ARPA-I Ideas Challenge: USDOT announces up to $1m in prizes for transformational technologies
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure (ARPA-I) has launched a new Ideas Challenge. The Ideas Challenge is ARPA-I’s open call to American innovators across the public and private sectors to help transform the future of transportation. The challenge will be an opportunity for individuals to showcase innovative concepts that […]
American city launches website for residents to track traffic signal retiming project
The Baltimore Department of Transportation has launched a new webpage for residents to check progress on its traffic signal retiming project. Since 2023, the DOT has been working on a project to retime traffic and pedestrian signals throughout the city. The traffic signal retiming page on the DOT’s website provides information on 1,380 traffic signals, including […]
The City of Greensboro North Carolina/Greensboro Transit Agency and Guident join the ACES Mobility Coalition
The ACES Mobility Coalition today announced the City of Greensboro, North Carolina and the Greensboro Transit Agency, along with Guident Corp. have officially joined the Coalition underscoring their commitment to advancing shared autonomous mobility. Coalition Executive Director Scott Belcher said adding these two new members highlights the ACES Mobility Coalition’s growing influence. “ Greensboro and […]
Michigan: City of Ann Arbor deploys Yutraffic FUSION
The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, lopks set to remains at the forefront of transportation innovation with the introduction of Yunex Traffic’s Yutraffic FUSION, becoming the first city in North America to adopt the adaptive technology. The new Yutraffic FUSION algorithm builds upon decades of practical experience and years of development in collaboration with customers. […]
Trump Presidency plans to ease driverless restrictions
It’s reported members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for fully self-driving vehicles one of the Transportation Department’s priorities, according to people familiar with the matter. Fortune reports current federal rules pose “significant roadblocks” for companies looking to deploy vehicles without steering wheels or foot […]
California strengthens driverless reporting detail requirements
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has enhanced data reporting requirements for Autonomous Vehicles, which it says furthers its commitment to ensuring the safety and accountability of AV passenger service operators. It’s introduced new Stoppage Event Reporting, meaning AV operators will now be required to report incidents where AVs get stuck during operations. These incidents […]
Waymo gets $5.6bn further investment
Google’s driverless car sister company Waymo has closed its latest investment round, raising $5.6 billion (£4.3 billion), led by its parent company Alphabet, with continued participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity, Perry Creek, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, and T. Rowe Price. It says that, with this latest investment, it will continue to welcome more riders into […]
Musk “would use White House gig to get streamlined driverless car rules”
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has said he’d use a hypothetical job working for Former President Donald Trump to push for a national approach to regulating driverless vehicles. The website Quartz says that the entrepreneur would look to bring in federal rules for autonomous driving which are currently set on a state-by-state level. “National approval is […]
Think tank calls on Europe to follow America’s lead on Chinese vehicle restrictions
An American think tank is warning that Europe’s planned 45% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will be too low to be effective. The Council on Foreign Relations warns that plans for tariffs to stem a flood of subsidised cars that threaten the survival of European automakers won’t work because Chinese will simply “lower their hefty […]
Now Europe probes Chinese car software
After the American Government announced restrictions on vehicles with Chinese connected car software, the European Union is looking at blocks on Chinese connected-car technology too. The website Politico reports European officials have echoed Washington’s concerns about the spying, surveillance and sabotage risks posed by what EU digital czar Margrethe Vestager described as “computers on wheels.” […]