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The car maker: toyota
The owenr based ride share program: Hourly or daily rental by allowing users to unlock the cars with their smartphones via Bluetooth
How does it work: Via App
Where is it piloting? San Francisco based Get Around will pilot the App and vehicle sharing. Get Around operates also in Austin, TX.
The legislative issue: Insuring & liability issues related to personal “rental car sharing.” What happens when a car is “rented” out and the car runs a red light camera…
Palm Springs will be voting to allow ride share at its airport, if and only if, the drivers submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
What does the mayor think? It is “utterly ridiculous”
San Francisco Chronicle | Palm Springs weighs Uber, Lyft pickups, but with drug tests
Whose study: Texas Central Rail
80% of respondents said what? 80% said that they ” would consider using the bullet train,”
90% would save time doing what? 90% would save an hour or more getting bwtween Dallas and Houston
Bryan College Station Eagle | Poll suggests Texans want bullet train
Houston Chronicle | Texas high-speed train supporters, opponents continue jockeying
1. Texas Central Rail high speed rail will be the 1st of its kind in the US.
2. Texas Central Rail is a for-profit entity that will pay taxes. Including taxes in the communities the train travels.
3. Texas Central Rail plans on equipping rural communities with emergency services.
4. There will be public input after the environmental study is complete.
5. Construction is to begin in 2018 & service is to being in 2023.
Community Impact News | 5 things you may not know about Texas…
Before voting for President, voters in Illinois will vote on a constitutional amendment to dedicate transportation funding.
Let’s look at who has lined up where on the issue:
Uber has made its first candidate endorsement.
The endorsee: Assemblyman Derek Armstrong (R)
Why endorse? Democrats ran 3 anti ride share ads against Armstrong claiming that he opposed criinal background checks for drivers putting women and children in danger
Were the ads that sparked the Uber endorsement accurate? No. The legislation required criminal background checks but did not require FBI background checks, which taxi cab companies in NV support.
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
New trend in the auto sharing economy: Car share.
How does it work:
What company is promiting car sharing? Lynk & Co
Legislative, Legal, and Regulatory Questions: How do you insure Brigette’s drive?
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
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…