Transportation: Page 12

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    Ionna moves forward with EV charging network

    The automaker-led joint venture remains committed to rolling out public charging infrastructure, despite the suspension of government funding.

    By Larry Avila • Feb. 12, 2025
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    New York loans Revel $60M to expand NYC public EV charging

    The financial arrangement is “an important and replicable precedent” to accelerate electric vehicle charging, NY Green Bank President Andrew Kessler said.

    By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2025
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    Top 5 stories from Smart Cities Dive

    From worsening climate change to a shifting transportation landscape and the housing affordability crisis, cities have their work cut out for them.

    By Smart Cities Dive staff
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    Pedestrian deaths highest on dark city roads at night: AAA report

    Crashes involving pedestrians were also disproportionately higher in socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the cities it studied, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found.

    By • Feb. 11, 2025
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    DOT rescinds approval of New York congestion pricing plan

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the plan "a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners."

    By • Updated Feb. 19, 2025
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    DOT suspends Biden’s $5B electric vehicle charging network effort

    Most of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds have already been awarded to states, however, and some observers say the Trump administration cannot end the program with just a memo.

    By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2025
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    Reconciling induced demand with highway spending — a new way to think about transportation planning

    With more than 4.2 million miles of public roads crisscrossing the United States, why does the country continue to pour billions of dollars annually into highway construction, expansion and maintenance?

    By Wes Guckert • Feb. 7, 2025
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    California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation

    The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.

    By • Feb. 7, 2025
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    Uber CEO outlines robotaxi fleet plan

    Customers in Austin, Texas, can now sign up to be one of the first riders of Uber’s autonomous vehicles when they become available in the city in March.

    By • Feb. 6, 2025
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    E-bike fire crisis won’t be tamed without federal support

    Lithium-ion battery fires are causing deadly incidents across the country. Attorney Michael Mezzacappa points to New York as an example of how cities can respond but calls for Congress to take greater action on safety standards.

    By Michael Mezzacappa • Feb. 6, 2025
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    Atlanta gets the first of 56 new electric train sets

    The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority unveiled its new trains last week. It also plans to redesign more than 100 bus routes, it said.

    By • Feb. 4, 2025
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    Engineering modifications meet unique challenges of tunnel lighting

    Tunnel lighting is a unique subset of roadway illumination that must address complex safety challenges.

    By Michael Brereton • Jan. 31, 2025
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    US DOT says it will tie funding to birth, marriage rates

    The agency issued a memo after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took the reins this week and authorized a series of actions to advance President Trump’s agenda.

    By Zachary Phillips • Jan. 31, 2025
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    The Smart Cities Outlook for 2025: Change is coming

    From new federal policies to growing technologies like AI and robotaxis, cities will encounter many changes while they continue to tackle housing, homelessness, climate and equity issues.

    By Smart Cities Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025
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    Tesla, Waymo will add more robotaxis to city streets

    A more favorable federal regulatory and legislative environment may help propel the growth of driverless ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.

    By • Updated Feb. 27, 2025
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    Chicago sets new record for shared bike and scooter trips in 2024

    The Midwestern city had over 11 million shared bike and e-scooter trips last year, according to a Jan. 8 news release.

    By Benton Graham • Jan. 29, 2025
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    Boston to implement bus transit signal priority citywide

    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the city of Boston saw 8% faster travel times and fewer delays along two test routes last year.

    By • Jan. 28, 2025
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    Smart snow removal: How AI is transforming urban winter management

    Snowplow signal prioritization technology allows snowplows to navigate through intersections more efficiently, ensuring rapid snow clearance and safer travel for community members.

    By Timothy Menard • Jan. 27, 2025
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    Right turns on red puts pedestrians at risk, Mineta study says

    A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.

    By • Jan. 27, 2025
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    What Trump’s infrastructure funding pause means for cities

    A judge in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Monday to "immediately restore withheld funds." The White House has appealed the order.

    By • Updated Feb. 13, 2025
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    Transforming transportation through Complete Streets

    What started as a movement in cities and urban environments in the early 2000s has now blossomed into a nationwide network of more than 1,700 policies across states, cities, towns and counties.

    By Dr. Calvin Ball • Jan. 23, 2025
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    Trump nominates Steven Bradbury for deputy transportation secretary

    Bradbury served in the first Trump administration. He may face Democratic opposition for his views on EVs and greenhouse gas emission rules.

    By • Jan. 23, 2025
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    Trump freezes IRA funding

    Trump also revoked what he calls the Biden administration's “EV mandate” and pulled out of the Paris climate agreement as part of several energy-related actions.

    By Kate Magill • Jan. 22, 2025
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    Biden urges mayors to continue the climate change fight

    Then-President Biden and then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke at a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting Jan. 17.

    By Danielle McLean • Jan. 21, 2025
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    Surface transportation reauthorization a top priority for House T&I committee

    Separately, President Donald Trump put a freeze on new federal regulations and also ordered a halt to federal funding of electric vehicle charging stations.

    By • Jan. 21, 2025
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    Transit ridership is growing but still down from a decade ago: FTA report

    The rise of ride-hailing services is what the Federal Transit Administration blames for the decade-long decline in public transportation use.

    By • Jan. 17, 2025