- Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx made the announcement with Google and auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford Motor Co., Volvo, Fiat Chrysler and Honda
- $4 billion pledged by the federal government to fund research and testing projects
- The supportive goals relied on by the Secretary:
- improve the U.S .transportation system
- improve vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology
- safety via obstacle and accident avoidance
- 75% of the country lives in 11 mega regions, that means…
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INTERIM Lege Trend: Ride Share Meets Moving Companies. Roadblock from TXDMV.
Why is TxDMV warning move-share companies? TxDMV is warning Texas based move share comapnies that they may be in violation of state law requiring the licensing of “anyone moving household goods in a pick-up truck for hire
Are we talking civil violations or criminal penalties? Both, including, criminal penalties
Why do we care? Remember hair braiding in 2015? Criminalizing people who are trying to earn a living in a free market does not go over well in the Texas Legislature’s current…
INTERIM Lege Trend: Self Driving Big Rigs & Trains. The New Self Driving Car. 5 Effects in Texas. 3 Companies Moving Forward.
Freight movement is entering a new, driverless world. Both 18 wheelers and train cargo are entering a new automated world. The future is now.
5 Ways driverless freight will impact Texas:
- it will change the economics of freight shipping
- resolve truck driver shortages
- reduce the cost of freight shipping
- more fuel efficient freight shipping
- safer freight shipping
The big truck companies testing driverless big rigs:
- Freightliner/Daimler
- Volvo
- Peterbilt
INTERIM. Sharing Economy Meets Ride Share Meets Tort Reform.
Ride Share Contracts are a modern contract lawyer’s dream. Evolving, intrictate, and constantly litigated.
One ride share company is altering its contract with drivers to include fixes illuminated by a trial court judge concerning arbitration provisions. New provisions, familiar to those who read the Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code for bed time reading are:
- allows for severability of certain state law claims
- removes the requirement that arbitration be kept confidential
- amends…
Japan Plans 2 Investments in US High Speed Rail.
Japan seeks to invest in 2 U.S. Projects:
- Texas Central Rail, high speed rail between Dallas and Houston utilizing shinkansen bullet trains
- a Northeast Corridor Maglev train between Washington and New York.
Details about the Texas investment:
- Funding will be from “Japan Overseas Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport & Urban Development”
- Funding is via a public-private fund
Nikkei Asian Review | Japan’s high-speed trains gaining interest in US
Car Hacking Top Security Risk for McAfee
McAfee Labs 2016 Threats Predictions puts hacking cars as the top security risk, & here’s why:
- ” rapid increase in connected automobile hardware built without foundational security principles”
- In August 2015, a white hat hacker discovered a security flaw in GM Onstar that allowed a hacker to take over a vehicle
Findlaw | Technologist | Car Hacking Tops List of 2016 Cybersecurity Threats
New High Speed Rail Group Forms to Bring Golden State to the Silver Mines. 9 Quick Facts. No State Dollars.
What’s the new high speed rail project? High Speed Rail from Los Angeles to Las Vegas
What group is behind the project? Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority
9 Facts to Know about the Project:
- It has an exclusive relationship with XpressWest ( a Las Vegas based company)
- no state dollars are pledged or committed
- NV Governor’s Office of Economic Development is engaged in the project
- zero-emissions train
- cuts in half the time of the travel to 80 minutes
- tickets will cost less than $100…