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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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.
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The transition to electric vehicles and clean electricity could generate an estimated $3.9 billion in public health benefits — and prevent 356 premature deaths — in New Hampshire by 2050, according to a new report.
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Arlington RAPID, an on-demand, autonomous service, launched a year ago and is already planning for an expanded operation. The vehicles operate in autonomous mode about 80 percent of the time.
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For five years, the Transportation Security Administration has tested facial recognition technology at select airports as a method to automate identity verification at checkpoints.
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Tech leaders from the public sector gathered for the virtual NVIDIA conference to discuss how automation and other technologies are being used to improve roadway safety and traffic efficiencies.
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A study indicates that autonomous trucks could replace 500,000 long-haul jobs, or approximately 90 percent of human long-haul trucking. Truckers have said that long-haul jobs can be automated.
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Together with Georgia Tech and the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, the MARTA Reach program is designed to expand mobility options for Atlanta’s underserved communities, better connecting them to major public transit hubs.
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New Jersey's first electric bus charging equipment has been installed at the Newton Bus garage in Camden. The finished project represents a milestone in the journey toward zero-emission buses.
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Snowplows in Syracuse, N.Y., have been equipped with fleet management technology from Samsara to improve snow removal operations and give residents a real-time picture of the city’s street conditions.
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Honda on Monday unveiled a $124 million wind tunnel facility located in East Liberty, Ohio, with officials noting it will allow the company to test several products, including race and electrical vehicles.
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