Bexar County, Texas, Commissioner Kevin Wolff believes that a meeting he had last month in Washington with federal transportation officials could lead to construction of lanes for driverless automated vehicles on the Austin-San Antonio section of Interstate 35.
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TT's Seth Clevenger, Michael Freeze and Keiron Greenhalgh break down what ACT Expo revealed about trucking's road to sustainability.Â
Analysis: Self-Driving Cars Need Standardized Software to Avoid Crashes
Fans of self-driving cars will have breathed a sigh of relief at the news that Uber and Google’s Waymo, two giants in the industry, have settled their intellectual-property lawsuit. This removes a huge distraction for companies, freeing them up to focus on their own research.
February 21, 2018Waymo Gets the OK for a Commercial Driverless Ride-Hailing Service
Waymo, a unit of Alphabet Inc., got a permit in late January from the Arizona Department of Transportation to operate as a Transportation Network Company, according to Ryan Harding, a spokesman at the state agency.
February 16, 2018Analysis: Driverless Cars Could Save American Lives
Rural roads are the most dangerous in the country. Making them safer is a matter of public health.
February 16, 2018How Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area Are Paving the Way for Our Autonomous Car Future
SAN FRANCISCO — Within two to three years, bicyclists in Emeryville and Los Gatos will be able to download an app to get more green lights at intersections. Patients at the Veterans Administration Palo Alto Medical Center will be hopping on an autonomous shuttle for appointments.
February 16, 2018Russian Self-Driving Car Takes on Snow and Sub-Zero Conditions
Apple Inc.’s engineers are used to the balmy conditions of California. No such luck for those at Yandex NV, Russia’s largest internet company, who posted footage of their self-driving car on public roads in icy conditions after a recent snowstorm.
February 16, 2018Maersk's CEO Can't Imagine Self-Sailing Box Ships in His Lifetime
The CEO of the world’s biggest shipping company says it’s unlikely container vessels will operate without humans in his lifetime.
February 16, 2018'Cars Are to Us What Books Are to Amazon,’ Uber CEO Says
Speaking at a conference in San Francisco, Uber Technologies Inc. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi rattled through the company’s ambitions: food delivery, freight, autonomous vehicles and even buses and bikes.
February 15, 2018In the Debate on Who Will Own Autonomous Cars, Hyundai Picks Uber
As Google’s Waymo, General Motors Co. and others race to bring driverless automobiles to showrooms, the argument over who will buy cars in the technology era is getting louder.
February 14, 2018Autonomous Cars May Cut Workplace Deaths, Official Says
Transportation-related workplace injuries might be slashed over time as autonomous vehicles become more common, state leaders said at a workshop in Springfield, Ohio, on Feb. 13.
February 14, 2018