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Newsby StaffDecember 20, 2018

US DOT seeking feedback on Vehicle-to-Everything communications

Intends to maintain the priority use of 5.9Ghz spectrum for transportation safety communications.

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Newsby StaffDecember 3, 2018

JTA, Florida Poly U. partner to bolster AV tech in public transit

Includes fostering the development of AV technology within downtowns, university campuses and other controlled settings.

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Newsby StaffOctober 4, 2018

U.S. DOT releases multimodal guidance for on-road automated vehicles

AV 3.0 incorporates the results of extensive stakeholder engagement to provide updated voluntary guidance and policy considerations for a range of industry sectors.

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Public Transit Needs a Voice in Automated/Autonomous Vehicle Regulatory Talks

This technology will forever change transportation on a local level and national scale; the time is ripe for public transit agencies and OEMs to be more visible in shaping the outcome of these discussions, regulations, and laws.

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ArticlesSeptember 28, 2017

Smart Cities: Critical Opportunities for Transit Agencies

Improvements in communication and information technologies are especially valuable to public transportation agencies, which are frequently charged with optimizing a complex system with competing needs.

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Newsby StaffJune 15, 2017

First Transit signs exclusive partnership for autonomous vehicle innovation, research

Will join GoMentum Station and use the facility as a test site for innovative transit applications, including a pilot project with EasyMile and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority to deploy the first SAV shuttle on public roads in the U.S.

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Newsby StaffJune 7, 2017

UITP Summit Unveils Differing Transport Narratives, Approach to Challenges

While the U.S. narrative included innovation and disruptive change in transport, the prominence and status of the public transport operator was clearly so much weaker in terms of dominating urban thinking.

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NewsApril 27, 2017

Profile: Susan Shaheen, Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center

Susan is an expert on the subject of carsharing. Today, we are using Lyft to travel from her office to the Downtown Berkeley BART station, where we will take the subway to have lunch in the Financial District of San Francisco.

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Transit Dispatchesby Regina HopperApril 18, 2017

The Road to the Next Generation of Mobility

Today, in cities and towns across the country, mayors, city commissioners, governors, state legislatures, and even the President, are looking for ways to make our nation’s highways, roads, bridges, airports, public transit systems, and other key pieces of infrastructure once again the envy of the world.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2017

ITS America files comments with NHTSA on V2V communications

Group believes a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard is needed for V2V communications and that the proposed standard should be performance-based and flexible enough to incorporate future technologies.

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