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PennDOT Chief Outlines Temporary Rules for Testing Self-Driving Cars

Pennsylvania will ask Uber Technologies Inc. and any company developing self-driving cars with the same technology onboard to immediately stop testing.

April 9, 2018

Opinion: Driverless Cars May Make Traffic Worse, Not Better

One of the more puzzling questions arising from the revolution in autonomous vehicles and on-demand services is what impact it will all have on cities.

April 6, 2018

Microsoft Joins Self-Driving Vehicle Development at Michigan Test Center

On a blustery spring day that showed exactly why Michigan鈥檚 range of weather is perfect for testing self-driving and connected vehicles, the American Center for Mobility formally opened and announced a far-reaching deal April 4 with Microsoft.

April 5, 2018

Houston Joins Smart Cities Program to Prepare for Autonomous Vehicles

Houston will join 21 other cities in a national partnership aimed at addressing persistent transportation challenges as technology and mobility choices have planners rethinking how streets, sidewalks and private spaces interact.

April 5, 2018

Maryland Bill to Restore Highway User Revenue Poised to Become Law

After years of calling to restore highway user revenue, transportation advocates may see the funding return by fiscal 2020.

April 5, 2018

SoCal Regulators See Chance to Rein in Freight Pollution

Over and over in their decadeslong war on smog, Southern California regulators have failed to use a powerful tool against ports, warehouses and other freight and logistics hubs that are magnets for air pollution.

April 5, 2018

Self-Driving Cars Are On North Carolina Turnpike Authority鈥檚 Radar

The fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car in Arizona last month has not dissuaded the North Carolina Turnpike Authority from urging companies to test autonomous vehicles on the Triangle Expressway in western Wake County.

April 5, 2018

Truckers Ask Court to Halt Pennsylvania Turnpike Toll Payments to PennDOT

Groups representing truckers and other motorists asked a federal judge April 2 to halt the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission鈥檚 payments to PennDOT for state transportation projects while the court decides their claims that turnpike tolls are unconstitutionally excessive.

April 4, 2018

Opinion: Trump Plan Unlikely to Spur Promised $1 Trillion in Infrastructure Investment

WASHINGTON 鈥 On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump reiterated his pledge to 鈥淢ake America Great Again鈥 by reinvesting in infrastructure projects around the country. The news was greeted favorably by not only voters, but also municipal governments and the transportation industry.

April 4, 2018

Toyota Talks Self-Driving Cars and the Real Reason the Automaker Suspended Testing

When a woman crossing an Arizona street was struck and killed by a self-driving Uber car late last month, it sparked a swift public reckoning over the near-term future of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads.

April 3, 2018