Like other states, Michigan is seeing declining revenues due to electric vehicles. It's pulled a pilot program to try out a fee system based on miles traveled due to lack of funding, which critics call short-sighted.
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New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez today announced that the agency will establish on-street 'microhub zones,' as part of a local delivery hub pilot to address the negative environmental and public safety effects of truck deliveries. Microhub Zones were officially authorized today by administrative rule
The idea is to make it easier for drivers of passing vehicles to be able to see pedestrians — in this case, young children — without parked cars obstructing the view.
Over the past decade, protected bike lanes have gone mainstream in US cities. A new traffic engineering guidebook invites them to think even bigger.
They save lives, reduce traffic delays and cut emissions. Still, communities often resist them. Can cities get drivers to turn the corner on circular intersections?
California is embarking on a major expansion of its electric vehicle charging system, an effort to dramatically increase the number of places for drivers to plug in at a time when EV sales are growing faster than the country’s charging network.
Bus Rapid Transit will spring up on major Front Range corridors in the coming years as transit leaders double down on proven, popular old tech
After spending more than $10 billion to try to develop an autonomous robotaxi, General Motors is now calling time on the endeavor. On Tuesday afternoon, the automaker announced that it is done investing in Cruise's robotaxi development and will instead combine the startup's technical team with its internal efforts at GM.
When they compared their results with a similar study published in Germany, where tall vehicles are less common, researchers found that pedestrians in the U.S. begin to suffer more serious injuries at lower speeds. Findings suggest that the 25 mph speed limit commonly used in residential neighborhoods in the U.S. might be too high.
Tariffs and trade wars were a controversial part of Donald Trump’s first term as president, and although we’re still nearly two months away from the start of his second term, he’s already making good on his campaign promises to impose tariffs. And that could have consequences for trucking.