Transportation: Page 6

  • Trucks sit in heavy traffic on Interstate 90 in Chicago on Sept. 1, 2006.
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    Rebuilt Chicago traffic bottleneck boosts truck speeds by 25%: ATRI

    But the rebuilt Jane Byrne Interchange has yet to make the full traffic improvement predicted when it opened in 2022.

    By Colin Campbell • Feb. 19, 2025
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    Uber, Lyft riders choose ride-hailing over transit to save time: study

    The convenience of ride-hailing services comes with greater greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, traffic congestion and noise, however, a University of Michigan study finds.

    By • Feb. 19, 2025
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Smart Cities Dive

    From worsening climate change to a shifting transportation landscape and the housing affordability crisis, cities have their work cut out for them.

    By Smart Cities Dive staff
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    Roadway safety requires traffic enforcement, infrastructure investments: House hearing

    Safety advocates and local government officials joined members of Congress in calling for action to reduce traffic deaths in a House subcommittee hearing.

    By • Feb. 18, 2025
  • People wait for cars in the Lyft pick-up area at JFK Airport on April 28, 2023 in New York City.
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    Lyft offers assistance for drivers, premium options to fuel growth

    CEO David Risher credited the company’s “customer obsession” for a strong quarter, but it's focusing on its drivers, too.  

    By Bryan Wassel • Feb. 13, 2025
  • People with backpacks and luggage walk along a red tile floor toward buses seen though glass doors and windows.
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    Intercity bus service on the upswing

    Long distance and regional bus lines are buying more motor coaches as they see growing ridership.

    By • Feb. 13, 2025
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    Ionna moves forward with EV charging network

    The automaker-led joint venture remains committed to rolling out public charging infrastructure, despite the suspension of government funding.

    By Larry Avila • Feb. 12, 2025
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    New York loans Revel $60M to expand NYC public EV charging

    The financial arrangement is “an important and replicable precedent” to accelerate electric vehicle charging, NY Green Bank President Andrew Kessler said.

    By Robert Walton • Feb. 11, 2025
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    Pedestrian deaths highest on dark city roads at night: AAA report

    Crashes involving pedestrians were also disproportionately higher in socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the cities it studied, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found.

    By • Feb. 11, 2025
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    DOT rescinds approval of New York congestion pricing plan

    Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called the plan "a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners."

    By • Updated Feb. 19, 2025
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    DOT suspends Biden’s $5B electric vehicle charging network effort

    Most of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure funds have already been awarded to states, however, and some observers say the Trump administration cannot end the program with just a memo.

    By Robert Walton • Feb. 10, 2025
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    California high-speed rail project faces $6.5B shortfall, possible federal investigation

    The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.

    By • Feb. 7, 2025
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    Uber CEO outlines robotaxi fleet plan

    Customers in Austin, Texas, can now sign up to be one of the first riders of Uber’s autonomous vehicles when they become available in the city in March.

    By • Feb. 6, 2025
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    Opinion

    E-bike fire crisis won’t be tamed without federal support

    Lithium-ion battery fires are causing deadly incidents across the country. Attorney Michael Mezzacappa points to New York as an example of how cities can respond but calls for Congress to take greater action on safety standards.

    By Michael Mezzacappa • Feb. 6, 2025
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    Atlanta gets the first of 56 new electric train sets

    The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority unveiled its new trains last week. It also plans to redesign more than 100 bus routes, it said.

    By • Feb. 4, 2025
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    US DOT says it will tie funding to birth, marriage rates

    The agency issued a memo after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took the reins this week and authorized a series of actions to advance President Trump’s agenda.

    By Zachary Phillips • Jan. 31, 2025
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    The Smart Cities Outlook for 2025: Change is coming

    From new federal policies to growing technologies like AI and robotaxis, cities will encounter many changes while they continue to tackle housing, homelessness, climate and equity issues.

    By Smart Cities Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025
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    Deep Dive

    Tesla, Waymo will add more robotaxis to city streets

    A more favorable federal regulatory and legislative environment may help propel the growth of driverless ride-hailing vehicles in the United States.

    By • Updated Feb. 27, 2025
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    Chicago sets new record for shared bike and scooter trips in 2024

    The Midwestern city had over 11 million shared bike and e-scooter trips last year, according to a Jan. 8 news release.

    By Benton Graham • Jan. 29, 2025
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    Boston to implement bus transit signal priority citywide

    The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the city of Boston saw 8% faster travel times and fewer delays along two test routes last year.

    By • Jan. 28, 2025
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    Right turns on red puts pedestrians at risk, Mineta study says

    A 1970s-era federal law requires states to allow right turns on red lights. Mineta Transportation Institute researchers say it’s time to change that.

    By • Jan. 27, 2025
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    What Trump’s infrastructure funding pause means for cities

    A judge in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration Monday to "immediately restore withheld funds." The White House has appealed the order.

    By • Updated Feb. 13, 2025
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    Trump nominates Steven Bradbury for deputy transportation secretary

    Bradbury served in the first Trump administration. He may face Democratic opposition for his views on EVs and greenhouse gas emission rules.

    By • Jan. 23, 2025
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    Trump freezes IRA funding

    Trump also revoked what he calls the Biden administration's “EV mandate” and pulled out of the Paris climate agreement as part of several energy-related actions.

    By Kate Magill • Jan. 22, 2025
  • U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 93rd Winter Meeting on Jan. 17, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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    Biden urges mayors to continue the climate change fight

    Then-President Biden and then-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke at a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting Jan. 17.

    By Danielle McLean • Jan. 21, 2025
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    Surface transportation reauthorization a top priority for House T&I committee

    Separately, President Donald Trump put a freeze on new federal regulations and also ordered a halt to federal funding of electric vehicle charging stations.

    By • Jan. 21, 2025