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A poll of 600 likely voters in the November general election found more than half felt it important for the state to become the center of electric vehicle manufacturing — but only about one-quarter would consider buying an EV.
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With drivers buying less gas, delivery truck fees can provide funding for highways, bridges, tunnels, electric vehicle charging stations and projects to reduce air pollution and to electrify vehicle fleets.
The first electric vehicle charging station funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act opened for business last December in London, Ohio. More are set to open in Maine, Colorado and Vermont this year.
The agency received a $99.49 million grant to upgrade its Meadowlands Bus Garage. It will enable the 30-year-old facility to house, charge, and maintain electric buses, and increase service.
Nine Connecticut municipalities, including Danbury and New Milford, will receive conditional awards from the state Department of Transportation to build out electrical vehicle charging stations. The awards top $5 million.
The Central Florida Expressway Authority is using four autonomous devices similar to dashcams to monitor road debris in real time while keeping drivers anonymous. Created in England, this is their first use on American roads.
The money from the U.S. Department of Transportation will enable a fleet of more than 20 buses at Acadia National Park to move off propane and get electrified. Replacement is estimated to take three to four years.
Cities are no longer seeing their miles of streetscape as cheap parking spaces. Curbs are now considered some of the most in-demand pieces of urban real estate, and technology is stepping up to help manage them.
Five North Texas cities — Dallas, Arlington, Plano, Frisco and DeSoto — have started vying to become the first in the U.S. to pilot the novel transportation system known as Whoosh.
Uber and Lyft reached a $175 million settlement with Massachusetts to resolve a multiyear lawsuit around the classification of drivers working for the companies, according to a statement released Thursday.
Despite the staying power of remote work, traffic congestion in the United States remains stubbornly high, with New York City ranking as the single most congested city in the world.
The autonomous driving unit has hired Marc Whitten, a former Amazon executive and founding engineer at Xbox, as its next CEO as it tries to get back on track after halting services amid scrutiny over safety practices.
Since the idea of electric air taxis emerged, Los Angeles has been vying to be one of the first cities to utilize the technology to help people avoid its infamous bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Providers around Fort Worth, Texas, and the San Francisco Bay Area are using technology to expand on-demand options for riders. The availability can help connect first- and last-mile areas that lack service.
Two grant proposals from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District each received $4.5 million from the federal Environmental Protection Agency. One would replace dirty-burning agricultural tractors; the other, heavy-duty diesel trucks.
The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles is using a new real-time customer management system known as Next in Line in 59 field offices, helping to improve wait times for more than 3 million.
