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Chicago prohibits advertisements in ride share vehicles.
A company that offers entertainment services (video games & ad content; not prostitution) sued claiming that the ordinance violates equal protection clause of the US Constitution because it does not apply to taxis or other vehicles.
The case is progressing in federal courts after surviving motions to kick the case out of court.
Courthouse News Service | Judge Doesn’t Like Chicago’s Ban on Ads in Ubers
OKlahoma Department of Transportation is using ShakeCast to chart bridghe inspections following an earthquake.
Oklahoma has seen a rise in the numnber of and intesity of earthquakes in recent years.
THe next step is to contract with Infrastructure Engineers to help the OK DOT develop a earthquake response protocol.
Can self driving cars harm city revenues? Some say yes in these 3 ways:
Governing | How Driverless Cars Could Be a Big Problem for Cities (includes look at Austin, TX revenues)
St. Louis County instituted a 0.5% transportation sales tax 3 years ago and the City of Duluth is gearing up to implement the same.
The local governements point to these benefits from the transportation sales tax:
After passing statewide ride share laws states, like North Dakota, seek to amend their laws.
What do states want to change about their ride share laws?
WDAZ | Lawmakers may boost reporting requirements for Uber, Lyft next…
The October ballot in Ketchikan Alaska will ask its citizens whether to permit ride share operators.
Alaska has a statewide rideshare law, but a skeptical mayor and city council want local input.
The skepticism, you ask? Whether ride share companies will remit local sales taxes.
SF Chronicle | Alaska city leaders put ride-sharing ban on ballot
San Francisco’s revamp of Market St. will limit vehicle stopping to commercial deliveries and taxis.
How does this work? Think of bus lanes and bike lanes. The curb side lanes would be limited to commerical deliveries and taxis.
SFist | Uber And Lyft Permanently Banned From Most Of Market Street Under New Plan
Arizona Department of Transportation is rolling out 1st of its kind wrong way detection technology.
How does the new fandangled technology work?
The winning contract: a $1.89 million bid from Contractors West Inc. of Mesa
Equipment World | Arizona moves forward on “first of its kind” wrong-way detection system
The California Supreme Court has ruled that publicly owned rail must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act.
How does impact high speed rail in California? Whether environmental impact studies must be conducted has been a contetious issue among stakeholders building high speed rail.
How did California get here? A rail line contended that it only needed to comply with federal rail rules.
Texas Attorney General Opinion KP- 0156 lays down the law on what constitutes when a manufacturer owns a dealership in Texas. The nuts and bolts of the opinion: