The vehicles are still the subject of a federal investigation launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a branch…
-The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA), together with the Balfour Beatty Vision 2 Reality (V2R) team, including Beep, Inc., today announces their groundbreaking launch…
Jack Stilgoe, a science and technology professor at University College London, says that Waymo and other self-driving technologies would struggle…
Verizon Public Sector today announced that its pilot program with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Maricopa Association…
The City of Detroit said Tuesday it is leading an effort to bring a pilot service starting this summer for…
New York City announced a new permitting system for companies interested in testing autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a…
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) will enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Community Transportation Association of…
Unionized bus drivers have negotiated an unprecedented labor deal with a local transit agency that gives them veto power over autonomous…
Waymo initiated testing of its fully driverless cars March 6 in various Austin, TX, locales, reported KXAN News. The company’s Chief Product…
Applied Autonomy, a Norwegian tech company, has been working on several projects since its inception in 2017. These projects have…
The first self-driving shuttle has arrived in Sunderland and is set to take to the streets in the coming months.…
The driverless ride-hailing company Waymo has just cleared a major regulatory hurdle to expand in Los Angeles: It can now…
Oxa Driver software is due to launch in eight passenger services in US and UK cities in 2024 as shuttling…
Utah’s Transportation Technology Group researches and implements emerging technology to provide safety information to drivers, vehicles, and control room operators. Their goal is to make transportation safer while improving mobility options and reliability for all users.
German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a “teledriver”,…
Critical considerations pertinent to connected autonomous vehicles, such as ethics, liability, privacy, and cybersecurity, do not share the same spotlight…
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are becoming part of the mobility landscape and are playing a role in supplementing areas where public…
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) has announced plans to install a new type of transit system in a suburban area 45 miles northeast of…
May Mobility announced the launch of its first driverless service for riders on public roads in Sun City, Arizona. May Mobility’s…
After issuing a recall this week on 2 million vehicles equipped with its autopilot technology, plaintiffs in lawsuits against Tesla argue the…
METRO Houston says the future of public transit is here. On Tuesday, it unveiled what it calls two major transportation…
Myrna Peterson predicts self-driving vehicles will be a ticket out of isolation and loneliness for people like her, who live…
A program that lets people take a self-driving vehicle to destinations in UT Arlington and downtown has logged 45,000 rides…
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the public sector have evolved over the past few years, as have use cases, vehicle types,…
The roadway to the future is coming to Contra Costa County. “Right now, first and last mile is one of…
In Contra Costa County, CA, the Transportation Authority (CCTA) is working closely with county medical facilities, union labor, and private firms to develop innovative mobility solutions.
Britain will make the makers rather than the owners of self-driving cars legally liable for any crashes under a framework…
Uber customers in Metro Phoenix may now be matched with a Waymo vehicle, providing riders with the opportunity to experience…
Cruise says it is pausing its entire driverless operations after California regulators suspended the autonomous vehicle company earlier this week…
What is an ADS? According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), an Automated Driving System (ADS) is a…
Liftango and May Mobility announced today a partnership to create innovative demand-responsive transportation solutions through AV microtransit. Combining their strengths,…
A new organization aims to bring together public- and private-sector organizations around the development and deployment of small, autonomous shuttles.…
Autonomous vehicles, which never speed, drive while intoxicated, or text-and-drive, have the potential to make vehicle transportation safer and more…
Consumer confidence in fully automated self-driving vehicles has declined for a second consecutive year, according to J.D. Power’s latest research.…
Autonomous water taxis could soon become a regular mode of transport without a captain on board in Helsinki. A local…
Autonomous vehicles will be used in California to try to reduce the number of medical appointment cancellations. A pilot project…
a leader in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, announced today its newest software release, which…
A world of self-driving vehicles and mobility-on-demand is likely to exist eventually, but for the next decade, widespread implementation of…
May Mobility, a leader in the development and deployment of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, today announced it is working with…
Today, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey held a demonstration of a driverless shuttle van in operation…
Beep Inc., a leading provider of autonomous and electric shared mobility solutions, today announced a second project with the North…
Oxa, a UK-based company specializing in autonomous transportation technology, has announced a collaboration with Beep, an autonomous shuttle developer, to…
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been dangled as a transportation “silver bullet” for decades. Now, they’re finally operating as robo-taxis in…
San Francisco has launched a new service that lets people ride a driverless shuttle around Treasure Island, a former naval…
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities…
The City of Orlando today announced the start of a six-month autonomous shuttle pilot program in partnership with Central Florida…
Despite repeated calls from San Francisco officials to slow the deployment of self-driving cars, a state commission approved expanded access…
Despite legislation and other forces pumping the brakes on autonomous vehicles on public thoroughfares, self-driving shuttle May Mobility officials are…
The City of Detroit Office of Mobility Innovation is launching a new shuttle pilot program next year to explore the…
It’s arguable that a new regulatory pathway for self-driving vehicles to enter the roads will emerge soon. The deployment of autonomous vehicles…
Less than five months after beginning completely driverless (and pedal-less) rides on public roads in California, Zoox has expanded operations…
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are playing the important role of integrating with existing transit services, says a new whitepaper. The report, produced…
Personal AVs as a “False Early Dream,” federal funds for electric buses are released, Uber brings car-sharing to the US, and one town invests in “communal Teslas.” These are just a few of the many stories about mobility and technology assembled for mobility managers.
After nearly one year, the Bear Tracks Connected and Automated Vehicle demonstration project in White Bear Lake — known as…
Ten months into its 18-month-long pilot initiative, an autonomous vehicle transit program in rural Minnesota, goMARTI (Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit…
May was a month chock-filled with transit technology hyperbole. Autonomous vehicles are “basically impossible,” delivery robots are in a “regulatory…
The University of Iowa is shared their results on a self-driven bus that has traveled hundreds of miles throughout rural…
The inaugural National Autonomous Vehicle Day hosted by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority gave attendees a chance to take a spin in vehicles…
A partnership with former foe Waymo is helping Uber stay relevant in the self-driving space
Autonomous public transportation isn’t “the future” any more in Sun City, Arizona — it’s already delivering on-demand rides inside the…
On May 15, the world’s first self-driving bus service launched in Scotland. The 14-mile circuit will carry about 10,000 passengers…
Agencies and higher education institutions nationwide are experimenting with autonomous vehicles and robots to provide mass public transit, food delivery…
It’s been a busy month in the world of mobility and technology: several big transit agencies announcing big plans on…
May Mobility, a developer of autonomous vehicle technology, and Moovit, a mobility as a service (MaaS) solutions provider and creator of…
The conceptual ‘Timber Shuttle’ has been designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures as a transportation solution for the near-future urban environments…
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) self-driving technology unit Waymo said on Wednesday that some of its vehicles in San Francisco encountered dense fog and…
Policyholders could have lower auto fleet insurance premiums as autonomous and other intelligent technologies improve and there are fewer accidents,…
The San Francisco Muni transit agency directed its drivers to make careful records of disruptions caused by the Cruise and…
The world’s first fleet of self-driving commuter buses is set to enter service in Scotland next month. This comes after…
It’s been a busy first quarter of 2023, and a lot’s been happening in the world of transit technology news.…
There are still many uncertainties about the environmental and energy effects of SAVs, and some researchers and policymakers have concerns…
The UK’s first zero-emission self-driving bus service has started a trial on public roads to serve Milton Park, a business,…
The project has a budget of almost $60 million over the course of four years and in 2025, 45 driverless…
According to the release, the DriveOhio project is funded in part by a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department…
According to the release, the DriveOhio project is funded in part by a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department…
Motorists could be stuck in congestion nearly twice as bad as current levels if self-driving cars become commonplace, a Government report warns.…
2022 is nearly out the door, leaving some clear trends in the realm of mobility technology. Demand for all types…
Ride-hailing services and self-driving vehicles both promised to improve urban living. In an excerpt from his book Walkable City, planner Jeff Speck…
A consortium of companies will provide the Crest Val de Drôme area with an Inclusive Automated Mobility Network, which consists…
Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup that burst on the scene in 2017 stacked with a $1 billion investment, is…
Safety-focused AV Startup Argo AI and FedEx robot delivery program shut down, tele-operated cars may come to Las Vegas, electric…
Manufacturers are developing systems generically known as C-V2X — shorthand for cellular vehicle-to-everything technology — for vehicles to communicate with…
MaaS Global has a cash crunch, the need for AV driving tests, rescuing the grid with EVs, and the debut…
May Mobility and Via will launch the first public transit project using American Disability Act (ADA)-compliant AVs in rural America.…
Autonomous vehicles have the potential to improve equity and safety but need regulation at all levels to ensure those outcomes,…
Fulfilling the promise of autonomous driving — a perfectly safe ride without a human behind the wheel at all —…
Against treating AV development as a “race”, intercity electric buses, equity in digital ticketing, and the hope of an end…
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority plans to install 10 miles of automated shuttle service, in part by repurposing a 33-year-old monorail system, and potentially build transit-oriented development around…
Waymo is introducing a raft of new features designed to make its fleet of autonomous taxis more accessible to passengers…
Beginning in early August, Bear Tracks, a highly automated, 11 passenger, low-speed, fully electric shuttle will be available for the public…
Proposed changes to NTD reporting, electric cars hit a “tipping point”, the equity of cashless fare systems, and understanding the…
Will self-driving cars soon be a reality? And how will people’s attitude have to change to ensure autonomous driving meets…
AMAZON’s robotaxi startup, Zoox the first to self-certify a purpose-built, fully autonomous, all-electric passenger vehicle to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety…
Transportation officials and industry are looking to speed the deployment of technology that would allow cars to communicate with other…
Ever wondered what would happen if bicycles could think for themselves? Well, this week, MIT researchers released a paper exploring the potential…
It’s been a busy month in the world of mobility technology news: Elon Musk using AVs as “drama”, “Autono-MaaS”, Amazon…
Plans have been revealed in Germany for an autonomous shuttle to be fully integrated into public transport for the first…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released data on 10 months of crashes involving cars with automated components. A few…
With the advance of self-driving technology have come widespread myths about autonomous driving. Audi has responded to some of those…
Even as buses incorporate more automated features, the complexity of driving near pedestrians and in changing weather will require trained…
Hear how the project team at the University of Iowa’s National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) transportation safety research center is…
Hard times and “fake” financials for Uber and Lyft, a new universal mobility pilot in L.A., AV buses will still…
More equitable bus lanes through technology, electric bus production delays, ‘liar, liar, battery supplier’, where on earth is all that…
The Commonwealth of Virginia recently hosted a live trial of a new driver and pedestrian safety concept that allows near-real-time notification of…
Now, thanks to a radio traffic technology installed by Gainesville’s Regional Transit System along the shuttle’s route, the autonomous vehicle…
The Partnership for Transportation Innovation and Opportunity (PTIO) is releasing a workforce policy agenda that outlines a suite of proposals designed to…
Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving unit, has begun offering its San Francisco employees fully autonomous rides, the company said Wednesday. Waymo will…
Arlington RAPID, the first program in the United States to integrate on-demand, autonomous vehicles (AVs) into existing public transportation, has…
A Silicon Valley company called Tortoise has introduced a remote-controlled robot that can sell a varied inventory — chocolates, AirPods, knee…
U.S. regulators on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with…
Florida’s Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) has announced that is has selected the Balfour Beatty Vision 2 Reality (V2R) team and…
The California Public Utilities Commission expanded the driverless rideshare market on Monday by issuing Drivered Deployment permits to General Motors’…
Passenger hyperloop is dead, glorified golf carts for all, and transit agencies buy automated buses. Just a few of the…
Motional, the Aptiv-Hyundai joint venture aiming to commercialize autonomous driving technology, has launched a new robotaxi service in Las Vegas with on-demand…
Four Barriers to Full Automation Ralf Klaedtke, CTO of Transportation Solutions at TE Connectivity, is a global expert in the automotive…
Trenton MOVES is on its way to becoming the first large-scale transit system to operate by using self-driving shuttles. New…
Right now, there are no self-driving cars available for public purchase (even if Tesla misleadingly calls its driver assistance system “Full Self-Driving”).…
By analyzing drivers’ use of partially automated vehicles and simulating the expected impact of future driverless vehicles, we found that…
Hello to 2022, and goodbye to two self-driving shuttle makers. Also GM edges closer to making AVs, there aren’t nearly…
The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission released a final 315-page report on January 26…
Last week saw an announcement that Optimus Ride, an autonomous shuttle company in Boston was purchased in an acqui-hire by Magna,…
Not a single advanced driver assistance system offered in today’s new vehicles would meet pending safety criteria being developed by…
Local Motors, the company that crowdsourced and built the Olli autonomous shuttle as well as the Rally Fighter, will be…
Jennie Martin, Secretary General of ITS (UK) – Intelligent Transport Systems, explains how artificial intelligence can support the wider development…
As part of an industry-first collaboration, Lyft and its partners have launched an autonomous ride-share service in the Floridian city…
As we bid farewell (or good riddance, as the case may be) to 2021, here are some news highlights for…
“According to the recent research report, the demand of global Autonomous Cars Market size & share expected to reach to USD 64.88…
New Jersey officials are attempting to launch what the state describes as the nation’s first autonomous vehicle (AV)-based urban transit system in…
Med City Mover, a pilot program with electric, driverless shuttles, recently launched in downtown Rochester, according to the Minnesota Department…
Brief Summary In early 2021, the City of Arlington expanded a public mobility-on-demand (MOD) program city-wide. Arlington previously completed two…
Ride-sharing starts to return, Apple and the USPS get more involved in automated vehicles, and more in a recurring series…
The free and fully autonomous vehicle to serve customers near Tampa’s Riverwalk.
PSTA’s driverless vehicle to travel along beach for 3 months
Metrolinx’s new WAVE shuttle marks the first time in Canada that an autonomous shuttle and smart infrastructure will be fully…
News of large-scale investments in zero-emission transit keeps rolling in. Meanwhile, scrutiny of Uber, Lyft, and Tesla’s AV features continues.…
The reality of self-driving cars and other modes of autonomous mobility may seem years away, but the technology being developed…
The Travelers Institute, the public policy division of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV ), today released its position paper “Insuring Autonomy:…
Batteries are in many of the headlines this month — new technologies, factories, supply chains, standards, and recycling methods. TNCs…
A Canadian town is set to launch the country’s longest autonomous shuttle route, another step to edge the self-driving vehicles into public…
Exposing older adults to self-driving vehicle technology improved their perceptions about its safety, trust and usefulness, according to a new…
A small bus that’s becoming a familiar sight at the University of Waterloo could represent a giant leap in self-driving…
This month’s tech updates include spiraling TNC prices, new AV services coming on line, driver assistance vs automated vehicles, grids…
In order to better understand the attitudes of the UK public towards future transport innovations, The Department for Transport commissioned…
Waymo is opening up rider testing of its self-driving cars in San Francisco. The company is requesting feedback from riders…
Waymo, the self-driving vehicle company under Alphabet, has launched a robotaxi service that will be open to certain vetted riders…
May Mobility, an innovative autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and shuttle operations company, in partnership with the City of Grand Rapids,…
A tech firm that has been quietly testing a single self-driving car on the streets of New York City —…
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — May Mobility, a leader in autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and shuttle operations,…
GOLDEN, Colo. — The country’s biggest fleet of low-speed, self-driving electric shuttles hit the road on Tuesday in a major…
GOLDEN, Colo. — The country’s biggest fleet of low-speed, self-driving electric shuttles hit the road on Tuesday in a major…
The Waymo self-driving cars are on a new mission. You’ve seen them carrying passengers. Now, a special fleet of vans…
Today, the National Council on Aging (NCOA), the national voice for every person’s right to age well, and Volkswagen Group of America released…
Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI and its backer and customer Ford plan to launch at least 1,000 self-driving vehicles…
This month’s tech updates include cracking EVs, inaccessible EVs, US lithium, and readying the grid for climate change. New In…
This is Simulation City, the virtual world where Waymo, an offshoot of Google, tests its autonomous vehicles in preparation for…
Researchers say the future of transportation will be shaped by three “revolutions” – vehicle electrification, driverless cars and ride-sharing –…
This month’s tech updates include maturing low-speed AV shuttle projects, EVs in the bipartisan infrastructure proposal, and the speed of…
Low-speed shuttle pilot projects have had some success, including some innovative adaptations during the pandemic, but AVs are still many…
A free, autonomous shuttle service has launched in downtown Indianapolis and on the campus of IUPUI. Officials say the first…
Autonomous vehicles may make our skies dirtier, even if they’re shared and electric, a new study finds. According to a survey conducted…
On October 23, that familiar call will again ring out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but there will be no…
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