Category Archives: 2017 issue

Legal Trend. Cabbies lose in Court. Louisiana edition.

Cab drivers in the City of Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana sued to level the playing field in Kenner and at its airport.

The cab drivers ultimately want ride share drivers to maintain the same occupational license as cab drivers. Teh city of Kenner said it didn’t have the resources or revenue for enforcement. The cab drivers suggested the city put up checkpoints to check licenses.

The Kenner court saw it differently. 

WWLTV Louisiana | Judge rules against Kenner cabbies

State Reg. Trend. Smart Roads. The Numbers behind the trend.

Delaware DOT is partnering with agencies, automobile manufacturers and technology companies, and network segmentation to fine tune smart roads. The test road- a restretch of I-95.

Why the rush to start testing smart roads?

  • 220 million connected cars will be on the road by 2020
  • 3/4 of the 92 million cars shipped globally with have connectivity
  • 62% of consumers say hackers will breach connected cars

State Tech | The Connected Vehicle Revolution Makes Cybersecurity Top of Mind

Researchers Say Policymakers Must Consider Bikes in Self Driving Car Laws. 3 reasons why:

  • bikes are the fastest growing mode of transportation in the US
  • bikes and cars share the road, and most self driving cars will pass a bike only when 3 feet clearance exists
  • Bikes more more erratically than cars, and self driving cars need to be programmed to predict the more nimble movements of bikes

NPR | Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety’s Sake

17 States Address Data Security and Self Driving Cars. 1 State Declares the Data Private. What you need to know:

17 States have laws concerning when self driving car data can be accessed.

The 17 states are: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington

Only North Dakota refers to the self driving car data as private data.

Bryan Cave LLP | Data Privacy Issues of Self-Driving Vehicles

2 Steps for a West Coast Rail to Condemn Land via 3rd party.

Step One: Have a need for eminent domain.

Background:  

  • CalTrain on the San Francisco Penninsula is modernizing. 
  • To modernize, CalTrain needs to acquire land in certain areas. CalTrain isn’t using eminent domain.

Step Two: Find an entity that can use emiment domain.

What entity is using eminent domain for CalTrain? San Mateo Transit District.

San Mateo Daily Journal | Caltrain may take private land

AG Opinion Request. Testing the Waters on Manufacturers & Dealerships.

Opinion Request, RQ-0170-KP, from texas Department of Motor Vehicles wants the Attorney General to answer this question:

  • Whether wholly owning a motor vehicle manufacturer results in affiliation with that manufacturer for purposes of section 2301.476(a)(2) of the Occupations Code.

 

What does DMV point out in its opinion request?

  • Forest River (FR) is a vehicle manufacturer
  • Berkshire Hathaway Automotive  (BHA) operates dealerships
  • Berkshire Hathaway (BH) owns Forest River
  • BHA is a…

Record year of Truck Bridge Collisions. 3 Bits Informed Intel from Houston.

Why is Houston seeing more trucks hitting bridges this year?

  • good economy means more truck traffic
  • the Port of Houston traffic is up 11% since 2016

What transportation options are available?

  • TXDOT points to improving roads outside the Loop to keep trucks out of the city core
  • Researchers at Texas A&M are working on laser warning systems to keep overheigth trucks from hitting bridges.

How many truck – bridge hits have occurred in 2017?

  • 22
  • The record, 30, was set in 2016

Houston Public Radio…