Who is funding wildlife protection for freeways? The Annenberg Foundation
What are these wildlife protection mechanisms? wildlife crossings/bridges
Inside Philathropy | The Funders Helping Wildlife Find Safe Passage Across Highways
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Business TREND. Ride Share Meet Car Share.
New trend in the auto sharing economy: Car share.
How does it work:
- Dolph drives his car to his enginnering job.
- Dolph logs into an App & marks his car available for sharing until 5pm.
- Brigette needs to drive to her office running the world.
- Brigette finds available cars, selects Dolph’s car & returns it by 5pm.
What company is promiting car sharing? Lynk & Co
Legislative, Legal, and Regulatory Questions: How do you insure Brigette’s drive?
TREND. Self Driving Big Trucks. Deliver the Goods without the Driver.
How far along are self-driving 18 wheelers? This week the first test run of a self-driving big truck was completed.
Where did the 18 wheeler test drive delivering beer 120 miles away occur? Colorado
What was delivered? Budweiser. 2,000 cases.
Mashable | How alcohol is feuling the self-driving revolution
LOCAL TREND: +1 County Resolution Opposing Eminent Domain for High Speed Rail
Add Montgomery County to the list of counties that oppose eminent domain for proposed high speed rail from Houston to Dallas.
The vote: unanimous
The common theme among commissioners: An opposition to a private company seizing private property.
The resolution:
RESOLUTION AND ORDER
WHEREAS, Montgomery County finds that any high-speed rail lines and facilities crossing county roads is not desirable; and
WHEREAS, Montgomery County values the protection of real property rights…
LEGE TREND. Keystone State. Ride Share Bill. 4 Take Aways.
Pennsylvania Governor signed a new ride share bill this week that will:
- A local Philadelphia tax of 1.4 percent tax on all Uber and Lyft rides will be divided up between Phila dephia’s schools and the Philadelphia Parking Authority which had imposed ride share regulations
- Creates regulatory framework for Transportation Network Companies
- $50,000 application fee
- Criminal background check for drivers. =No fingerprint requirements
Business TREND. Prohibiting Car Owners from Gigging It. Self Driving Cars. Ride Share.
Ride Share Prohibition. Tesla owners cannot use their vehicles for gig economy endeavors like Uber or Lyft.
Ride Sharing a Tesla is only ok if its done within the Tesla Network.
Unforcement mechanism: unknown
Tech Times | No Ridesharing: Tesla Bans Drivers From Using Tesla Cars For Uber Or Lyft
25% of November Bond Propositions are Transportation Bonds.
The Texas Comptroller tracks bond elections. Its a handy spreadsheet for data junkies.
On November 8th, 12 of the 50 bond measures tracked are for transportation projects:
- Amarillo $89.5 million for streets
- Austin $720 million for transportation and mobility
- Bellaire $24 Million for streets, drainage and sidewalks
- Hays Co. $131 million for transportation improvements
- Hunt Co. $24.5 million for transportation
- Parker Co. $76.2 million for transportation projects
- Willis Point ISD $42.5…
TREND: Electric and Self Driving Cars. Boon for Electric Industry.
- It’ll be an economic boon for the electic industry.
- Gone will be stagnant load growth with demand increasing
- New business models will encourage distributed, clean energy resources.
- Will bolster smart grid development
- Support Charging Station Development
Utility Dive | How the coming boom in electric and self-driving vehicles will transform the grid
Business Trend: Ride Share. Long Rides.
This is like 2016’s version of hitch hiking, minus the serial killers that American films say exist only in the realm of hitch hiking.
A new business trend for the exponential growth in the sharing economy:
- OpenRide
- It’s ride share for long distances
- Openride has deals with 60 music festivals
The Street | Long Distance Ride Sharing – The Next Big Sharing Economy Trend
Texas Transportation Shortfalls Hamstringing Texas Ports.
Texas Ports need transportation infrastructure. The transportation woes of the Port of Houston hing on these details:
- From 2010 to 2015 truck traffic went from 10,000/day to near 30,000 trucks per day
- Truck traffic is set to grow by 2X again
- the problem isn’t funding- port operators would likely chip in
- the problem is—-TXDOT
Houston Business Journal | Congestion could stifle Port of Houston growth, CEO says