Sunday, January 5, 2025

Probe of the Kobe Bryant Crash Will Examine If Fog Played a Role

While the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight other people Sunday morning is just beginning, a likely...

GM’s Latest Has Sensors and Room for 6, but No Steering Wheel

The self-driving future, according to Cruise, starts with an orange, white, and black shuttle van, with sliding doors, two sets of three seats facing...

Making Public Transit Fairer to Women Demands Way More Data

Transit agencies may feel uneasy about sharing such information. Indeed, media coverage has focused on the inequalities brought to light in LA’s report, rather...

A New Law for Gig Workers Reaches Beyond Ride-Hail Drivers

For years, Helene Mickey Wilson—Dr. Mickey to those who know her—has had two main sources of income. Wilson, a licensed marriage and family therapist...

How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car

How GM Beat Tesla to the First True Mass-Market Electric Car

Share Now Is the Latest Car-Share Service to Fold

The US is about to lose another car-share service. On Wednesday, the Daimler- and BMW-owned entity that operates the service Share Now said the...

Why Electric Buses Haven't Taken Over the World—Yet

In lots of ways, the electric bus feels like a technology whose time has come. Transportation is responsible for about a quarter of global...

LA Metro to test safety features for autonomous buses

The Los Angeles Metro is participating in an 18-month demonstration project to test collision-avoidance technology for autonomous buses. The post LA Metro to test safety...

MTA Launches Electric Bus Pilot

Last week, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launched a 10-vehicle battery-electric bus pilot program that includes five New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE buses and...

Austin’s Capital Metro Selects New President and CEO

The board of directors of Austin, Texas’s Capital Metro has named Randy Clarke, who previously served as the vice president of operations and member...

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January will bring in a new presidential administration and a new Congress for the run-up to the reauthorization of the country’s transportation law in...