Author Archives: Tessa Zavala

At the 2025 Management Conference & Exhibition the CEO of the American Trucking Association announced that the group is considering changing its policies as tariffs continue to harm the trucking industry’s financial  recovery. The CEO’s statement: “If tariffs continue trucking’s prolonged freight recession, ATA may well consider strategic shifts that address the direct and indirect […]

Las Vegas police unveiled its Cybertruck fleet. The announcement included a robotic dog on the podium, drones, and flashing lights. Very Las Vegas and intended to show that the city has the most technologically advanced police department in the country. They’re really leaning into 20 years ago when a CSI television franchise called Las Vegas […]

A public information request in Washington State raised the issue of whether the data on a city’s license plate readers are public information. While the court decides, the city disabled the license plate readers after 3 months of use. Timely data question for procurement: Is the data involved in a procurement public information? Everrett Herald […]

In May we talked about Washington State adding speed limiters as possible penalties for reckless drivers. Add Virginia and Wisconsin to the list of states seeking to tackle reckless drivers by employing speed limiters upon conviction. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Wisconsin lawmakers’ latest idea to tackle reckless driving uses new tech to limit speed

We talked about Uber Green many moons ago. This week Uber Green is getting a re-brand. Let’s all welcome, Uber Electric. “Per the company, the new name “reflects record EV growth on our platform, making it easier for riders to choose zero-emissions rides.Uber elaborated that over 200,000 EVs are driving on its global network, and […]

The Government shutdown has led to air traffic controller shortages. In turn, this has led to more flight delays. 53% of flight delays are directly tied to air traffic controller shortages. The usual rate of flight delays due to air traffic controller shortages? 5%.  5% to 53% delay rate; well that is something.

SB 791 would have increased the amount car dealerships can charge for processing fees from $85 to up to 1% of the purchase price, capped at $260. The bill was vetoed. The veto message includes, “At a time when Californians are already struggling with the high cost of living, this bill would raise the document […]

We’ve talked about the high speed rail project between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The project was estimated to cost $12 billion. A newly revised cost estimate is $21.05 billion. Yeah, so even people who don’t like math can say, “uh, yeah, that’s an increase.” The project has been touted by U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy. […]

California Governor’s veto message for SB 274, that would have regulated the use of vehicle license pate readers, says the bill would impede criminal investigations that rely on interagency information sharing.

The Oregon Legislature proposed a gas tax increase along with other vehicle tax increases to fund transportation projects. As a result, Republican legislators want to take gas tax increases to the voters for approval. KATU | Oregon Republicans aim to put the transportation package up to voters: What to know