Issues & Insights

Ontario’s government has vowed to tear up newly installed cycling infrastructure, stoking tensions between the city and its suburbs over rider safety and congestion.

As local agencies and elected officials work to address the housing crisis, many are looking toward transit corridors for land to develop residential buildings. Numerous regions throughout the nation are experiencing a surge in transit investments, such as light rail and bus rapid transit, which depend on building up nearby ridership. We know that creating transit-oriented districts can have major public health benefits: By concentrating mixed-use development near public transit, residents’ mobility and access to food and services increase, without the need to drive.

When it comes to thinking about how AI will impact the transportation industry, it’s hard to not dream about the widespread impact of fully autonomous vehicles. While we aren’t there yet, AI is having an impact on a wide range of transportation related things such as managing traffic flow to streamlining logistics and optimizing public transit. AI continues to drive advancements that make our journeys safer, more efficient, and better for the environment.

When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression, with a nationwide unemployment rate of 24.9 percent. Roosevelt is famous for having said during his inauguration speech, “…let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Proposed to run more than 3,700 miles from Washington, D.C., to Washington State, the Great American Rail Trail would knit together some of the country’s existing walking and biking paths with new, dedicated trails — along old rail corridors, highway rights of way, or anywhere else where public opinion, government approval and funding can be steered in unison.

Califorinia's first wireless charging roadway is coming to UCLA thanks to a state grant that will help support electric transit projects at the university. The $19.85 million grant, awarded to UCLA’s Events and Transportation program, will support the installation of inductive charging coils below the road along  transit routes on Charles E. Young Drive, roughly between the Westwood Plaza intersection and Murphy Hall, about 3/4 of a mile long.

The home rule petition is the latest in a series of attempts by the city to allow for automated parking cameras — a push that has seen renewed energy after a cyclist was killed by an SUV which swerved onto the sidewalk.

Up until last year, Colorado law stated speed cameras could only be used in school zones, neighborhoods, construction zones and along roads bordering parks. Now they can be used anywhere a city or county designates a speed corridor.

Tolls on all Colorado toll lanes will see the amounts change as often as every five to 15 minutes, depending on how heavy traffic is. Called “dynamic tolling,” the Colorado Department of Transportation claimed it will help to better manage demand during peak hours to maintain free flow traffic in express lanes.

Former President Donald Trump will become the next president of the United States. Following the Biden administration, which put billions of dollars into Amtrak, high-speed rail, public transportation and the transition to electric vehicles and buses, what might change under the incoming administration?