Where: California What? AB 1605 (2019 | CA) What would AB 1605 have allowed? Allowed San Francisco to create a toll for use of Lombard Street, the twisty and turney fairway. Creating a “a hyperlocal congestion charge.” Why did the Governor veto AB 1605? Inequitable to permit a fee like this Streets Blog California | […]
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Business TREND. Bonjour Self Driving Scooters
Who? Tortoise , CtrlWorks, Ninebot, ScootBee Where? Singapore What are the benefits of a self driving scooter? independently move to a better parking spot independently leave a neighborhood independently move to a location with scooter demand drive themselves to pick up a rider ABC 7 | Self-driving scooters are coming to city sidewalks
Anatomy of a Self Driving Partnership
Who is partnering to advance self driving vehicles? Lyft Uber Ford GM Toyota Tesla What do they call themselves? Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium What do I need to know about the consortium? worldwide organized, this is no joke local yokel website standards development ride share contributes knowledge gleaned from its drivers vehicle manufacturers contribute knowledge […]
Lege TREND. Finance EV Chargers with a vehicle fee
Where? Washington What’s the fee? $75 electrification fee Is this in addition to a fee that offsets the gas tax? yes, this is on top of the $150 gas tax fee What will the electrification fee cover? EV Incentives Build out of the charging network in Washington State What did the legislation look like? HB […]
Port Moves to Zero Emission Equipment for 3 social responsibility reasons.
Where: Port of Long Beach Who funded the zero emission equipment? $5.3 million grant from the California Air Resources Board What are the Port’s 3 reasons for supporting zero emission equipment? reduce our impact on our neighborhoods increase trade reduce carbon impact to reach the Port’s zero-emissions goals American Journal of Transportation | Zero-emissions equipment […]
Lege TREND. Unintended Consequence of Over Crowded DMVs
Where: California The legislation: AB 317 (2019 | CA) signed by Gov. What it does: Prohibits people from selling their DMV line position to others who want a high position in line Sacramento Bee | Selling a DMV appointment is illegal under new California law signed by Gavin Newsom
Business TREND. Lobbying TREND. Hyperloop exploration in 9 states.
Who’s hyperloop project? Virgin Hyperloop One Which states? Missouri, Texas, Colorado, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, & Oregon Automotive News | Cities, states want to be first with high-speed tube travel
5 Reasons High Speed Rail Makes Sense in Texas
Texas is flat Private funding of project means investors have faith in the project Economic Growth around train stations Expansion to other large Texas cities is inevitable “Driving and flying to Dallas sucks.“ Houston Press | 5 Reasons the Houston-Dallas High-Speed Rail Project Makes Sense
New Report: EV Tax Credits Ineligible
Who authored the report? US Department of Treasury Inspector General What did it find? IRS has no process to detect false claims for the credit IRS has no process to prevent false claims for the EV credit Recommendations: Cross check VIN numbers with 3rd party VIN databases Develop a compliance program at IRS to ensure […]
Local TREND. +1 City Council Actions Opposing High Speed Rail
Where: City of Teague, Board of Aldermen, Texas What does Teague list as reasons to oppose high speed rail? No eminent domain authority & need it to complete the project Negative impact to property values Reduction in values and fewer uses of adjoining property Delays for emergency vehicles Prevents direct travel across the region. Serious […]