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 new chargers have online connectivity, synced with the EVConnect cloud platform, which makes it possible for drivers to search for and locate charging stations directly from their phones.
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The new Port Authority terminal will feature a building able to handle 40 percent more passengers and will also be home to charging infrastructure for the agency’s fleet of electric buses.
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Cheaper batteries, a changing regulatory landscape and more models are all helping to grow a nascent electric-vehicle industry serving heavy-duty trucking and even farming, industry watchers say.
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The Trump Administration issued final rules Thursday that will allow self-driving vehicle manufacturers to skip certain federal crash safety requirements in vehicles that aren't designed to carry people.
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A landmark decision by Miami-Dade County Public Schools to begin converting its noisy, pollutant-belching diesel buses into an electric fleet was driven by middle school student Holly Thorpe's science fair project.
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Outdated equipment at 10 intersections has been replaced with new technology that improves communication between traffic lights for motor vehicles and the system that controls Metro Transit trains.
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A new report by Next 10, a California-based organization charged with researching the state's greenhouse gas emissions, anticipates the Golden State is not on course to meet state-mandated goals.
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BrightDrop will make electric delivery vehicles and offer other technology and services to delivery companies such as FedEx and UPS. The startup will initially offer two products: an electric truck and pallet mover.
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The Federal Highway Administration awarded Pinellas County $4.6 million for its Connected Community project, which alerts drivers about traffic, emergency vehicles and pedestrians.
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The Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is leading a project to examine traffic data sets from across the Los Angeles region to develop new strategies to reduce traffic congestion.
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Bus, train and trolley riders across San Diego County, Calif., could face the second fare adjustment in two years under a proposal to be outlined at three online meetings beginning Saturday.
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Projects to better manage curbsides in several cities continue to mine data used to transform curbsides from a place of uncontrolled parking to a more dynamic flow of delivery and other vehicles.
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Under a new ordinance, at least one percent of parking in new multifamily residential and some commercial lots are required to have EV chargers, with 10 percent built so chargers can be easily installed in the future.
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A pilot project will place three electric tractors throughout rural Oregon as the region explores how electric farm vehicles can adapt to the various operational needs of farms, and save money while doing it.
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The multi-year effort to implement positive train control wrapped up two days before a deadline set by Congress. The tech is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track.
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California's proposition to halt the sale of gasoline-powered engines may be extreme. But could it work?
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The electric revolution disrupting an auto industry set in its ways for more than a century is pushing dealerships to make a choice: invest in the future or sit on the sidelines of commerce moving forward.
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The idea for the fee has been prompted by concerns that revenue from gasoline taxes will drop if electric vehicles made by Tesla and other manufacturers become more popular.
