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1 Man. North Texas Self Driving Car Rules. 5 Things to Know.

How is DFW handling self driving vehicles in North Texas? With an automated vehicles department within theNorth Central Texas Council of Governments. It’s a department of 1 man.

What has this Department of 1 employee accomplished for self driving car policy?

  • established an “automated vehicle program,” approved by the Regional Transportation Council
  • secured funding for low-speed automated vehicle pilot programs
  • secured funding to support the use of Interstate 30 between Dallas and Fort Worth…

4 Unanswered Policy Issues with Hyperloop

Hyperloop does not have the policy foundation of other types of transportation system. This leaves 3 areas of policy wide open:

  • There is no policy framework for implementation
  • There is no policy framework for safty standards
  • There are no policy stnadards for regulation, operation and maintenance of hyperloops
  • Does hyperloop qualify for eminent domain authority?

Dallas Morning News | Meet the Dallas urban planner behind Texas’ pursuit of the hyperloop

 

6 Things to Know about the Lonestar Hyperloop Bid

  • Texas hyperloop proposal would connect, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Laredo.
  • Its 1 of 10 bids approved worldwide
  • AECOM, who placed the Texas bid, had 5 of 10 winning bids.
  • AECOM has also been involved with One Wolrd Trade Center, London’s Olympic Park and Etihad Rail
  • Texas geography, strong economy, and population growth are key components to hyperloop’s success in Texas
  • Hopes to supplement  Texas Central Railway

Dallas Morning News | Meet the Dallas urban planner behind Texas’…

Forget Autonomous Car Legislation. Welcome the new frontier- autonomous bike legislation.

Looking to limit the number of bike and vehicle accidents, Tome Software & Trek Bicycle are teaming up.

What’s the transportation policy goal: To identify if there are certain areas on roads that are more prone to bike/vehicle accidents.

Just when you thought legislating autonomous vehicles was all the rage, now we’re moving toward AI in bikes.

Tech Crunch | Tome Software and Trek Bicycle are looking to AI to make biking safer

3 Ways Texas High Speed Rail Reflects Private Sector Future in Infrastructure

Prove the viability of this technology and private sector built infrastructure approach

Create a new high-tech industry where it never existed before. Texas will be like a domestic manufacturer of high-speed projects.

Market Driven approach will have fewer difficulties than government projects.

The Hill | Contributor : Texas Central Partners | Texas high-speed rail illustrates private sector’s role in America’s infrastructure future

Which companies hold the 39 Permits for Self Driving Cars in California?

  • Volkswagen Group of America
  • Mercedes Benz
  • Waymo
  • Delphi Automotive
  • Tesla Motors
  • Bosch
  • Nissan
  • GM Cruise LLC
  • BMW
  • Honda
  • Ford
  • Zoox, Inc.
  • Drive.ai, Inc.
  • Faraday & Future Inc.
  • Baidu USA LLC
  • Wheego Electric Cars Inc.
  • Valeo North America, Inc.
  • NextEV USA, Inc.
  • Telenav, Inc.
  • NVIDIA Corporation
  • AutoX Technologies Inc
  • Subaru
  • Udacity, Inc
  • Navya Inc.
  • Renovo.auto
  • UATC LLC (Uber)
  • PlusAi Inc
  • Nuro, Inc
  • CarOne LLC
  • Apple Inc.
  • Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation
  • Pony.AI
  • TuSimple
  • Jingc…

Business Trend Begets Local Trend. Integrated Roadways. 3 Bits informed:intel

The Business: Integrated Roadways

What are integrated roadways? Roads with sensors, phone, and internet connectivity, telecommunications, fiber-optic cable, and high-speed Internet, as well as other hardware, inside road surfaces.

What do local pilot projects look like? Kansas City has a pilot project to use integrated roads in construction of a combined 1.5 miles of pavement in the spring of 2018 with expected completion by August.

Would these integrated roads collect data for the benefit…

5 Ways Texas Central Rail will be one of the largest civil infrastructure projects in U.S. History

The privately financed high speed rail project between Houston and Dallas by Texas Central Rail will be one of the largest civil projects in history and will create:

  • 10,000 construction jobs during each year of construction
  • $10-billion in direct investment
  • $36 billion in economic benefits over 25 years
  • $2.5 billion in tax revenue
  • 25% of the permanent jobs will be in rural Texas

Equipment World | Fluor, Lane contracted for privately-funded Texas bullet train, one of the largest civil…

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