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News•by Staff•January 26, 2017

Miami-Dade getting free Wi-Fi at 300 kiosks, buses, trains

Hailing it as the first step in developing one of the nation’s first fully integrated smart city ecosystems.

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News•by Staff•January 26, 2017

SoCal utility wants to use $570M to electrify buses, trucks, ride-sharing

Southern California Edison filed a plan with state regulators that would fund the installation of charging stations for various plug-in vehicle applications.

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News•January 26, 2017

Profile: Nuria Fernandez - GM/CEO Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

When Nuria Fernandez was growing up in Panama, water was a big part of her world. In addition to living by the water, she spent a couple summers interning at one of the canal locks of the Panama Canal, a feat of engineering that her great-grandfather had helped to construct...

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News•by Staff•January 24, 2017

UC Irvine is first college in nation to convert to all-electric bus fleet

The student-funded and -operated Anteater Express shuttle service is acquiring 20 buses from BYD for $15 million.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2017

U.S. DOT designates 10 automated vehicle proving grounds for testing

Designees all have different facilities that can be used to gauge safety, manage various roadways and conditions, and handle various types of vehicles.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2017

Ohio State U., Auburn land LoNo-CAP grant funding

Both universities will conduct testing, evaluation, and analysis of low or no emission components intended for use in LoNo transit buses used to provide public transportation.

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News•by Staff•January 23, 2017

MARTA completes New Flyer electric-bus demonstration project

All-electric propulsion system has many benefits including zero tailpipe emissions, reduced noise inside and outside the bus, and low operational and maintenance costs.

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News•by Staff•January 20, 2017

FASTLANE grant applications total more than $7B

The program was established in the FAST Act to fund critical freight and highway projects across the country.

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News•by Staff•January 19, 2017

PSTA brings together Uber and Taxi to get people on the bus

New program uses Uber and United Taxi to pick up bus-stop-bound riders within eight specific zones throughout the county.

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News•by Staff•January 19, 2017

Alstom invests in driverless vehicle co. Easy Mile

In parallel, Alstom and EasyMile have signed a commercial partnership agreement aiming at joining their forces to provide integrated solutions for urban transportation. Alstom will be present at EasyMile’s board.

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