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Local Trend. City Creates Smart Transportation Corridor. What it Means by the Numbers.

2.3 miles of roadway
18 intersections will have advanced technology
Goal is to reduce by 25% stop and wait times without increasing travel speeds
$3 million project came from $150 million in bonds Atlanta voters approved in 2015

Atlanta’s Smart Transportation Corridor will be a partnership with Georgia Tech.

Construction Equipment News | Atlanta creates Smart Corridor to improve traffic, prepare for driverless vehicles

LOCAL TREND. 3 Ways Smart Tech Manages Traffic for Columbus OH & Las Vegas NV

Columbus, Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada are both toying with smart technology to improve traffic.

Three things to know about the traffic technology testers:

Each city had to bolster its tech infrastructure to allow for the massive amount of data needed to handle common traffic issues with technology.
After infrastructure comes connectivity. Connected vehicles, autonomous cars, traffic monitoring devices all need to communicate with one another, & the communication must be safe and free of…

4 Unanswered Policy Issues with Hyperloop

Hyperloop does not have the policy foundation of other types of transportation system. This leaves 3 areas of policy wide open:

There is no policy framework for implementation
There is no policy framework for safty standards
There are no policy stnadards for regulation, operation and maintenance of hyperloops
Does hyperloop qualify for eminent domain authority?

Dallas Morning News | Meet the Dallas urban planner behind Texas’ pursuit of the hyperloop

6 Things to Know about the Lonestar Hyperloop Bid

Texas hyperloop proposal would connect, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Laredo.
Its 1 of 10 bids approved worldwide
AECOM, who placed the Texas bid, had 5 of 10 winning bids.
AECOM has also been involved with One Wolrd Trade Center, London’s Olympic Park and Etihad Rail
Texas geography, strong economy, and population growth are key components to hyperloop’s success in Texas
Hopes to supplement Texas Central Railway

Dallas Morning News | Meet the Dallas urban planner behind Texas’…

HOV for EV. Read the Bill. Creative Incentives for EV sales.

California Assembly Bill 544 would allow single occupancy EV cars to use HOV lanes through 2025 with a DMV decal.

Tax rebates, tax incentives, easy HOV access…oh, my!

Sacramento Bee | Would you buy an electric car if you could use the carpool lane alone?

Ballot Proposition: Voter Approval for Fuel Tax Increases.

A ballot proposition in California looks to prevent the Legislature from increasing the gas tax by requiring voter approval for fuel tax increases.

Group behind the initiative: Reform California

Sacramento Bee | Gax tax repeal would strip California lawmakers’ ability to pass increases

Upcoming Texas Attorney General Question: Private Toll Companies & Fees.

Chairman Joe Pickett wants the Texas Attorney General to clarify to what extent are the limitations of fee assessments placed upon TXDOT also placed upon private entities that operate tolls.

Pickett’s exact question:

To what extent are the provisions (?(Section 228.0547(b), Transportation Code, as added by S.B. 312, Acts of tne 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, ”powers and duties” o f the Texas Department o f Transportation that apply under Section 228. 059, Transportation Code,…

Having Problems with a Transportation agency or a Department of Motor Vehicles? Utah has 3 Examples of Legislative Restructuring.

Utah Tranportation Authority is a thorn in the side of Utah elected officials. They’ve been studying the issue, and trying to craft a solutions to remove the obstacles they see in the agency.

For those of you in Texas, think of an agency that is a mix of 2017 TABC, 2013 HHSC and 2011 TXDOT when it lost a billion dollars.

3 solutions from Utah’s elected officials to reign in a rogue agency:

Follow Maryland. Create a Transportation Secretary who oversees all transit, rail, ports and…