Transportation
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The newest Transit Tech Lab competition focuses on such areas as data modernization, infrastructure management and workflows. Finalists have a chance to work with city officials and enter procurement. -
The robotaxi maker has been testing its newest vehicle on Texas streets since late December. Now, one of the cars has been spotted on a highway at night, which obscured any view of a driver.
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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.
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Fremont, a city in California’s Bay Area, is undertaking an upgrade of traffic signals along a busy street there to give priority to emergency vehicles and make travel safer for all users.
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In December, Gov. Jay Inslee's budget proposed $100M to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles. The Legislature has reduced that figure substantially, opting to focus on new charging infrastructure instead.
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For all of the incentives to aid in the purchase of an electric vehicle in California, dealers and buyers are asking for them to be easier to find, streamlined and available at the time of purchase.
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SponsoredIntelligent transportation technologies, fiber-optic networks and data help governments and motorists keep traffic moving.
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State transportation departments are increasingly using road-based sensor technology to alert drivers of closures, detect crashes and notify emergency responders, and curb fatal truck accidents.
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New research from the Argonne National Laboratory shows that greenhouse gas emissions are consistently less with EVs than gas-powered cars — even when the utility supplying their energy is using coal to generate it.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation said $2.2B in federal funds would be available for 35 transit agencies across the country. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City will receive $769 million.
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A bill recently passed by the Colorado House of Representatives would allow consumers and businesses to use digital license plates. The legislation is heading to the Colorado Senate.
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The school board of Pittsburgh Public Schools will decide this month whether an artificial intelligence system will be deployed to fine and discourage people for illegally passing stopped school buses.
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The legal fight over development of waterfront land in Baltimore has tilted in favor of a high-speed maglev train operator seeking to build a passenger station on the site where a developer separately proposed housing.
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Thanks to an expected uptick in tax collections, the latest Washington legislative session will prove to be a busy one with various proposals, including a 16-year transportation plan.
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A survey of several hundred public officials at all levels of government polled their thoughts on artificial intelligence, resiliency, climate change and more when thinking on the infrastructure needs of tomorrow.
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As electric cars become an increasingly common sight in Colorado, the state will target a chunk of the transportation sector that has largely escaped electrification — thousands of buses, trucks and delivery vehicles.
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With the help of video game software developer Unity, the Orlando Economic Partnership is creating an interactive 3D map of the entire Orlando, Fla., region to show to companies who may want to locate in the area.
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A federal judge has decided a $20M wrongful death lawsuit against SpaceX will not go forward. The main defense against the suit was that the death involved neither SpaceX's property nor its employees.
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Google is planning a unique neighborhood in downtown San Jose that may cost up to $19 billion to build. The project could benefit transit organizations, as the neighborhood would be right by transit stations.
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A bill introduced in the California Legislature aims to make the transit experience across the San Francisco Bay Area's 27 providers more seamless. The bill would appoint a regional commission to lead the effort.
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A new contactless fare-payment system at Santa Maria Regional Transit in California is also making rides free for students at the local community college. The change has made the system more efficient on several levels.
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