Transportation
Transportation is a critical focus for local and state government agencies, involving the planning, developing, and maintaining infrastructure that facilitates the movement of people and goods. Effective transportation systems are essential for economic growth, public safety, and quality of life. This directory provides articles on transportation, including discussions on related topics like Urban Planning, which addresses the integration of transportation networks with community development to create efficient and sustainable cities.
Ohio City Offers $300 in Gift Cards to 1,300 People to Install Smart Vehicle Technology for Research
During Columbus’ Connected Vehicle Environment research program, on-board devices will be installed on public and private vehicles so they receive in-vehicle alerts, including blind-spot detection and rear-end collision warnings.
Advanced video processing devices applied to roadway infrastructure and artificial intelligence will provide university researchers access to automated detection of near miss events and other real-time traffic data.
The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) will award $500,000 toward the Zero Emissions Mobility and Community Pilot Project Fund to fund four pilots focused on growing car-share, bike-share and emissions-free delivery opportunities.
Problematic for many years, Queens Boulevard in the Bronx, New York has bee re-engineered and transformed by DOT.
From sensor-based infrastructure and a smart grid to user-focused services and low-cost information and communications technologies, the winning Smart City hits all of DOT’s 12 high points.
Research finds that sprawl, limited public transportation, and where children of the lowest-income families grow up affects their future earnings.
BART is improving operations and seeing a $3.11 return on every dollar invested in their enterprise GIS system.
Despite concerns for light pollution, cities are still looking to LEDs to reduce emissions and save money. But a modeling methodology can help planners and engineers analyze lighting designs based on their unique inputs.
City of Los Angeles partnered with Esri to build GeoHub, a GIS portal of more than 500 maps, and will develop new transit-related applications to inform the public, first responders, and decision-makers.
The study details how despite America’s massive repair and maintenance backlog, and in defiance of America’s changing transportation needs, state governments continue to spend billions each year on new and wider highways. The study shows how some of these projects are outright boondoggles
Once the ground survey is complete, Hyperloop will immediately perform mapping procedures with drone technology to mark the corridor, pylon positions, and station location. The mapping is needed to calculate both the horizontal and vertical alignments required as part of the building permit
America’s mayors are on the front lines of promoting prosperous and safe communities, with aging urban infrastructure, policing, municipal finance, and their relationships with constituents, other cities and higher levels of government as top concerns
Sustainability
By moving to a new biodiesel fuel made from restaurant oil, Bellevue, WA, expects to cut its fleet costs and emissions significantly. See how they did it...
City officials are applying for more than $200,000 in state road resurfacing aid that they plan to put toward a controversial sidewalk project on Dwas Line Road - a move that the state says would not be allowed
DOT actions revise existing guidance and clear administrative hurdles for new automotive technology
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published new data today that show a record-high 214.3 million licensed drivers in the U.S., including 95.9 million aged 50 or older in 2014
The state grants are based on job creation, retention, increased commerce and economic opportunities. Nearly $35 million in state and federal funds have been awarded since the program began in 2011
U.S. Transportation Secretary announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to help repair roads and bridges damaged throughout the state by severe rains that fell recently
A Utah senator plans to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would outlaw smoking lounges in the Salt Lake City airport
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