, saving the agency millions of dollars in operating and other costs.
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Connecticut is now offering free public transportation in a move to help residents avoid spending as much money on gas. Free bus service starts Friday and will run through June 30.
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Spirit Airlines has begun using facial-scanning technology at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to speed up boarding for passengers who, the company claims, can opt out of the scan.
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Many food delivery robots aren't autonomous in the purest sense and require a human superviser and driver. Delivery robot startups like Coco are benefiting from a relatively untapped workforce: Generation Z.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to have a record-high budget of $142 billion as the sprawling agency ramps up infrastructure spending on roads, bridges, rail lines, ports and more.
