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Minnesota is deploying Reduced Conflict Intersections to increase traffic safety.
Reduced Conflict Intersections are employed on multi-lane highway intersections and offer increased safety by:
The safety data for reduced conflict intersections shows:
A California Assembly man passed statewide ride share regulations.
The same guy leveled the playing field for taxis to compete with ride share.
The guy did it all in the name of self driving cars. But why?
Synchronizing regulation. Taxis were regulated by the city, ride share by one state agency and self driving vehicles by another agency. But, the purpose of each is to make traffic more effcient by reducing congesgtion.
Los Angeles Times | Q&A Meet the man driving the future of Uber and…
The re-authorization of TERP’s $2500 electric car rebate in Texas opens rulemaking to the following issues:
The pre-2017 rebate program exlcuded Teslas.
Houston Chronicle | Abbott signs electric car rebates into law
Utility Dive | Texas revives $2,500 electric vehicle credit
Electrek.co | Texas brings back $2,500 electric vehicle…
The high speed rail project: California’s high speed rail project
The federal greenhouse gas funding: greenhouse gas emissions program funds held by the state
Did this go to court? Yes, The Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund sued the state saying the high speed rail would increase carbon emissions in its construction. The state argued the project would ultimately help CA meet its carbon reduction goals.
What did the court say? The funding stream is fine. The state did not…
A new report by: Intel
Sets out 3 economic benefits of self driving vehicles:
New buzz phrase: Passenger Economy (passengers of self driving vehicles)
+ it saves lives: the conservative estimate of 585,000 lives can be saved by self driving cars
Intel | Accelerating the Future: The Economic Impact of the Emerging Passenger Economy
The city pursuing fees on ride share vehicles at its airport: Juneau, Alaska
What fees are Juneau’s airport board proposing?
What fees do taxis pay at Juneau’s airport? $150/ year per vehicles without any additional ride fee
St. Louis Post Dispatch | Juneau airport considering fees for Lyft, Uber rides
Findlaw | Technologist | Can One Driverless Car Change Auto Liability?
Where is this happening? Michigan
What company is the private partner with Michigan? 3M
What’s the collaborative goal? “To implement connected vehicle technology on a stretch of work zone on Interstate 75 that is more than 3 miles long”
What is 3M bringing to the table in this partnership?
♦ Advanced all-weather lane markings
♦ Retroreflective signs with smart sign technology
♦ Dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) devices for vehicle-to-infrastructure communications
♦…
State: Connecticut
Company: State Farm
What does the partnership entail?
Is this new for State Farm? No, it has Partnerships in 15 other states, including:Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania
Benefit to the state: State can continue providing the same…
Airport: SFO (San Francisco)
The fee placed on ride share at the airport: an airport fee of $3.80 paid by the rider
Total fees since late 2014: $39 million
What entity administers the fee? Its a 3 step process that works like this: