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Conducted by University of Michigan, the road test, or model deployment, is a first-of-its-kind test of connected vehicle technology in the real world.
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The Champion LF Transport with Flexbus technologies is equipped with an electronically controlled air-ride suspension system, Equalizer Ramp, single-slope entry and a 102-inch-wide true flat-floor passenger area.
Read More →The partnerships improve the quality of information available to help transit customers manage and enhance their operations through real-time insight into vehicle and driver performance.
Read More →While streetcars may seem like an old fashioned or nostalgic mode of transportation, today’s streetcar is far from your grandmother’s trolley. The modern streetcar has evolved in major ways in response to shifts in community needs as well as technological advances.
Read More →Event will highlight innovative renewable technologies by some of the brightest young minds in America. Competitions will challenge university students to build and race plug-in hybrid vehicles, solar-powered cars and compete in an electric-powered kart race.
Read More →Features a high-strength stainless steel body and chassis and a hybrid power system that primarily uses stored electrical energy.
Read More →Hayden AI’s Chief Growth Officer joins METROspectives to discuss automated technology, how it can help public transit now and in the future, and much more.
Read More →As the world changes with the rapid advancement of connected devices and technologies, so must the transportation industry. In a business area where change is sluggish, DOTs across the country must adapt quickly to the evolving technologies that are going to impact their operations and budget. There are at least three technologies that will have immense impact over the next two decades on how we travel and how state transportation departments react to provide mobility — connectedness, big data and automation.
Read More →Many small to mid-sized public transit agencies are sitting on a treasure trove of data from a variety of hardware and software sources. However, most do not have the capabilities to extract value from that data to gain insights into past, present, and future ridership demand and make meaningful projections.
Read More →The technology has already been implemented in a variety of settings including other major transit agencies, schools, and more, and is also currently in use at Chicago’s Navy Pier.
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