Monthly Archives: January 2025

Idaho legislature is contemplating legislation to make electronic drivers’ licenses optional. TSA accepts digital licenses from 14 states. Idaho Capital Sun | New bill seeks to allow Idaho to create optional electronic driver’s licenses 

The Port of Corpus Christi has unveiled the  Overall Port Tactical Information Computer System. The system “combines geographic information system, 3D gaming, computer-aided dispatch and weather technologies to provide a “single pane of glass” and source of truth for all law enforcement and port authorities involved in monitoring the port.” Rout Fifty | Digital twin helps […]

Meet Gravity Technologies. The company installs tree-like “smart poles” on sidewalks to charge EVs. The sidewalk EV technology may be used to charge EV fleet vehicles for the City of New York. Route Fifty | Tech startup gets on fast track to install sidewalk EV charging towers after hiring Eric Adams’ power broker

member how we talked about hackers gaining access to Subaru vehicles a year ago? The hackers were able to do all the things with the vehicles: start, stop, unlock, drive, etc… The white hackers reported the issues, and Subaru fixed the issues.  The same white hackers are reporting that the fix was a bandage, and […]

A Federal Trade Commission proposed order seeks to prevent GM from selling vehicle location data and driving behavior to insurance companies without consumer consent. Guess what the data can be used for? To set insurance rates. The FTC also wants consumers to have the ability to delete their data.

Drone on drone collisions have led to the suspension of drone delivery by Amazon in Texas and Arizona pending software updates. The collisions occurred during rainy weather and during a test of what would happen if a drone engine failed. Tech Crunch | Amazon suspends US drone deliveries

The Commerce Department announced that new rules concerning autonomous vehicles will exclude the trucking industry. The new rules concern autonomous vehicles that utilize parts or technology from China or Russia.

AI researchers at Stony Brook University have found a way to use AI and guided ultrasonic waves for detecting faults inside switch rails. Traditional safety testing measures for train tracks are point by point with low efficiency. Route Fifty | AI could help stop train wrecks

NYC says congestion pricing has reduced traffic in Midtown and Lower Manhattan by 7.5% during the first full week of congestion pricing in New York.

“When we see hydrogen transportation deployment projects, it’s really more on the medium- and heavy-duty side,” says Mark Henning, a researcher at Cleveland State University’s Energy Policy Center at the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs. California has largely been the focus for hydrogen powered vehicles. Times are changing and now  3 Ohio companies […]