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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OReGO is a voluntary road-usage fee program that allows drivers to pay 1.8 cents per mile traveled. The project could also serve as a mechanism for collecting highway funding from electric vehicle drivers.
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The city of Lebanon, Tenn., is currently working through the details of a proposal that could introduce a network of plate readers. Police officials say the technology could reduce vehicle crimes in the city.
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The ride-sharing companies are launching an initiative to ensure that drivers with a criminal history of assault cannot register to drive for other platforms. The program will also be available for other companies to join.
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San Diego’s approach to expand electric vehicle adoption could serve as a template for the state as the region explores opportunities to grow partnerships and collaboration to expand zero-emission vehicle use among all sectors of society.
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The company has been growing in recent years, gathering city customers around the world and expanding into curb management and street closure solutions. Now its investors are re-upping, and new ones are jumping aboard.
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Via, which provides on-demand micro-transit services in dozens of cities, has acquired transportation planning platform Remix in a $100 million deal. The deal may help cities offer better integrated transit options.
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Can data help make transit more equitable? While pulling in a giant investment round, the startup Optibus is working on ways to put demographics and other data into the hands of local transportation officials.
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Portland Metro, an elected planning body serving the greater Portland, Ore. region, is no longer working with movement data company Replica, due to disagreements around the level of data the company would share.
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City planning experts at the recent Bloomberg CityLab conference questioned the notion of the “15-minute city” concept, warning it should not take the place of community engagement when designing streets and public spaces.
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Take the speed of a traditional auto racer, the control of a fighter pilot, the dexterity of a gamer and the desire of a competitive athlete and you have the making of a new high-speed drone racer.
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FedEx is the latest in a long line of American companies that are committing to carbon neutrality as more industries continue to alter their usual practices in an effort to combat climate change.
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The city of Agawam is mulling a fee for electric vehicle charging at municipal parking lots. The city owns a network of seven electric vehicle charging stations, which have been free to use since they were installed in December.
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The Sanitation Department has been gradually electrifying its garbage collection fleet, starting with retrofitting trucks with technology that uses highly efficient ultracapacitors for energy storage.
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At this week’s CityLab conference, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlined some of the policy directions he wants his agency to take over the next four years, balancing the need for maintenance with innovation.
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The Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners, Ga., is looking at the future of connectivity through its new 5G incubator — a partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the city and telecommunications giant T-Mobile.
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Beta Technologies, developer of advanced air mobility vehicles, could soon pilot a route to and from the new Springfield electric vehicle charging station, according to officials overseeing the exploration of the vehicles.
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The consumer adoption of vehicles and devices that rely on electricity — rather than fossil fuels — could be hampered by high energy costs, new research suggests. The state has some of the highest electric rates in the country.
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President Joe Biden will issue an executive order directing a review of U.S. supply chains with a special focus on key sectors affecting the U.S. auto industry, including high-capacity batteries used in EVs.
