Transportation: Page 8


  • A gray electric bus on a downtown street.
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    Transit bus maker New Flyer sees record orders, but delivery challenges remain

    As demand grows for zero-emission buses, the company expects them to account for 40% of deliveries next year.

    By May 6, 2024
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    How will AI impact transportation? US DOT wants public input.

    The federal agency predicts that the deployment of AI tools and applications will impact virtually all aspects of transportation.

    By David Taube • Updated May 7, 2024
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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
  • People on bicycles and skates along a bike land in Manhattan.
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    New York City to add dozens of new bus lanes and bike lanes

    The New York City Department of Transportation outlined a list of 37 new projects to improve access to and within Manhattan as the nation's first congestion pricing plan is set to begin June 30.

    By May 3, 2024
  • An illustration of a high-speed train at a Brightline West station.
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    For high-speed train sets, Brightline West picks Siemens Mobility

    The 220-mph trains will be built in the U.S. at a forthcoming facility and will create “new jobs and a new supply chain,” said Brightline’s CEO.

    By May 2, 2024
  • Construction continues near unfinished Purple Line rail tracks at the Paul Sarbanes Transit Center on April 8, 2021 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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    Want to improve your transit system’s sustainability? A relaunched FTA program can help.

    The Federal Transit Administration's two-year program includes an environmental review, virtual workshops and two audits and requires the participation of transit agency executives.

    By April 30, 2024
  • Two people rolling bikes next to them walk across a crosswalk on a city street
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    Los Angeles’ decade-old street safety plan must be implemented, voters decide

    A recently passed ballot measure aims to make streets safer for pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders. But disagreements remain about the plan’s $3.1 billion cost and impact on first responders.

    By Danielle McLean • April 30, 2024
  • Commuters walk into a flooded 3rd Avenue/149th St. subway station amid disrupted service due to extremely heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on September 2, 2021, in NewYork City.
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    Facing expensive climate threats, NYC’s transit system unveils a resilience plan

    The $6 billion climate resilience plan is meant to address rising sea levels, more intense storms and extreme heat events that will impact subways, buses and commuter trains. 

    By April 29, 2024
  • A Volvo VNR Electric charges at the high-powered chargers available to fleets at TEC Equipment, Fontana.
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    White House earmarks $1.5B in push for freight decarbonization

    The largest piece of the president’s plan provides $1 billion to cities, states and tribes to replace heavy-duty vehicles.

    By Larry Avila • April 26, 2024
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    NYC fare-free bus experiment to end

    Although funding to continue the program was not included in the recently passed state budget, two lawmakers are looking to expand the program with new legislation.

    By Updated April 30, 2024
  • A driver and people on a metrobus in Washington D.C., on June 5, 2012.
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    To increase job access, try dedicated bus lanes, this study says

    Urban Institute researchers found that well-enforced bus lanes could reduce costs for transit agencies and help provide equitable access to employment opportunities.

    By April 25, 2024
  • A Cruise Chevy Bolt EV on the streret in San Francisco.
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    For Cruise robotaxi business, GM considers ‘outside investments’

    Despite billions in losses attributed to its Cruise subsidiary, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company believes in the technology.

    By April 24, 2024
  • A man with brown hair and a blue suit speaks to a crowd of reporters.
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    $12B Vegas-to-California high-speed rail project breaks ground

    The privately led Brightline West passenger rail line will slash travel times between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.

    By Julie Strupp • April 23, 2024
  • A Kenworth electric truck.
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    California’s clean-truck rules: a fleet owner’s view

    Although the state’s rules face legal pushback from trucking interests and 19 states, one pioneering fleet owner found surprising benefits as he began buying heavy-duty electric trucks.

    By April 23, 2024
  • A head-on view of a Bay Area Rapid Transit, train pases residential and commercial building on an elevated track.
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    Transit riders with disabilities in the San Francisco Bay Area to see accessibility improvements

    The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District settled a lawsuit brought by disability rights advocates and agreed to repair, renovate and clean station elevators and escalators.

    By April 22, 2024
  • Passengers board a Metro North train at Grand Central Terminal.
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    How 5 commuter railroad leaders envision their future

    “The face of commuter rail is evolving,” one commuter railroad CEO told lawmakers during a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing.

    By April 19, 2024
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    Maryland doubles fines in road work zones

    The legislation, which raises maximum fees for those caught speeding in construction areas, comes a year after six workers were killed in what police say was a speeding-related collision.

    By Matthew Thibault • April 19, 2024
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    Amtrak taking lead on Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project

    Bullet trains could be running by the 2030s, said Amtrak's head of high-speed rail development programs, but the company is still conducting due diligence.

    By April 18, 2024
  • A Chicago Transit Authority electric bus stopped near the Navy Pier.
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    Electric bus, railcar purchases sought by Chicago-based transit authority

    The region’s three major transit agencies are hoping $375 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds will usher along their transition to zero-emission fleets by 2040.

    By April 17, 2024
  • A sparse amount of people linger on an underground platform, reachable by stairs, next to two sets of train tracks.
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    LA Metro completes 5-year Purple Line tunneling project

    The agency referred to the tunnel as a feat of modern engineering. This milestone didn’t come without hurdles, however.

    By Matthew Thibault • Updated April 18, 2024
  • The train model of CRRC during the 5th China International Industrial Design Expo in Wuhan International Expo Center on August 5,2022 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
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    Philadelphia transit agency cancels railcar contract with China-based supplier

    CRRC MA failed to deliver any of the 45 double-decker passenger cars ordered in a 2017 contract. Subway cars from CRRC MA for a Massachusetts transit agency have been plagued by defects.

    By April 16, 2024
  • A New York City Bus driver wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic on May 27, 2020 in New York City
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    Transit worker safety the focus of FTA plan updates

    Meant to address bus collisions, assaults on transit workers and other risks, the updates to Federal Transit Administration rules would also give transit workers more say in workplace safety.

    By April 15, 2024
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    80 transportation infrastructure resilience projects get $830M from USDOT

    The grants are the first of their kind dedicated to protecting surface transportation systems from climate change-driven extreme weather, the agency said.

    By Julie Strupp • April 15, 2024
  • An range and white Chevy Bolt EV robotaxi operated by Cruise crosses an intersection San Francisco.
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    Cruise robotaxis will return to Phoenix to collect mapping data

    It's the company's first deployment of vehicles on public roads since it recalled its robotaxis last fall.

    By Eric Walz • April 12, 2024
  • A parking space painted with "EV charging only" with a charger behind it
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    5 ways cities can accelerate EV charger deployments equitably

    Seek community input, learn from other cities, reduce regulatory barriers and other ideas from participants in the DOE’s Clean Energy to Communities Program.

    By Iulia Gheorghiu • April 12, 2024
  • An illustration shows a white bullet train on a viaduct crossing over a road with several pickup trucks on it.
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    High-speed rail project in Texas gets high-level US, Japan support

    The Texas Central project would connect Dallas and Houston using Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train technology. Amtrak announced its involvement in August.

    By April 12, 2024