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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What if roads and bridges could signal structural problems that need repair?
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Not since the early 20th century have there been so many startups in the U.S. auto industry, but today's startups face formidable challenges from established Detroit-based and foreign automakers.
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In an election that saw record turnout across the county just outside of Atlanta, residents in the area again voted down a plan that would have built a $12.1 billion transit system in Gwinnett.
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Several cities have taken advantage of nearly empty streets and parking structures brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out technology upgrades for when — and if — drivers return to downtown areas.
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The track near Las Vegas is 500 meters long, so the trip only lasted about 15 seconds and reached a speed of 107 mph — 6 seconds of acceleration and 9 seconds of deceleration — but it proved the system can run safely.
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The nonprofit Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory has proposed an autonomous corridor project to help fill transportation gaps. The route would connect a retirement community and college to Main Street.
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In place of human toll collectors, gantries that arch over the highway will scan transponders and photograph the license plates of cars without transponders. The change is expected to reduce traffic on the highway.
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While the concept of full-size electric vehicles has been gaining traction with American drivers, a new single-passenger option is offering another route toward sustainable travel. Whether it takes off is anyone’s guess.
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On Election Day, large gig economy companies like Uber or Lyft got their way, when Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that they aggressively bankrolled, was approved by the voters of California.
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Transportation leaders from San Diego; Columbus, Ohio; and Centennial, Colo., shared how smarter transportation helps to achieve larger regional goals around sustainability, equity and greener urban development.
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As the race between former Vice President Joe Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump comes to a close, transportation officials try to sort out what the next four years could hold for U.S. transit and sustainability.
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The gradual shift toward electric vehicles could send ripples through the car manufacturing process, affecting workers on the front end and the parts and maintenance industry on the back end.
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Ford is planning to release an all-electric transit van in response to the surge of home deliveries during the pandemic.
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As automakers push back timelines for introducing self-driving models, companies that specialize in laser sensors, known as lidar, are targeting more limited features for passenger cars that will go into production in a few years.
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As the home delivery business continues to surge amid the coronavirus pandemic, Ford Motor Co. plans to unveil on Nov. 12 its zero emission all-electric E-Transit, a green version of the top-selling cargo van.
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In San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the epicenter for research and development on driverless cars, residents cannot hail a robot taxi. But, that could change thanks to proposed new state regulations.
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The city has entered into a no-cost deal for 50 solar charging stations to be deployed next year. Because the units are not tied into the city's electrical grid, they can be installed in as little as five minutes.
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The MBTA Commuter Rail operator was shut off after a ransomware attack targeted the transit authority.
