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The BIG issue: Does the DMV need county sign off to use a 3rd party vendor?
The answer: No.
The jockeying among levels of government behind the issue: The Transportation Code gives both the state DMV and county tax assessors authority over aspects of vehicle registration.
2017 clarification forthwith…
State #3 to move toward swapping the gas tax for pay as your drive: Colorado
How is Colorado implementing as pay as you? In December Colorado’s Road Usage Charge Pilot Program will begin with 100 volunteers.
What should I know about the pilot program for pay as your drive ?
The car maker: toyota
The owenr based ride share program: Hourly or daily rental by allowing users to unlock the cars with their smartphones via Bluetooth
How does it work: Via App
Where is it piloting? San Francisco based Get Around will pilot the App and vehicle sharing. Get Around operates also in Austin, TX.
The legislative issue: Insuring & liability issues related to personal “rental car sharing.” What happens when a car is “rented” out and the car runs a red light camera…
The researchers: School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis & IndyGo
The study:“State and federal fuel taxes: The road ahead for U.S. infrastructure funding” published in January 2017 Journal of Transport Policy
The reasons why a vehicle mileage tax is the best long term transportation funding source:
Which car was hacked? Tesla Model S
Who did the hacking? Researchers
Does Tesla have a bounty program to report vulnerabilities? yes
What were the hackers able to control?
PC World | Researchers hack Tesla Model S with remote attack
The Car Company & Intelligence Chief who joined forces: Volkswagen & former head of Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency
New Joint Venture: CyMotive Technologies
The goal: Securing automated and self driving vehicles
Reuters | Volkswagen sets up cyber security firm with ex-Israeli spy chief
Pittsburgh is home to a new fleet of Uber’s self-driving taxis. For the Ying of self driving taxis, is the Yang of safety experts.
The safety concerns:
Which state received this federal grant? Delaware Department of Transportation
What alternative to the gas tax is Delaware testing? Mileage based tax
Grant amount: $1.49 million federal grant
Are other states involved? yes, 5 Atlantic Coast states are testing a mileage based transportation funding mechanism
What does the pilot program look like?
KP-0111 details the power of vehicle policies by commissioners courts. A Commissioners court may generally adopt vehicle tracking policies that:
How much reduction in parking ticket funding? $2.5 million reduction in parking ticket funds
How is technology interceding to reduce parking ticket payments? A robot lawyer.
How often has the lawyer robot been utilized? 250,000 times
How often does the robot lawyer win & parking tickets are reduced? 64% of cases won
The Register | Chatbot lawyer shreds $2.5m in parking tickets