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Regulatory Landscapes Determine Paths for AV Futures
States like Arizona and Texas have positioned themselves as hubs for autonomous vehicle testing and deployments, in part, by creating regulatory landscapes that are easy for new companies to navigate. → Read More
To Improve Urban Mobility, Ensure Coordinated Transportation
A new report by the Transportation Research Board points toward more seamless and coordinated connections among all forms of shared mobility, such as buses, bikes, trains, scooters and more. → Read More
What’s the Difference Between ‘Smart City’ and Surveillance?
Speakers at the recent Micromobility World conference debated the future of smart city tech and whether it’s actually been improving urban mobility, or simply facilitating a growth of the surveillance state. → Read More
Not All Neighborhoods Want Slow Streets. Here’s Why
Well-intentioned transportation projects during the COVID-19 pandemic to slow or remove traffic from city streets tended to serve mostly wealthy, white neighborhoods, said equity activists at the CoMotion LA conference. → Read More
Slow Streets Were a Success. Should Cities Keep Them?
A recent study examined projects to reduce car use and increase walking and biking on neighborhood streets in five cities, offering a look into how transportation data can be used to craft similar future projects. → Read More
Next-Gen Transportation Isn’t Going Anywhere Without Data
In a recent Meeting of the Minds panel discussion, transportation experts weighed in on how the future of urban mobility innovation will be tied to a wide range of data sources and thorough analysis. → Read More
Kansas City Removes Bus Fee to Encourage Ridership
Kansas City, Mo., will remove the $1.50 bus fare this year to further encourage residents to use the system. But having accessible public transit is only one part of the city’s wider goal of improving quality of life. → Read More
City Hopes to Use Car Data to Make Infrastructure Decisions
Ann Arbor, Mich., is using its ongoing partnership with the University of Michigan and private industry to gather and share data from connected vehicle and infrastructure interactions. → Read More
Maryland Hopes New Automated System Streamlines Workers’ Comp
The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission has undertaken the development of a modern Web-based and intelligent system to be used for filing and managing compensation claims from workers. → Read More
Georgia Makes Way for Driverless Vehicles, 18 Miles of It
The Ray, an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in southern Georgia, functions as a test bed for next-generation transportation technologies, including striping to enable autonomous vehicle use. → Read More
Ohio Working Fast to Finalize Hyperloop by Early Next Year
Officials with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission are finalizing a proposal for Virgin’s Hyperloop One to build high-speed transit to other metro areas, a plan that could help create a “mega-region.” → Read More
States Steadily Pursuing Fuel Alternatives for Bus Fleets
Marks the move away from diesel- and gas-powered school buses and toward modern electric models to save money and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. → Read More