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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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Tim Slusser has been appointed to serve as the city’s chief of mobility innovation, Mayor Mike Duggan announced Tuesday, noting that Slusser will focus on vehicle electrification and renewable energy within the city.
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At a summit earlier this month, experts explored policy questions around electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In general, policymakers should look at all levels of charging to serve as many EV use cases as possible.
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To make freeways safer for road workers, Connecticut is installing work zone cameras as part of a pilot program next year. Critics have raised privacy concerns, and others have claimed the program is a money scheme.
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The federal government will allot $133 million to support data-driven traffic safety programs in all 50 states. Another $123 million will go to programs that include traffic safety information systems.
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Cary's first two EV patrol cars debuted during the town's Christmas parade, the first in a long effort to gradually convert the town's fleet of vehicles, including the roughly 130 cars and SUVs used by the police.
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The Colorado Transportation Commission has set new rules that will direct less money toward highways for cars and more money toward alternate forms of transportation. Some rural areas oppose the rules.
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Newly released research points to the need to both electrify the transportation sector and make cities less car dependent if there’s any hope of curtailing the worst effects of climate change.
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At a recent Urbanism Next panel discussion, city officials from Boston and Minneapolis discussed mobility hub pilot projects, underscoring how hub locations can also serve as crucial community gathering spots.
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The city is considering a pilot program with Bird Rides, a Santa Monica-based company that provides electric bicycles and scooters, operating rental programs in about 400 communities throughout the world.
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Ford Motor Co.’s commercial fleet business is rolling out software and hardware charging solutions to encourage adoption of electric vehicles for delivery companies, governments, contractors and more.
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How often should EV charging stations be examined by the state for safety and effectiveness? This is the sort of question that Oklahoma will be developing rules for at the beginning of 2022.
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Proterra, which designs and manufactures zero-emission electric transit vehicles and technology for such vehicles, announced a $76 million expansion that will create more than 200 new jobs in Spartanburg County, S.C.
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The Nebraska city will partner with Automotus to set up the smart loading zones, which will use video and other technologies to better manage the curbs serving on-demand deliveries, drop-offs and other parking needs.
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Gov. Jay Inslee Monday rolled out his latest plans to fight climate change, including an idea that would see the state spending $100 million annually to fund rebates for people buying electric vehicles.
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Officials with Arlington Public Schools announced their plans to purchase two more electric buses. The new additions mean one quarter of the system’s school bus fleet will soon be electric.
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Tesla is developing driverless cars on public roadways using its customers as test drivers and shrugging off requirements — and, so far, the Department of Motor Vehicles has been largely content to look the other way.
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Electric utility Tennessee Valley Authority has joined forces with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to place electric vehicle chargers every 50 miles on state highways and major thoroughfares.
