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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The Jacksonville Transportation Authority has retrofitted two of its 40-foot buses as mobile vaccination centers, traveling to neighborhood churches and community gathering spots to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
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As automakers invest heavily in electric vehicles for the future, some also are dabbling in technology that could reduce emissions from internal combustion engines and help fulfill pledges to achieve carbon neutrality.
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The rising number of electric vehicles on U.S. roads in both the consumer and industrial sectors means electric vehicle battery companies are going to need an increasing amount of valuable metals.
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The American Jobs Plan, to be released today, is proposing the investment of $2 trillion toward the country’s aging infrastructure and next-generation transportation technologies, among other things.
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The Ray, a highway testbed in Georgia, is partnering with Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, the Texas Department of Transportation and the city of Austin to explore transportation opportunities.
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The Federal Highway Administration advised Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials they could complete an environmental review for the program, a much speedier process than an environmental impact statement.
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The two companies are working to build a line of fully integrated electric vehicles. Optimus Ride had previously modified around 30 Polaris vehicles with autonomous vehicle technology systems.
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One California community is taking another look at where electric bikes are allowed. The devices have surged in popularity and fly in the face of signs warning “no motor vehicles or motorized bicycles.”
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In the early months of the pandemic, many states trimmed spending, froze hiring and sharply reduced their revenue forecasts, bracing for a grim financial future. Now, they are finding unexpected windfalls.
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The city has kicked off an innovative pilot that uses autonomous vehicles to provide on-demand transit services. The project, which has been named RAPID, involves several partners.
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Mayor Francis Suarez says Elon Musk’s Boring Company could meet the growing city’s mass transit system needs. The comments follow a visit to the company’s Las Vegas tunnel system last week.
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Public transit ridership in the United States fell 53.3 percent in 2020, as cities responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis has left an industry far from deflated, but geared for a revival.
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Transportation experts participating in the recent Urbanism Next conference stressed the importance of ‘mundane mobility’ like sidewalks and buses that run frequently and on time as solutions to deal with any number of city goals.
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More electric vehicle makers are considering the addition of onboard generators in newer models. The ability to generate power would be useful in extreme weather situations like the one Texas faced earlier this year.
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Maine’s aggressive climate change goals could draw some valuable lessons from their Canadian neighbors. Taxes on fossil fuels and adjusted energy rates have helped Quebec move the needle toward EVs.
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The California Mobility Center recently opened in Sacramento as a one-stop location to grow next-gen transportation companies. The center will serve as a foothold for new companies in the state and the explosive EV market.
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Federal help will be vital as the U.S. auto industry faces ongoing competition for the future EV market, said Jonathan Jennings, vice president for Global Commodity Purchasing and Supplier Technical Assistance at Ford.
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The Agawam City Council voted this week to charge 60 cents per kilowatt-hour to drivers using the city’s electric vehicle charging network. The seven public chargers have been free to use since December 2019.
